Verily, Allah forgives not that partners should be set up with Him in worship...
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Published on 04/14/2006
"Verily, Allah forgives not that partners should be set up with him in worship, but He forgives anything less to whom He pleases, and whoever sets up partners with Allah in worship, he has indeed invented a tremendous sin."
Surah an Nisaa 4:116.
Surah an Nisaa 4:116.
Verily, Allah forgives not that partners should be set up with Him in worship
"Verily, Allah forgives not that partners should be set up with him in worship, but He forgives anything less to whom He pleases, and whoever sets up partners with Allah in worship, he has indeed invented a tremendous sin."
Surah an Nisaa 4:116.
"I have not created the Jinn or mankind except so that they worship Me [alone]."
Surah adh Dhaariyaat 51:56.
"And your Lord has decreed that you worship none but Him..."
Surah al Israa 17:23.
Bukhaari and Muslim report on the authority of Mu'aath bin Jabal that the Prophet (peace be upon him) said:
"The right of Allah over His slaves is that they worship Him without associating anything with Him in worship."
The above verses show the purpose of our lives is to worship Allah and Him alone, not associating anyone or anything with Him in worship. Worship does not mean being engaged in prayer day and night, but it is a comprehensive term meaning doing what Allah and His Messenger (peace be upon him) have ordered us to do and staying away from what they have ordered us to stay away from:
"It is not Al-Birr (piety, righteousness, and each and every act of obedience to Allah, etc.) that you turn your faces towards east and (or) west (in prayers); but Al-Birr is (the quality of) the one who believes in Allah, the Last Day, the Angels, the Book, the Prophets and gives his wealth, in spite of love for it, to the kinsfolk, to the orphans, and to Al-Masakin (the poor), and to the wayfarer, and to those who ask, and to set slaves free, performs As-Salat (Iqamat-as-Salat), and gives the Zakat, and who fulfill their covenant when they make it, and who are As-Sabirin (the patient ones, etc.) in extreme poverty and ailment (disease) and at the time of fighting (during the battles). Such are the people of the truth and they are AlMuttaqun."
If we fulfill the promise of singling out Allah in all forms of worship, which is the essence of Tawheed, we have hope in the saying of Allah:
"Verily, Allah forgives not that partners should be set up with him in worship, but He forgives anything less to whom He pleases, and whoever sets up partners with Allah in worship, he has indeed invented a tremendous sin."
We know that no matter what sins we may have committed, if we die as someone who has not associated partners with Allah in worship, Allah can forgive every single one of them if He so wishes. The only sin (after death) that is not forgiven is, as Allah says, shirk - or associating partners with Allah in worship.
This is a great Mercy from Allah that He has promised people of Tawheed and those who act up upon the meaning of laa ilaaha il Allah - there is none worthy of worship except Allah.
Surah an Nisaa 4:116.
"I have not created the Jinn or mankind except so that they worship Me [alone]."
Surah adh Dhaariyaat 51:56.
"And your Lord has decreed that you worship none but Him..."
Surah al Israa 17:23.
Bukhaari and Muslim report on the authority of Mu'aath bin Jabal that the Prophet (peace be upon him) said:
"The right of Allah over His slaves is that they worship Him without associating anything with Him in worship."
The above verses show the purpose of our lives is to worship Allah and Him alone, not associating anyone or anything with Him in worship. Worship does not mean being engaged in prayer day and night, but it is a comprehensive term meaning doing what Allah and His Messenger (peace be upon him) have ordered us to do and staying away from what they have ordered us to stay away from:
"It is not Al-Birr (piety, righteousness, and each and every act of obedience to Allah, etc.) that you turn your faces towards east and (or) west (in prayers); but Al-Birr is (the quality of) the one who believes in Allah, the Last Day, the Angels, the Book, the Prophets and gives his wealth, in spite of love for it, to the kinsfolk, to the orphans, and to Al-Masakin (the poor), and to the wayfarer, and to those who ask, and to set slaves free, performs As-Salat (Iqamat-as-Salat), and gives the Zakat, and who fulfill their covenant when they make it, and who are As-Sabirin (the patient ones, etc.) in extreme poverty and ailment (disease) and at the time of fighting (during the battles). Such are the people of the truth and they are AlMuttaqun."
If we fulfill the promise of singling out Allah in all forms of worship, which is the essence of Tawheed, we have hope in the saying of Allah:
"Verily, Allah forgives not that partners should be set up with him in worship, but He forgives anything less to whom He pleases, and whoever sets up partners with Allah in worship, he has indeed invented a tremendous sin."
We know that no matter what sins we may have committed, if we die as someone who has not associated partners with Allah in worship, Allah can forgive every single one of them if He so wishes. The only sin (after death) that is not forgiven is, as Allah says, shirk - or associating partners with Allah in worship.
This is a great Mercy from Allah that He has promised people of Tawheed and those who act up upon the meaning of laa ilaaha il Allah - there is none worthy of worship except Allah.