The Call of the Quran
1. Divine Planning
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Therefore they wasted no time in crushing the
da’is
of monotheism. This was the actual cause of
ideological aggression in ancient times.
The Prophet Muhammad and his companions
were commanded by God to fight for the
extirpation of polytheism to put an end to the
da’is
of monotheism being the targets of polytheistic
aggression. That is to say, that
shirk
and politics
were separated from one another. The Prophet
and his companions launched this campaign with
full force and devotion, and it was due to their
unceasing efforts that the power of
shirk
was given
a death blow. Subsequently, in most parts of the
inhabited world of the time, the polytheistic
system was subjugated, thus putting an end to the
aggressive status of
shirk
forever. Now for all time
polytheism and political power were thrust into
separate arenas.
The second stage of the domination of monotheism
over
shirk
is mentioned in this verse of the Qur’an:
We will show them our signs in all the regions
of the earth and in their own souls, until they
clearly see that this is the truth (41:53).
