or from polytheism and idols; in so doing he departs from the creed of Abraham the Friend, blessings and peace be upon him. Allah the Exalted says:

“There is indeed for you a good example in Abraham and those with him when they said to their people, ‘We are completely free of you and of whatever you worship apart from Allah; we disbelieve in you, and between us and you enmity and hatred have appeared forever, until you believe in Allah alone.’” [Q 60:4]

And the Friend, peace be upon him, said to his idolatrous people:

“Have you considered what you have been worshipping— you and your forefathers of old? They are enemies to me, except the Lord of all worlds.” [Q 26:75-77]

A word on the poem Nazm al-Sulūk and Ibn al-Fāriḍ’s imagining divinity for himself:

Allah says:

“You will not find a people who believe in Allah and the Last Day showing affection to those who oppose Allah and His Messenger, even if they are their fathers, their sons, their brothers, or their kinsfolk. Such are the ones in whose hearts He has inscribed faith and whom He has strengthened with a spirit from Him.” [Q 58:22]

Yet some adherents of this doctrine have composed books and poems, among them Ibn al-Fāriḍ’s poem entitled Nazm al-Sulūk, in which he says:

For her my prayers are established in the station,
and within them I bear witness that it was she who prayed for me.

We two are one worshipper, prostrating before her reality
in unison at every act of prostration.

It was never He who prayed for me, and my prayer
was never offered on behalf of another in any unit of prayer.