Allah and Shirk

To Him alone belongs the call of truth. Those they invoke besides Him cannot respond, like one stretching his hands toward water that never reaches his mouth. The prayers of the disbelievers are in vain.

Say: It is Allah who rescues you from this, and from every storm of sorrow, yet still, you associate others beside Him.

He is the One who sent His Messenger with guidance and the true religion to make it prevail over all others, even if the polytheists resent it.

O believers! Intoxicants, gambling, idolatrous offerings, and divining arrows are vile works of Satan, so avoid them that you may succeed.

"Most of them do not believe in Allah without also associating others with Him."

Allah knows whatever they call upon besides Him.

Had there been other gods besides Allah in the heavens or on the earth, both would have been ruined.

Among His signs are the night and the day, the sun and the moon. Do not bow to the sun or the moon, but bow to Allah, who created them, if you truly worship Him.

Say, “Have you considered, if Allah made the night continuous until the Day of Resurrection, who besides Allah could bring you light? Will you not listen?”

Say: “Have you seen your partners whom you call besides Allah? Show me what they’ve created on earth. Or do they have a share in the heavens? Or have We given them a book with clear proof?” No, the wrongdoers promise each other nothing but delusion.

Yet they ascribe partners to Allah. Say, “Name them! Or do you presume to inform Him of something unknown on earth? Or are these mere words?”

Those you call upon besides Allah cannot create even a fly, even if they all gathered for it. And if the fly snatches something from them, they cannot retrieve it. Weak are both the seeker and the sought.

Allah is the One who created you, then provided for you, then causes you to die, then brings you back to life. Can any of your partners do any of this? Glory be to Him.

Do they associate with Him things that create nothing and are themselves created?

Or have they assigned partners to Allah who create as He creates, so that creation appears similar to them?

But if they had associated others with Him, all their deeds would have been in vain.

So do not compare Allah to anything. Allah knows, while you do not.

Yet they assign to Him a portion of His servants, man is clearly ungrateful.

On the Day He gathers them and what they worshipped besides Allah, He will say, “Did you mislead My servants, or did they stray on their own?”

They will say, “Glory be to You! It was not for us to take any lords besides You. But You gave them and their ancestors enjoyment until they forgot the Reminder and became ruined.”

“By Allah, we were clearly astray

When we equated you with the Lord of the Worlds.

No one led us astray but the wicked.

Now we have no intercessors.”

On the Day We gather them all, We will say to those who associated others with Allah, “Stay where you are, you and your partners.” Then We will separate them, and their partners will say, “You never truly worshipped us.”

On the Day He gathers them and what they worshipped besides Allah, He will say, “Did you mislead My servants, or did they stray on their own?”

Who is more unjust than one who fabricates lies against Allah or rejects His signs? They will receive their portion, and when Our messengers come to take their souls, they will say, “Where are those you invoked besides Allah?” They will reply, “They have abandoned us.” Thus, they will bear witness against themselves that they were disbelievers.

Those against whom the decree is justified will say, “Our Lord, these are the ones we led astray, we led them astray as we ourselves were astray. We declare our innocence before You, it was not us they worshiped.”

And it will be said, “Call upon your partners.” But they will not respond to them, and they will see the punishment. If only they had been guided!

But no! They will reject their worship and become their opponents.

Then they will have no excuse but to say, “By Allah, our Lord, we were never polytheists.”

“If only I had not associated anyone with my Lord!”

See how they lie against themselves, and how their false gods have abandoned them!

He is not questioned about what He does, but they will be questioned.

"But you may worship whatever you wish besides Him." Say, "The true losers are those who lose themselves and their families on the Day of Resurrection. That is the ultimate loss."

Is not sincere faith owed to Allah alone? Yet some take guardians besides Him, saying, "We worship them only to draw closer to Allah." But Allah will judge between them regarding their differences.

They do not value Allah as He deserves. On the Day of Judgment, the earth will be in His grip, and the heavens will be folded in His right hand.

The trumpet will be blown, and all in the heavens and the earth will fall unconscious, except whom Allah wills. Then it will be blown again, and they will rise, looking on.

Everything is bound to perish except His face. His is the judgment, and to Him you will be returned.

This is because when Allah alone was called upon, you rejected Him, but when others were associated with Him, you believed. The judgment belongs to Allah.

Whoever associates others with Allah, it is as if he fell from the sky and was snatched by birds or swept away by the wind to a distant place.

Who set up another Allah beside Allah, so cast him into the severe punishment.”

That is because Allah alone is the Truth, and what they call upon besides Him is falsehood.

Say, “If calamity were to strike you, or the final Hour were to come, would you call upon anyone other than Allah, if you are truthful?”

Those who do not invoke other gods besides Allah, nor take a life unjustly, nor commit adultery. Whoever does so will face severe consequences.

And those who followed will say, “No, it was your scheming, night and day, commanding us to disbelieve in Allah and set up equals with Him.” They will all hide their regret when they see the punishment. And We will place shackles around the necks of the disbelievers. Will they be repaid for anything but what they used to do?

“Indeed, you and what you worship besides Allah are fuel for Hell, you will enter it.”

If these were truly gods, they would not enter it, but all will abide therein.