the idols taken as objects of worship besides Allah. Allah Most High said:

“Nor would he command you to take the angels and prophets as lords. Would he command you to disbelieve after you have become Muslims?”

Joseph the truthful said:

“O my two fellow prisoners! Are many different lords better, or Allah, the One, the All-Prevailing?”

“You worship besides Him nothing but names you and your forefathers have devised, for which Allah has sent down no authority.”

Everyone who worships anything besides Allah worships nothing but names for which Allah has sent down no authority. Moreover, those who worship angels or prophets do not see them; rather, they worship statues fashioned in their likenesses, made of earth, stone, and wood. Thus, they worship lifeless things.

In the Sahīh—Sahīh Muslim—Abū al-Hayyāj al-Asadī reported:

“ʿAlī ibn Abī Tālib, may Allah be pleased with him, said to me: ‘Shall I send you on the same mission on which the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, sent me? He sent me to leave no image without effacing it, and no raised grave without leveling it.’”

Allah Most High said:

“Is He who creates like one who does not create? Will you not then take heed?”

“If you tried to count Allah’s blessings, you could never enumerate them. Indeed, Allah is All-Forgiving, Most Merciful.”

“Allah knows what you conceal and what you reveal.”

“Those whom they invoke besides Allah create nothing; they themselves are created.”

“They are dead, not alive, and they do not know when they will be resurrected.”

None of the dead knows when they will be resurrected. No one but Allah, Mighty and Majestic, knows when the Hour will come. It is reported in the Sahīh: “When the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, died, the people were addressed by Abū Bakr