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Satan's Tactics
He Causes People to Deify Others Besides Allah
This matter is described in the Qur'an as ascribing divinity to
anything besides Allah. However, billions of people who may be
destined for Hell for committing this are unaware of even the con-
cept at all. They imagine that the words "Associating partners with
Allah and ascribing divinity to something other than Allah" refer to
regarding anything else other than Allah, the Creator, as possessing
the ability to create, worshipping idols or adhering to the polythe-
ism of the past. Members of societies where ignorance of religion
prevails, being limited by such a perception, are therefore faulted
with an erroneous view of reality, a logic contrary to the Qur'an, ac-
cording to which they excuse themselves by saying, "I believe in
Allah, I do nobody any harm, I am useful to other people, I do not
think that I will go to Hell."
The fact is, however, that regarding anything other than Allah
as a protective force, fearing anything other than He, and feeling a
particular love for anything other than Allah, is tantamount of asso-
ciating equals and partners as divine besides Him.
Adopting guidance other than that of Allah is one of the most
common forms of deifying others besides Him. By accepting and
following guidance from others than Allah, present-day societies,
which are mired in ignorance, are reviving the idol-worship of by-
gone centuries. Polytheistic religions have been replaced by atheistic
ideologies, and the idols once worshiped have been replaced by stat-
ues of the founders of these ideologies. In this way, myriads of peo-
ple, irrespective of race or nationality, have been prevented from
living truly according to the religion of Allah.
Satan, of course, is the worst instigator of this perversion.
Because, every step by which a person strays further from Allah rep-
resents an advance in which Satan has secured his victory over man.

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