The Call of the Quran
1. Divine Planning
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This verse shows that the main mission of the Final
Prophet was to remove the religion of polytheism
from its place of domination and establish the
religion of monotheism in its place, giving it a
position of dominance in the world. This
dominance was to be of an intellectual and
ideological kind. That is, a dominance similar to
that gained by scientific knowledge over traditional
knowledge in modern times.
This was the most difficult plan ever conceived in
history. In the 7th century it was the hardest of
tasks to stamp out polytheism and replace it with
monotheism as the predominant ideology. It was
just like uprooting a tree with all its roots and
branches. It entailed severe difficulties and could be
performed only with meticulous planning and
strenuous effort.
To secure this goal the Final Prophet was provided
by God with two special supporting factors. One
was the divine proclamation:
You are the best nation that has ever been
raised up for mankind (3:110)
