Approaching the West — Page 161
A pproaching the West—161 bondage. Thou shalt have none other gods before Me. (Exodus 20:1-3, Deuteronomy 5:6- 7). The Holy Qur’ ā n declares, And your God is One God; there is no God but He, the Gracious, the Merciful. (2:164) And to Him belongs whatever is in heavens and the earth and to Him eternally belongs the right to determine the path. Will you then fear any other than All ā h. (16:53) If there had been in both the heaven and the earth gods other than All ā h, then both the heaven and the earth would have ended up in chaos. Glorified then be All ā h, the Lord of the Throne, far above what they attribute to Him. (21:23) The Holy Qur’ ā n also deals with the concept of Jesus being Divine, and rejects it as false. It proclaims, Say: He is All ā h, the One! All ā h is Independent and Besought of all. He begets not, nor is He begotten; and there is none like unto Him. (112:2-5) … Holy is He and exalted far above what they attribute to Him! The Originator of the heavens and the earth. How can He have a son when He has no consort, and when He created everything and has knowledge of all things? (6: 101-102)