Page 24 - Commonly Disregarded Qur'anic Rulings

22 COMMONLY DISREGARDED QURANIC RULINGS

Not Considering the Messenger (saas) Indebted
for One’s Islam or Service to the Religion
Allah may commission anyone, even unbelievers, to serve
His religion. That Allah subjected devils to the service of
Prophet Solomon (as) is indeed a fact related in the Qur’an.
Be he a believer or unbeliever, everyone is merely a means
for the accomplishment of Allah's decree. It is Allah Who pos-
sesses the will and power, and essentially, He will make

Islamic moral values victorious through His means.
In the Qur’an, Allah mentions the corrupt character of
those who, unaware of such facts, presented their acceptance
of Islam and their services as a favor to the Messenger (saas)
due to their inferior mentality:
They think they have done you a favor by becoming
Muslims! Say: ‘Do not consider your Islam a favor to
me. No indeed! It is Allah Who has favored you by
guiding you to faith if you are telling the truth.’
(Surat al-Hujurat; 17)
In the verse Allah shows that the truth is otherwise; a per-
son who embraces the religion does not do Islam any honor;
rather, Islam grants honor to him.
In several verses, Allah states that He will replace people
who reject His ordained way of life with others:

If you turn away, He will replace you with people
other than yourselves and they will not be like you.
(Surah Muhammad; 38)
People with such a mistaken outlook must fear falling
under the terms of the scope of these verses and immediate-