Approaching the West — Page 163
A pproaching the West—163 Devoting all your worship and obedience to Allah, not associating anything with Him. And whoso associate anything with Allah, falls, as it were, from a height, and the birds snatch him away or the wind blows him away to a far off- place. (22:31, 32) God created man as the best of all creations—as His vicegerent (Khal ī fah) on earth. To worship any entity other than One God throws man into abysmal spiritual degeneration. … Shall I seek for you a god other than All ā h, while He has exalted you above all peoples? (7:141) … Is All ā h better or that which they associate with Him? Or, Who created the heavens and the earth, and Who sent down water for you from the clouds wherewith We cause to grow beautiful orchards? You could not cause the trees to grow. Is there a god with All ā h? Nay, they are a people who deviate from the right path. Or, Who made the earth a place of resort, and placed rivers in its midst, and placed upon it firm mountains, and put a barrier between the two waters? Then, is there a god with All ā h? Nay, most of them know not. Or, Who answers the cry of the distressed person when he calls upon Him, and removes the affliction, and makes you inheritors of the earth? Then, is there a god with All ā h? Little is it that you reflect. (27:60-63)