Islam Creator of the Modern Age
2. Holding Sacred that which is not Sacred
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What is polytheism? It is the worship of the
phenomena of nature. Before the time of the
Prophet of Islam, in every period recorded in
history, man had worshipped natural phenomena,
holding them to be imbued with divinity. All
ancient civilizations—Greek, Egyptian, Roman and
Persian—all were polytheistic in their persuasions.
All the outstanding things of this world—earth,
rivers, mountains, sun, moon or stars—all were
objects of worship for man. Only Islam was able to
displace them from the pedestal of worship. Only
then could that new intellectual departure be made
which is now known as the scientific revolution.
