"Surely the Religion (i.e. worship and the obedience) is for Allah
alone And those who choose protectors other than Allah (say): We only
worship them in order that they may bring us nearer to Allah." [And in
(39:43)]: "What! Do they take for intercessors others besides Allah?
Say: Even though they own nothing whatever and have no intelligence?"
[And in (39:44)]: "Say: Unto Allah belong all intercessions. His is the
Sovereignty of the Heavens and the Earth. And afterwards unto Him you will
be brought back."
Further, Allah addresses His Beloved Apostle Muhammad in Surat-al-Jinn,
(72:21):
"Say (O Muhammad!): It is not in my power to cause you harm or to
bring you to the right path."
This indicates that the Prophet has no power of harming or benefitting
anyone, for all that is in the Hands of Allah, the Elevated Who says in
Surat-Saba:
"Say: (O Muhammad!): Call upon those whom you set up (associate
gods) beside Allah. They possess no power not even to the weight of an
atom in the heavens or on earth, nor have they any share in either, nor has
He any helper among them." (34:22).
The above Holy Verse indicates that Allah, the Blessed, the Supreme, is the
True God to be worshipped, the only One, the Almighty, the Disposer, the Sole
Creator of the Heavens and the Earth and whatever is in them. He is the
Benefactor and Controller of harm, life and death. Those who call upon others
besides Him do not own even an atom in anything.
When we know all this, how can we ascribe partners to Him and worship others
and invoke them for help?
Dear reader, worshipping others along with Allah is the Greatest Sin,(1)
a sin which will never be forgiven by Allah, the Elevated, if one dies insisting
on such a sin. Such a sinner will be cast in Hell with the losers, as Allah
says:
"Verily! Allah forgives not that a partner should be ascribed unto
Him. He forgives all other sins to whom He wishes, and whoever ascribes
partners to Allah has indeed invented a tremendous sin." (Surat-an-Nisa,
(4:48)), "If you ascribe partners to Allah, all your deeds will be in
vain, and definitely you will be one of the losers." (Surat-az-Zumar,
39:65) "But if
