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instead of Allah's. Likewise, it would again be ascribing
associates to Allah if one's purpose in life is to satisfy his
whims and desires rather than to earn Allah's good pleasure.

Many people ascribe divinity to things like money, status,
wealth and so on.
In the Qur'an there is reference to idolaters of Arab
society, who set aside a portion of their crops and cattle for
their idols, as follows:
They assign to Allah a share of the crops and livestock
He has created, saying, "This is for Allah," - as they
allege - "and this is for our idols." Their idols' share
does not reach Allah whereas Allah's share reaches their
idols! What an evil judgment they make! (Surat al-

An'am: 136)
As is mentioned in the verse above, idolaters assign a part
of their wealth to Allah, and another part to their idols. This
is characteristic of the delusion of idolaters.
Loving a being more than Allah or loving him/it as one
ought to love Allah is again a form of idolatry. Similarly,
someone who fears a being as he should fear Allah, idolizes
it, since he assumes that that being possesses a might apart
from and independent of Allah.

Muslims, however, firmly believe that everything is
created by Allah, that all affairs are regulated by Him, that
causes do not have any power to produce a result
independently, that every event is predetermined and
created by Allah, that Allah is the possessor of the ultimate
will and judgment. This is the kind of belief system that

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