An Islamic Treasury of Virtues
3. Worship
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mentioned in the Qur’an. Ibn Jareer al Tabari has
related a tradition on the authority of Muhammad
Ibn Qays to the effect that these idols were named
after certain saints of ancient times. These were
pious men who had lived in the period between
Adam and Noah. They had many followers in their
lifetime, and when they died these followers said if
they were to construct images of their heroes, it
would inspire them in their worship of God. They
then proceeded to do so. When the next generation
made its appearance, Satan introduced another
idea: that their forefathers had not just been using
these statues as a focus of worship-they had
actually been worshipping them as idols. It was
these idols who made the rain fall and, in fact,
accomplished everything. That was how idol
worship started.
(IBN KATHIR,
TAFSIR)
THE LAW OF GOD IS APPLICABLE TO
EVERYONE
It is written in the chapter of the Qur’an entitled,
“The Table Spread,” that those who do not judge
in accordance with God’s revelations are
