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take lifeless atoms, unconscious nature, and coincidence as deities.
They believe that unconscious atoms came together by themselves
and organized themselves into a flawless and perfect system.
The method used by Abraham to save his tribe from their
erroneous beliefs and to awaken them is related in the Qur’an as
follows:
When he said to his father and his people, 'What are these
statues to which you are devoted?' they said, 'We found
our fathers worshipping them.' He said, 'You were
certainly, you and your fathers, in manifest error.' 69
“…‘And [I swear] by Allah, I will surely plan against idols
after you have turned and gone away.' So he made them
into fragments, except a large one among them, that they
might return to it [and question].” 70
When Abraham saw that his father and tribe were completely
blinded to reality, he plotted a scheme for their idols as indicated in
the verse above. When his people were away, he broke the idols they
worshipped and showed them the obvious fact that these lifeless
statues were incapable of doing anything at all, much less creating
something.
68 Narrated by al-Bukhari¸ and Muslim.
69 Surah al-Anbiya’, 21:52-54.
70 Surah al-Anbiya’, 21:57-58.
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