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the Garden and his refuge will be the Fire. The wrongdoers will have no
helpers." It is also the sin that renders all good deeds null and void. As the Qur'an (6/88)
states, "But if they join others with Him, vain assuredly shall be all their works."

Therefore, God alone should be worshipped under all circumstances, and people should
approach Him and seek His help and support directly without any intermediaries; for He
is the True Lord upon whom all creatures depend, the Sustainer of all the worlds, the
Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.
These aspects of monotheism are also found in the bible. In 1Corinthians 8/4-6, for
instance, we read, "Therefore concerning the eating of things offered to idols,
we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is no other God
but one. For even if there are so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth
(as there are many gods and many lords), yet for us there is one God, the
Father, of whom are all things, and we for Him."
We also read in Acts 14/13-18, "Then the priest of Zeus, whose temple was in
front of their city, brought oxen and garlands to the gates, intending to
sacrifice with the multitudes. But when the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard
this, they tore their clothes and ran in among the multitude, crying out.and
saying, 'Men, why are you doing these things? We also are men with the same
nature as you, and preach to you that you should turn from these useless
things to the living God, who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and all
things that are in them, who in bygone generations allowed all nations to walk
in their own ways. Nevertheless He did not leave Himself without witness, in
that He did good, gave us rain from heaven and fruitful seasons, filling our
hearts with food and gladness.' And with these sayings they could scarcely
restrain the multitudes from sacrificing to them."
As Italian orientalist Dr. Laura Veccia Vaglieri states, "Thanks to Islam, paganism in its
various forms was defeated. The concept of the universe, the practices of religion and
social customs were each liberated from all the monstrosities which had degraded them,
and human minds were made free of prejudices. Mankind finally realized its dignity and
humbled itself before the Creator, the Lord and Master of all mankind…The spirit was
liberated from prejudice, man's will was set free from the ties which had kept him bound
to other men or other so-called hidden powers. Priests, false guardians of mysteries,
brokers of salvation, and all those who pretended to be mediators between God and man