My Book About God — Page 17
17 Bushra— It’s true that some people worshipped the sun, the moon, the stars and even fire. We also find that even today there are many who worship various other deities besides God. But this is not how it all developed. The Holy Quran resolves this dilemma and explains how the beliefs of people became corrupted, giving birth to superstitions resulting in material images of God. According to Islam, it is not true to say that people worshipped objects like the sun or the moon first and then gradually they started to believe in one single God. In fact the opposite is true. If we study the history of world religions and the psy- chological trends of man, we find no evidence whatso- ever that idol worship and belief in many gods converged,