As-salaamu'Alaykum,
Insha'Allaah, there will be a couple more posts (later) in this thread regarding Helpless Partners Ascribed to Allah from the book 'Concise Commentary on Tawheed' by Shaykh Saalih al-Fawzaan.
Allah, Exalted be He, says:
"Do they associate with Him those who create nothing and they are (themselves) created? - And they (i.e., the false deities) are unable to (give) them help, nor can they help themselves?'
(Qur'an Al-A'raf: 191, 192)
Relevance of the Chapter to the Book of Tawhid
In this chapter, the author tackles the legal proofs of the prohibition of all acts of polytheism and the state of those invoked besides Allah. No doubt, such clear-cut proofs attest to monotheism.
Keywords and Phrases
Do they associate with Him those who create nothing and they are (themselves) created? The question is introduced in the form of a reprimand. Thus, Allah rebukes those who associate partners with Him.
Those who create nothing: Any creature taken as a deity though it neither creates nor deserves to be worshipped.
And they are (themselves) created: Those deities worshipped besides Allah are created, and a created being can never be set up as a rival to the Creator.
Nor can they help themselves: Such false deities are powerless to guard themselves against any imminent harm, and therefore, they cannot be helpful to others.
General Meaning of the Qur'anic Verses
Allah, Glorified be He, rebukes the polytheists for ascribing to Him partners that cannot create anything. Neither do these false deities have any attributes that may render them worthy of worship, nor can they guard those invoking them against any destined harm. Also they cannot guard themselves against any harm. Therefore, invoking such false deities is null and void, for a created being is by no means a rival to the Creator, and a helpless being is by no means a rival to the Omnipotent (i.e. Allah) who dominates the whole universe.
Lessons Drawn from the Qur'anic Verses
The Qur'anic verses invalidate polytheism since they imply attachment to impotent and incapable creatures.
Only the Creator is worthy of worship.
The Oneness of Allah's Lordship is a clear-cut proof of the Oneness of His Divinity.
It is permissible to argue with the polytheists in order to support truth and confute falsehood.
Insha'Allaah, there will be a couple more posts (later) in this thread regarding Helpless Partners Ascribed to Allah from the book 'Concise Commentary on Tawheed' by Shaykh Saalih al-Fawzaan.
Allah, Exalted be He, says:
"Do they associate with Him those who create nothing and they are (themselves) created? - And they (i.e., the false deities) are unable to (give) them help, nor can they help themselves?'
(Qur'an Al-A'raf: 191, 192)
Relevance of the Chapter to the Book of Tawhid
In this chapter, the author tackles the legal proofs of the prohibition of all acts of polytheism and the state of those invoked besides Allah. No doubt, such clear-cut proofs attest to monotheism.
Keywords and Phrases
Do they associate with Him those who create nothing and they are (themselves) created? The question is introduced in the form of a reprimand. Thus, Allah rebukes those who associate partners with Him.
Those who create nothing: Any creature taken as a deity though it neither creates nor deserves to be worshipped.
And they are (themselves) created: Those deities worshipped besides Allah are created, and a created being can never be set up as a rival to the Creator.
Nor can they help themselves: Such false deities are powerless to guard themselves against any imminent harm, and therefore, they cannot be helpful to others.
General Meaning of the Qur'anic Verses
Allah, Glorified be He, rebukes the polytheists for ascribing to Him partners that cannot create anything. Neither do these false deities have any attributes that may render them worthy of worship, nor can they guard those invoking them against any destined harm. Also they cannot guard themselves against any harm. Therefore, invoking such false deities is null and void, for a created being is by no means a rival to the Creator, and a helpless being is by no means a rival to the Omnipotent (i.e. Allah) who dominates the whole universe.
Lessons Drawn from the Qur'anic Verses
The Qur'anic verses invalidate polytheism since they imply attachment to impotent and incapable creatures.
Only the Creator is worthy of worship.
The Oneness of Allah's Lordship is a clear-cut proof of the Oneness of His Divinity.
It is permissible to argue with the polytheists in order to support truth and confute falsehood.