Worship of Allah and had forgotten their Creator and were in complete darkness
of Kufr (i.e disbelief in Allah). Most of the world was politically divided
under the colonization of Khosrau and Caesar. People in general used to worship
various sorts of created things like the sun, the moon, stars, trees, stones,
idols and the like.
At that time Allah, the Supreme, the Glorified sent Muhammad bin Abdullah to
all mankind and revealed to him the Glorious Qur'an and the Second Inspiration,
i.e. his traditions, in the heart of the Arabian Peninsula. He invited the
people to worship Allah Alone and warned them against ascribing partners unto
Him in such matters as invocations, fear, hope, appealing for help, offerings,
vows, prayers, prostration, fasting and other ritual practices. He carried on
preaching for twenty-three years so that people might say: None has the right to
be worshipped but Allah. He ordered them to worship Allah Alone, Who has no
partners, and to give up the worship of other deities and false gods, for Allah,
the Elevated says,
"And verily We have raised in every nation an apostle proclaiming:
Worship Allah and shun false gods and deities." (An-Nahl, 16:36)
"Say (O Muhammad!): I am only a mortal like you. My Lord has revealed
to me that your God is only One God. (Allah). And whoever hopes for the
meeting with his Lord should do righteous work and, in the Worship of his
Lord, admit no partners." (Surat-al-Kahf, 18:111).
Dear reader, your God, then, is only One (Allah). So it is incumbent upon you
to worship Him only and not to ascribe any partner to Him, and to strive hard to
do righteous deeds according to the traditions of Muhammad as is clearly
expressed in his Hadith. The Prophet said: Whoever does a deed which is not in
accord with our traditions, then that deed will not be accepted by Allah (see
Sahih Al-Bukhari chapter after Hadith No. 351 Volume III).
The Jews claimed that Ezra was the son of Allah and the Christians claimed
that Messiah was the Son of Allah. These claims were referred to in
Surat-at-Tauba, (9:30):
"And the Jews said: Ezra is the Son of Allah, and the Christians
said: The Messiah is the Son of Allah. That is their saying with their
mouths. They imitate the saying of those who disbelieved of old. Allah's
Curse be on them. How they are deluded away from the truth!"
So they worshipped Ezra and Messiah. But Allah, the Supreme, refuted their
false statements in the Glorious Qur'an.
Dear reader, now-a-days some people believe in Allah, but at the same time
take as partners of Allah, creatures such as saints, righteous men and the like,
(by worshipping them) intending to come nearer to Allah through this dogma. They
slaughter animals in their names and vow to them; and all that means nothing but
Evident Polytheism, as Allah says in Surat-az-Zumar, (39:3):
