Page 18 - Communication and Argument in the Qur'an

INTRODUCING ALLAH

To Thamud We sent their brother Salih.
He said: “O my people, worship Allah.
You have no deity apart from Him. He
brought you into being from the earth
and made you its inhabitants. So ask His
forgiveness and then repent to Him. My
Lord is Close and Quick to Respond.”
(Surah Hud: 61)

Unbelievers have a totally different worldview from that
outlined in the Qur’an, for they have developed distorted,
fictitious, and mythological beliefs in accordance with their
own non-Islamic understanding. For example, they believe
that Allah is “sitting” in some corner of outer space and
that, once He created the universe and human beings, left
them on their own (surely He is beyond that). Such mistak-
en views cause them to disregard Allah and prevent them
from grasping His greatness.
…
“
O
Shu‘ayb (as) said of his people’s deviant beliefs: “…O

o
y
y

d
m
o
y

t

s
h
t
e
e

n
u
e
m
a
e
e

p

p
u
o
m
y
o
m my people, do you esteem my clan more than you do
r
d

o
n

e
c
,
l
a
o
l
s
n
o
g

t
o
t
o
t
n
e
h
m

i

i
m
o
d

Y

h
u
s
?
l
n
A Allah? You have made Him into something to cast disdain- -
l
h
a
i
a
a
e

d
s
c
i
a
H
a
e
d
i
v

t

m
n
i
h
d
o
y

l
l
u
y
e
b

.
!
s
.

”
.

r
u
b
k
c
a
f fully behind your backs!...” and explained what Allah was