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THE SOLUTION TO SECRET SORROWS

desires harm for me, can those you call upon besides Allah
remove His harm? Or if He desires mercy for me, can they
withhold His mercy?" Say: "Allah is enough for me. All
those who truly trust put their trust in Him." (Surat az-
Zumar: 38)
Some accept the power of Allah, but also adopt deities other
than Him. But these deities that people exalt and whose goodwill
they try to earn are nothing but creations which have no power to do
anything and cannot even bring themselves any benefit. In the
Qur'an, Allah tells the impotence of deities other than Him as fol-
lows:
But they have adopted deities apart from Him which do not
create anything but are themselves created. They have no
power to harm or help themselves. They have no power
over death or life or resurrection. (Surat al-Furqan: 3)
Those you call on besides Allah are servants just like your-
selves. Call on them and let them respond to you if you are
telling the truth. (Surat al-A'raf: 194)
But keep in mind that when asked, most people never refer to
these beings they exalt as deities and do not accept that they regard
them as such. Yet all their behaviors reveal that they do so. While
they need only to ask for help from Allah and be grateful to Him,
these people seek help and assistance from the false deities they be-
lieve to have power. One needs to fear only Him and seek only His
approval, but they set the goodwill of these false deities above His
approval.
Some, on the other hand, make deities of themselves—as we
are told in the verse, "Have you seen him who has taken his whims
and desires to be his deity? Will you then be his guardian?" (Surat
al-Furqan: 43). Despite their total impotence in the face of Allah's

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