Tuesday, March 22, 2016

The Aayah which uproots the Shirk from its foundation

بسم الله والحمد لله والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله ، وبعد

Allaah تعالى says:

{قُلِ ادْعُوا الَّذِينَ زَعَمْتُمْ مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ لَا يَمْلِكُونَ مِثْقَالَ ذَرَّةٍ فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَلَا فِي الْأَرْضِ وَمَا لَهُمْ فِيهِمَا مِنْ شِرْكٍ وَمَا لَهُ مِنْهُمْ مِنْ ظَهِيرٍ * وَلَا تَنْفَعُ الشَّفَاعَةُ عِنْدَهُ إِلَّا لِمَنْ أَذِنَ لَهُ}

{Say (O Muhammad to those polytheists, pagans, etc.): “Invoke those whom you assert (to be associate gods) besides Allaah, they possess not even the weight of an atom, either in the heavens or on the earth, nor have they any share therein, nor there is for Him any supporter from among them. And intercession does not benefit with Him except for one whom He permits…}

[Surah al-Saba’ (34): 22-23]


Ibn al-Qayyim رحمه الله commented on the above Aayah:

A Mushrik (polytheist) takes as his god a thing that he believes will benefit him. But no one can provide benefit except for the one who possesses one of these four characteristics:

1) That he be the possessor/owner of the thing which the slaves requests from him.

2) If he does not own it, then he should be in partnership with the one who owns it.

3) If he is not in partnership with him, then he should at least be the one whom the owner has appointed as his helper and supporter.

4) If he is not even appointed as a helper or supported, then the very least is that he should have influence so that his intercession is accepted by the owner.

Allaah سبحانه وتعالى negated all these four categories, negating step by step, from the top to the bottom. He تعالى negated (for such things) the ownership, the partnership, the support and the intercession – which the Mushrik believes that they possess. He تعالى affirmed the intercession, but the Mushrik will have no share in it; He تعالى will permit only those whom He wills to intercede.

[Meaning: He تعالى negated that there is any other owner besides Him; He تعالى negated the need of having any partner or supporter; and He تعالى negated the right for intercession for the Mushriks. No one will be allowed to intercede whenever they want and for whomever they want. Only Allaah will decide who will have the permission to intercede and for whom they can intercede.]

Sufficient is this Aayah - as Noor (light), clear evidence, salvation (for mankind), guidance towards Tawheed, and for uprooting the Shirk from its foundation and all that which leads towards it – for those who understand it. The Qur’aan is filled with many more evidences but many people do not understand.

[Madaarij al-Saalikeen (1/351)]

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