Calling Upon Others Than Allah

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To Allah alone should all prayer be addressed.

Allah, He alone, is the Truth and all whom they invoke

instead of Him are false.

}2}2 So shall it be because Allah, He is the Truth, and all whom they

invoke instead of Him are false. Allah is Most High, All-Great.}3{

All this is because Allah, He alone, is the Truth and all that which

they call upon beside Him is false. Surely Allah, He alone, is All-

High, Incomparably Great.

1}{ To Him alone should all prayer be addressed, for those to whom

they do address their prayers beside Him are altogetherpowerless to respond to them. The example of praying to any

other than Allah is that of a man who stretches out his hands to

water, asking it to reach his mouth, although water has no

power to reach his mouth. The prayers of the unbelievers are a

sheer waste.


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Those whom you invoke other than Allah are servants

like you.

They can neither help themselves nor you.

They will not avail you in the least.

}9{Those whom you invoke other than Allah are servants like you. So

invoke them and see if they answer your call, ifwhat you claim is true.

}97{And those whom you invoke other than Allah, they can neither help

themselves nor you.

}}332 We did not wrong them (the towns); it is rather they who wronged

themselves. And when the command of your Lord came to pass, the

gods besides Allah whom they had called upon, did not avail them in

the least. They added nothing to them except ruin. Such is the

seizing of your Lord that when He does seize the towns immersed in

wrong-doing, His seizing is painful, terrible.


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They have created nothing; rather, they themselves

were created.

Show me what have they created in the earth? Or do

they have any partnership (with Allah) in the heavens?

-}3{ Those whom they call upon beside Allah have created nothing;

rather, they themselves were created; they are dead, not living.

They do not even know when they will be resurrected.

}3{

Say to them (O Prophet): Have you ever seen those of your

associates upon whom you call apart from Allah? Show me what

have they created in the earth? Or do they have any partnership(with Allah) in the heavens? Or have We given them a Book so that

they have a clear proof (for associating others with Allah in His

Divinity)? Nay, what these wrong-doers promise each other is

nothing but delusion. Surely Allah holds the heavens and the earth,

lest they should be displaced there, for if they were displaced none

would be able to hold them after Him. Surely He is Most Forbearing,

Most Forgiving.


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Those whom you call upon besides Allah cannot create even

a fly, even if all of them come together to do that.

Allah is True God as to Him belongs the kingdom of the Universe &those whom you call upon, apart from Allah, possess not so much as the

skin of a date-stone, nor do they have any share in the ownership of the

heavens and the earth. Nor is any of them even a helper of Allah.

2}1{ O people, a parable is set forth: pay heed to it. Those whom you call

upon besides Allah cannot create even a fly, even if all of them cometogether to do that. And if the fly were to snatch away anything

from them, they would not be able to recover that from it.

Powerless is the supplicant; and powerless is he to whom he

supplicates.They have not formed a true estimate of Allah. Indeed,

Allah is All-Powerful, All-Mighty.

}2{


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Verily whoever dwells in the heavens or the earth

belongs to Allah.

He causes the night to phase into the day and the day into the night,

and He has subjected the sun and the moon, each running its course

to an appointed term. That is Allah, your Lord; to Him belongs the

Kingdom; but those whom you call upon, apart from Allah, possess

not so much as the skin of a date-stone.If you call upon them, they

cannot hear your prayer. And if they hear it, they cannot answer it.

On the Day of Resurrection they will disown you for associating

others with Allah in His Divinity. No one can inform you of the truth

except the All-Aware.

}}2 (O Prophet), say to those who associate others with Allah in His

Divinity: Call upon those whom you fancied to be deities beside

Allah. They own not even the smallest particle, neither in theheavens nor on the earth; nor do they have any share in the

ownership of either of them. Nor is any of them even a helper of Allah."

3}{ Verily whoever dwells in the heavens or the earth belongs to Allah.

Those who invoke others beside Allah, associating them with Him as

partners, only follow conjectures and are merely guessing.


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Who is farther strayed from the Right Path than he who calls

upon others than Allah that

Why do you take such weak protectors other than Allah?9}2{

The case of those who took others than Allah as their protectors

is that of a spider who builds a house; but the frailest of all

houses is the spider's house; if they only knew. Surely Allah

knows fully what they call upon apart from Him. He is the Most

Powerful, the Most Wise.

}{ Who is farther strayed from the Right Path than he who calls

upon others than Allah that cannot answer his call till the Dayof Resurrection, the while they are not even conscious that

callers are calling upon them? When all human beings will be

gathered together those who had been called upon will

become the enemies to their votaries and will disown their

worship.


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The only true God is Allah Who says that

Is there any one else like Allah Who?

3}3{

Your Lord says: Pray to Me, and I will accept your prayers. Surely

those who wax too proud to worship Me will enter Hell, utterly

abased.

}}8 And if My servants ask you, O Prophet, concerning Me, tell them

that I am quite near to them. I hear and answer the prayer of the

suppliant, when he calls to Me. So let them respond to My call and

believe in Me. Convey this to them, O Prophet; perhaps they may beguided aright.

7}2{

Who is it Who heeds the prayers of the distressed when he calls out

to Him and Who removes his affliction? And who is it Who makes

you inheritors (successors) of the earth? Is there any god associated

with Allah (in this task)? How little do you reflect!


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So do not call upon any apart from Allah on those who have no

power to benefit or harm you.

3}337{ Do not call upon any apart from Allah on those who have no power

to benefit or harm you. For if you call upon others than Allah youwill be reckoned among the wrong-doers. If Allah afflicts you with

any hardship, none other than He can remove it; and if He wills any

good for you, none can avert His bounty. He bestows good upon

whomsoever of His servants He wills. He is All-Forgiving, All-Merciful.'-7}{ Tell them: "Call upon those whom you fancy to be (your helpers)

instead of Him! They have no power to remove any affliction from

you, nor can they shift it (to any other). }{ Ask them (Muhammad!): "Shall we invoke, apart from Allah, something

that can neither benefit nor harm us, and thus be turned back on our


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The way and reasoning of Abraham (PBUH)9}3{

And mention Abraham in the book. Lo! he was a truthful man, a

prophet. When he said to his father: O my father! Why do you

worship that which can neither hear, nor see nor help you in any

way?O my father! Lo! there has come to me of knowledge that hasnot been given to you. So follow me, and I will lead you on a right

path.O my father! Serve not the devil. Lo! the devil is a rebel to the

Beneficent. O my father! Lo! I fear lest a punishment from the

Beneficent overtake you so that you become a comrade of the devil.

He said: Do you reject my gods, O Abraham? If you don't stop this, I

will surely stone you. Depart from me a long while!He said: Peace

be unto you! I will ask forgiveness of my Lord for you. Lo! He is evergracious to me.I withdraw from you and from those whom you call

on beside Allah, and I will call upon my Lord. And I hope that I will

not remain unblessed in calling upon my Lord. So, when he

withdrew from them and from those whom they were worshipping

beside Allah, We gave him Isaac and Jacob. Each of them We made a

prophet.And we gave them of Our mercy, and assigned to them a

high and true renown.


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Allah is the only true God because our hearts turn only to Him

& we call upon Him when a clamity befalls us. And on such

occasions we forget the partners we set up with Allah.

The Way of Ungrateful People

}3{ Say: 'What do you think if some chastisement of Allah or the

Hour suddenly overtakes you: do you call upon any other thanAllah? Answer, if you speak the truth.Lo, it is to Him alone that

you call upon and then, if He so wills, He removes the distress for

which you had cried to Him. At that time you forget the partners

you had set up with Allah.

9}{ When any affliction befalls man, he cries out to his Lord, penitently

turning to Him. But when his Lord bestows His favour upon him, he

forgets the affliction regarding which he had cried out and sets up

compeers to Allah in order to lead others astray from His Path. Say,

(O Prophet): Enjoy your unbelief for a while. Surely you will be

among the inmates of the Fire.


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}3}2

And (such is man that) when an affliction befalls him, he cries out to

Us, reclining and sitting and standing. But no sooner than We have

removed his affliction, he passes on as though he had never cried

out to Us to remove his affliction. Thus it is that the misdeeds of thetransgressors are made fair-seeming to them. 9}9{ When an affliction befalls man, he cries out to Us; but when We

grant him a favour from Us, he says: I have been granted this on

account of my knowledge. Nay; this (favour) is a test; but most of

them do not know. }3}1


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others' violence. Behold, how We set forth Our signs in diverse

forms, so that maybe they will understand the Truth". -7}79{

When a calamity befalls you on the sea, all those whom you invoke

forsake you except Him. But when He brings you safely to the shore

you turn away from Him, for man is indeed most thankless.Do you,

then, feel secure against His causing you to be swallowed up by a

tract of the earth, or letting loose a deadly whirlwind charged with

stones towards you, and there you will find none to protect you?Ordo you feel secure that He will not cause you to revert to the sea,

and let a tempest loose upon you and then drown you for your

ingratitude whereupon you will find none even to inquire of Us what

happened to you? }}2

Do you not see that ships sail in the sea by Allah's Grace that He

may show you some of His Signs? Surely there are Signs in this


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for everyone who is steadfast, thankful. When waves engulf

them (in the sea) like canopies, they call upon Allah,

consecrating their faith solely to Him. But when He brings themsafely to the land, some of them become lukewarm. None denies

Our Signs except the perfidious, the ungrateful. }3}21

He it is Who enables you to journey through the land and thesea. And so it happens that when you have boarded the ships

and they set sail with a favourable wind, and the passengers

rejoice at the pleasant voyage, then suddenly a fierce gale

appears, and wave upon wave surges upon them from every

side, and people believe that they are surrounded from all

directions, and all of them cry out to Allah in full sincerity of

faith: 'If You save us from this we will surely be thankful.But nosooner than He rescues them than they go about committing

excesses on the earth, acting unjustly. Men ! The excesses you

commit will be of harm only to yourselves, (Enjoy, if you will) the

fleeting pleasure of this world; in the end you shall all return to

Us, and then We shall tell you what you did.


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Say (O Muhammad!): 'I have been forbidden to

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Say (O Muhammad!): 'I have been forbidden to serve those to

whom you call other than Allah.' Say: 'I do not follow your

desires, for were I to do that, I would go astray and would not be

of those who are rightly guided.' }}9 Say to them (Muhammad): "My Lord enjoins justice; and that youset your faces aright at the time of every Prayer; and that you call

upon Him, exclusively dedicating your faith to Him. Just as He gave

you life, He will bring you back to life again (after you die)."3}{

He is the Ever-Living: there is no god but He. So call upon Him,

consecrating to Him all your devotion. All praise and thanks be


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Some Instructions

Say (O Prophet): 'I call upon my Lord alone, and

to Allah, the Lord of the whole Universe. Say, (O Prophet): I

have been forbidden to worship those beside Allah whom you

call upon. (How can I worship any beside Allah) when clear Signshave come to me from my Lord and I have been commanded to

surrender to Allah, the Lord of the Universe?

3}1{

There is no doubt that those whom you call me to, have no claim

to be called upon in this world and in the Hereafter. Certainly to

Allah shall be our return, and those who exceed the limits are

destined to the Fire. 2}3{Say, (O Prophet): I call upon my Lord alone, and I associate

none as partner with Him."

}38{


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Angels ask them at the time of death

Those who call upon others than Allah; At the time of death

and on the Day of Judgment.

Do not abuse those whom they invoke other than Allah, because

they will abuse Allah in ignorance out of spite. For We have

indeed made the deeds of every people seem fair to them. Then,their return is to their Lord and He will inform them of what they

have done. 2}8{And that mosques are for Allah, so do not invoke anyone with Allah.

}7{ Who is more unjust then he who invents a falsehood, ascribing it

to Allah, or who rejects His revelation as false? Their full portion

of God's Decree shall reach them, until Our deputed angels come

to them to take charge of their souls, and say: 'Where are the

deities now, those whom you invoked besides Allah?' They will

say: 'They are all gone away from us.' And they shall bear

witness against themselves that they were unbelievers.


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And on the Day of Judgment all those deities whom they

once used to call upon beside Allah will vanish.

3}3{

Those who gave the lie to this Book and all the Books which We

had sent with Our Messengers shall soon come to know the

Truth when fetters and chains shall be on their necks, and they

shall be dragged into boiling water, and cast into the Fire.It willthen be said to them: Where are those whom you associated

with Allah as partners? They will say: We have lost them;

rather, we never used to call upon anyone before. Thus will

Allah cause them to stumble in error. (They will be told): This is

because while you were on earth you took delight in untruth and

exulted in it. Enter Hell now to abide in it. How woeful is the

abode of those who wax proud! 8}2{


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(Let them not forget) that the Day when Allah will call unto

them, and say: "Where are those whom you imagined to be My

associates? "Those against whom the Word will be realised will

say: "Our Lord, these are the ones whom we led astray just as

we ourselves strayed. We absolve ourselves before You of all

blame. It was not us that they worshipped. "They will then be

told: "Call upon those for help whom you declared to be Our

associates." They will then call upon them but they will not

answer them. They will see the chastisement in front of them.

Would that they were guided! 8}2{ What will such people do on the Day when the Lord will say:

"Now call upon all those whom you believed to be My

partners?" Thereupon they will call upon them, but they will not

respond to their call; and We shall put enmity between them.}78{


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And Allah will judge with justice, whereas those whom they

call upon beside Him cannot judge at all.

On that Day He will call out to them: Where are those

associates of Mine? They will answer: We have declared to

You that none of us can bear witness to that. Then all thosedeities whom they once used to call upon shall vanish and they

will come to know for sure that there is no escape for them.}{

And when those who associated others with Allah as partners

will see those to whom they ascribed this share, they will say:

"Our Lord! These are our partners whom we used to invoke

besides you." But they will throw back their word at them (and

say): "Surely! You indeed are liars!"

3}3{

Allah will judge with justice, whereas those whom they call upon

beside Him cannot judge at all. Surely Allah and He alone is All-

Hearing, All-Seeing.


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So call upon Allah, consecrating all your devotion to Him

So do not call any other god beside Allah lest

Admonition and Warning

O people! Be careful of shirk and don't be among those

who believe in Allah only when

}3}2 )O Prophet), say: Travel in the land and see what was the end of

those who went before you: most of them were polytheists . }3{And most of them believe in Allah only when they associate partners

with Him.

3}{So call upon Allah, consecrating all your devotion to Him, howsoever

much the unbelievers may dislike it.}}1

So do not call any other god beside Allah lest you become of those

who will be punished.

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