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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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."
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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.