Page 585 - Atlas of Creation Volume 2

Harun Yahya

In his book The
Religion of Greece in
Prehistoric Times, Axel
W. Persson, a re-
searcher into ancient
Greek religious beliefs,
says: "... there later de-
veloped a larger num-
ber of more or less
significant figures
which we meet with in
Greek religious myths."

in God Who created everything from nothing, Who sees and knows all things and Who is Lord of all the

worlds. But in time, the titles of our Lord were wrongly considered as separate deities, and people began to
worship these false deities. True religion is the worship of the one and only God. Polytheistic religions de-
veloped from the contamination of the true religion, which our Lord has revealed to humanity since the time

of Adam (pbuh).

The True Religion Revealed by God

When we look at the culture and religious values of societies in the various areas of the world, we see

that they have much in common. These societies could not have shared any cultural exchange, but they be-
lieve in beings such as angels, satan and jinni that do not live in the same dimension as human beings. They
believe in life after death, in human beings created from the earth; and their worship contains many com-
mon elements. For example, Noah's ark is mentioned in Sumerian records, Welsh religion, and in Chinese in-
scriptions and in ancient Lithuanian religion.

This is just one proof that a single, all-powerful deity—that is God, Lord of the worlds—revealed the re-
ligious morality. Throughout the world, cultures have been taught religions that came from the same
supreme place, revealing the existence of one incomparable deity. Our Lord has revealed Himself in every
period of history through those servants He has chosen and exalted; and through them He has revealed the

religion He has chosen for human beings. In the Qur'an, Almighty God's last revelation, He announces that
"every people has a guide" (Surat ar-Ra‘d: 7). It is revealed in other verses that He sends a messenger to all
peoples to warn them:
We have never destroyed a city without giving it prior warning as a reminder. We were never unjust. (Surat

ash-Shu‘ara': 208-209)
These blessed messengers always taught societies that they should believe in God as the only deity,
serve only Him, and that they should practice good and avoid evil. Human beings will attain salvation

through obedience to these messengers, chosen and blessed in God's sight, and to the holy books they have
left behind as an inheritance. The last prophet sent by our Lord as a mercy to the worlds was Prophet
Muhammad (may God bless him and grant him peace); and the Qur'an, the last Divine book which is under
Almighty God's eternal protection, is the truest guide for humanity.

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