The Fountain of God’s Unity — Page 34
Allah. Surely, associating partners [with God] is a grievous wrong. Here, God Almighty has recorded this conversation of Luqmanas, a wise person- and it is natural to guide one's child towards what is beneficial—who not only presented this advice to his son lightly but rather he emphasised it so that he could succeed in life and said: 'O my son! Never commit shirk, as it is a grave injustice. To declare others to be equal to the Benevolent God, the One Who showers us with every type of blessing, and Who controls every good and bad thing that happens to us, is a grave injustice indeed. ' At this point it is important to remember that [abstaining from] shirk does not simply mean to superficially claim and that this [alone] would purify them. Rather, Luqmanas emphasised that one ought to abstain from all 1 There is none worthy of worship except Allah. [Publishers] -34-