165- AND OF MEN THOSE WHO TAKE EQUALS BESIDES ALLAH, THEY LOVE THEM AS THEY SHOULD LOVE ALLAH, THOSE WHO BELIEVE LOVE ALLAH MORE.  AND IF THE EVIL DOERS SEE AS THEY SEE THE PUNISHMENT THAT ALL POWER BELONGS TO ALLAH, AND THAT ALLAH IS SEVERE IN PUNISHMENT.

166- THEN THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN FOLLOWED SHALL DISSOCIATE THEMSELVES FROM THOSE WHO FOLLOWED THEM, AS THEY WILL SEE THE PUNISHMENT, AND THEY WILL BE CUT OFF FROM ALL.

167- AND THOSE WHO FOLLOWED THEM SHALL SAY: “IF WE HAVE ANOTHER CHANCE TO DISSOCIATE OURSELVES FROM THEM AS THEY DISSOCIATED THEMSELVES FROM US”.  THUS DOES ALLAH SHOW THEM THEIR DEEDS AS REGRETS FOR THEM, FOR THEY WILL NEVER EXIT FROM FIRE.

Allah the Highest tells us about three groups of people:

1-    Those who take equals besides Allah.  Those equals are not necessarily idles, but could be any thing the person loves to the point of putting them first and higher in their esteem.   One might live an Idle, or a person to idealize, or principle, or money, business, man or woman.  One will love them as or more than they love Allah. 

2-    Those followed by the first group.

3-    The true believers who love Allah the Highest more than any one else.  Allah’s messenger prayer and peace upon him said: “Three things, he who has them will taste the sweet taste of Faith; to love Allah and His messenger more than any one else, to love a person only for the cause of Allah, and to hate to go back to disbelieve he hates to be thrown into the fire”.  (B:Eman;10)

Allah’s messenger prayer and peace upon him also said: “None of you will truly believe until he loves me more that his father, child and all people”.  (B: Eman; 9)

Following someone or something is following their ways and their rules, doing things for them, and defending them and their stance, in preference to all else, this usually applies to:

1-    Satan: 

Although there are Satanic Worshipers these days, yet most of those who follow Satan and his clan follow their ways and creed.  We do not see Satan to flowed, but know what he wants us to do.  Satan will be unable to help himself or us on the Day of Resurrection.  Allah the Highest said: “AND SATAN SAID WHEN ALL WAS DECIDED (ON DAY OF JUDGMENT): ‘INDEED, ALLAH PROMISED YOU THE TRUE PROMISE WHILE I PROMISED YOU AND FAILED YOU.  I HAD NO POWER OVER YOU EXCEPT TO CALL UPON YOU AND YOU ANSWERED ME, DO NOT BLAME ME BUT BLAME YOURSELVES, I CAN NOT SAVE YOU, AND YOU CAN NOT SAVE ME, I REJECT YOU TAKING ME AS PARTNER WITH GOD”, THE WRONG DOERS SHALL HAVE PAINFUL PUNISHMENT”.  (S: 14 A: 22)

2-    Those claimed to be Allah’s sons or daughters:

Jesus peace upon him and Ozyr peace upon him were claimed to be Allah’s sons.  Allah the Highest said: “AND THEY SAID THAT THE MERCIFUL HAS BEGOTTEN A SON * YOU MADE A TERRIBLE CLAIM * THE HEAVENS ARE ABOUT TO BREAK, THE EARTH CRACK, AND THE MOUNTAINS BREAK DOWN * FOR CLAIMING THAT THE MERCIFUL HAS A SON * FOR IT IS NOT BECOMING OF THE MERCIFUL TO HAVE A SON * FOR ALL THOSE IN THE HEAVENS AND EARTH WILL COME TO THE MERCIFUL AS SLAVES” (S:19 A:88-93)

Others claim that the Angels are God’s daughters.

3-    Some worship the Angels or the Jinn. 

Devil worshippers worship the Jinn for the devils are Jinn.  Allah the Highest said: “ON THE DAY WHEN ALLAH SHALL GATHER THEM ALL AND SAY TO THE ANGELS: ‘ARE THEY THOSE WHO WORSHIPED YOU?’  (S: 34 A: 41)

4-    Others worship inanimate objects like the sun, the fire, idles etc

It is strange that until this day and age, there are still those who worship idles, fire, the sun etc.  Allah the Highest said about them: “WHO IS MORE MISGUIED THAN THOSE WHO DO NOT RESPOND TO THEM, UP TO THE DAY OF RESURRECTION, AND ARE TOTALLY UNAWARE THAT THEY ARE BEING CALLED”  (S:46 A:5)

5-    People, Wealth, Power, Ideas:

Some of us follow those in power, or pursue wealth, or power or even political ideology, even if this involves them in doing wrong, and regardless or what it involves or injustice and suffering to others. 

The Powerful, the leaders, and those people look up have particular responsibility to the society as people in general take them for an example.  They tend to be followed in what they do.  This means that they carry the burden of gaining as much sin as those who followed them if they do wrong, as much as gaining as much reward as those who follow them if they do right.  Allah’s messenger prayer and peace upon him said: “He who calls for the right guidance, he shall have as much reward as those who follow him, without decreasing any of their rewards, and he who calls for misguidance, he shall have as much sin as those who follow him, without decreasing any of his sin”.  (M:Elm;16 & D:Sunah; 6 & T:Elm;15)

Taking Equals to worship besides Allah the Highest takes many forms and shapes.  It is however the one sin Allah the Highest never forgives.  “ALLAH DOES NOT FORGET FOR PARTNERS TO BE WORSHIPED BESIDES HIM, BUT FORGETS WHATEVER ELSE TO WHOM HE WILLS, FOR HE WHO WORSHIPS PARTNERS BESIDES ALLAH, HE HAS COMMITED A VERY GREAT SIN”  (S:4 A:48)

B: Bukhari  M: Muslim    Mal: Malek   A: Ahmed   D: Abu Dawood     

 Da: Daremy       Ma: Ibn Magah            N: Nesae          T: Termezi