Page 24 - Taking the Qur'an as a Guide

THOSE WHO JUDGE
ON ALLAH'S BEHALF

Or do they have partners who have laid
down a religion for them for which
Allah has not given any authority?
(Surat ash-Shura: 21)

s discussed earlier, some people make unjust judg-
ments that have nothing in common with Islam,
A determine what is lawful and unlawful, and pro-
claim what Allah has declared lawful to be unlawful and vice
versa. Meanwhile, they change religion's originality and essence
and devise a "false man-made religion" with its set of beliefs and
practices. Many people, who do not know the Qur'an and Islam,
fail to recognize this "religion's" unjust nature and thus are de-
ceived into following it unconsciously. This is how those who
lay down commands on Allah's behalf lead people into sin and
rebellion. The Qur'an describes their condition as follows:
Among them is a group that distorts the Book with their
tongues, so that you think it is from the Book when it is
not from the Book. They say: "It is from Allah," but it is
not from Allah. They tell a lie against Allah, and they
know it. (Surah Al 'Imran: 78)

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