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C ONDITIONS OF B AI ‘ AT AND R ESPONSIBILITIES OF AN A H MAD I 16 This means that every sin is forgivable except shirk. Therefore, do not go near shirk and consider it to be a forbidden tree. ( D am i mah To h fah-e-Golarhviyyah , R uha n i Khaz a’ in , vol. 17, pp. 323–324, footnote) Then the Promised Messiah as says: Shirk here does not merely mean bowing before stones, etc. ; rather, it is also shirk that you should depend entirely on worldly means and emphasise worldly idols. This is what shirk is. ( Al- H akam , vol. 7, No. 24, June 30, 1903, p. 11) Almighty Allah says in the Holy Qur’an: 7 And remember when Luqm a n said to his son while exhorting him, ‘O my dear son! associate not partners with Allah. Surely, associating partners with God is a grievous wrong. ’ The Holy Prophet sa feared the spread of shi rk in his ummah [followers]. One h ad i th states: ‘Ub a dah Bin Nas i told us about Shadd a d Bin ’Aus that he was crying. He was asked, ‘Why do you cry?’ He replied, ‘I have remembered something that I heard from the Holy Prophet sa and it has made me cry. I heard the Holy Prophet sa say that, “I fear about shirk and their secret desires in my ummah. ” I asked, “O Prophet of Allah, will your people be involved in shirk after you?” The Holy Prophet sa responded, “Yes, even though 7. ( Luqm a n , 31:14)