Al-Irshad ila Sahih al-Itiqad - Salih Al-Fawzan - (40)

Al-Irshad ila Sahih al-ItiqadSalih Al-Fawzan

do you know of any who is His equal?’ 1, and His saying: ‘To Allah belong the Most Beautiful Names, so call upon Him by them’ 2; and His report about His close friend Abraham—peace be upon him—that he said to his father, ‘My father, why do you worship something that neither hears nor sees and can do nothing for you?’ 3; and His saying, ‘If you call upon them, they do not hear your supplication’ 4; and His saying, ‘And the people of Moses, after he left, made from their ornaments a calf—an inert body that lowed. Did they not see that it could neither speak to them nor guide them to any path?’ 5.

Among these methods is His challenge to the powerless deities of the polytheists, as in His words: ‘Do they associate with Him those who create nothing while they themselves are created, and who can neither help them nor help themselves?’ 6; and His words: ‘Say: Call upon those you claim besides Him; they have no power to remove affliction from you nor to shift it elsewhere.’ 7; and His words: ‘They worship besides Allah that which owns no provision for them from the heavens or the earth whatsoever, nor are they able to do so.’ 8; and His words: ‘O people, a parable is set forth, so listen to it: Those you invoke besides Allah will never create even a fly, even if they all gathered for that purpose; and if the fly were to snatch something away from them, they could not recover it from it. Feeble indeed is the seeker and the sought.’ 9.
Another method is His derision of the polytheists who worship others beside Him, as in His words: ‘He said, “Do you worship, apart from Allah, that which can neither benefit you in any way nor harm you? Fie upon you and upon what you worship besides Allah! Will you not then reason?”’ 10; and His words: ‘And who is more astray than one who calls, instead of Allah, upon those who will not answer him until the Day of Resurrection, while they are oblivious to their supplication?’ 11.
Likewise, He sets out the end of those who ascribe partners to Him, and the fate they will share with the beings they worship, for those objects of worship will disown them in the most critical moment, as in His words: ‘If only the wrongdoers could see, when they behold the punishment, that all power belongs wholly to Allah and that Allah…’

(1) Surah Maryam, verse 65. (2) Surah al-Araf, verse 148. (3) Surah Maryam, verse 42. (4) Surah Fatir, verse 14. (5) Surah al-Araf, verse 148. (6) Surah al-Araf, verses 191–192. (7) Surah al-Isra, verse 56. (8) Surah al-Nahl, verse 73. (9) Surah al-Hajj, verse 73. (10) Surah al-Anbiya, verses 66–67. (11) Surah al-Ahqaf, verse 5.

هَلْ تَعْلَمُ لَهُ سَمِيّاً﴾ ١، وقوله: ﴿وَلِلَّهِ الآسْمَاءُ الْحُسْنَى فَادْعُوهُ بِهَا﴾ ٢، وقوله عن خليله إبراهيم ﵇؛ أنه قال لأبيه: ﴿يَا أَبَتِ لِمَ تَعْبُدُ مَا لا يَسْمَعُ وَلا يُبْصِرُ وَلا يُغْنِي عَنْكَ شَيْئاً﴾ ٣، وقوله: ﴿إِنْ تَدْعُوهُمْ لا يَسْمَعُوا دُعَاءَكُمْ﴾ ٤، وقوله: ﴿وَاتَّخَذَ قَوْمُ مُوسَى مِنْ بَعْدِهِ مِنْ حُلِيِّهِمْ عِجْلاً جَسَداً لَهُ خُوَارٌ أَلَمْ يَرَوْا أَنَّهُ لا يُكَلِّمُهُمْ وَلا يَهْدِيهِمْ سَبِيلاً﴾ ٥. ٦- ومنها تعجيزه لآلهة المشركين؛ كقوله تعالى: ﴿أَيُشْرِكُونَ مَا لا يَخْلُقُ شَيْئاً وَهُمْ يُخْلَقُونَ وَلا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ لَهُمْ نَصْراً وَلا أَنْفُسَهُمْ يَنْصُرُونَ﴾ ٦، وقوله تعالى: ﴿قُلِ ادْعُوا الَّذِينَ زَعَمْتُمْ مِنْ دُونِهِ فَلا يَمْلِكُونَ كَشْفَ الضُّرِّ عَنْكُمْ وَلا تَحْوِيلاً﴾ ٧، وقوله تعالى: ﴿وَيَعْبُدُونَ مِنْ دُونِ الله مَا لا يَمْلِكُ لَهُمْ رِزْقاً مِنَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالآرْضِ شَيْئاً وَلا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ﴾ ٨، وقوله تعالى: ﴿يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ ضُرِبَ مَثَلٌ فَاسْتَمِعُوا لَهُ إِنَّ الَّذِينَ تَدْعُونَ مِنْ دُونِ الله لَنْ يَخْلُقُوا ذُبَاباً وَلَوِ اجْتَمَعُوا لَهُ وَإِنْ يَسْلُبْهُمُ الذُّبَابُ شَيْئاً لا يَسْتَنْقِذُوهُ مِنْهُ ضَعُفَ الطَّالِبُ وَالْمَطْلُوبُ﴾ ٩. ٧- ومنها: تسفيه المشركين الذين يعبدون غير الله؛ كقوله تعالى: ﴿قَالَ أَفَتَعْبُدُونَ مِنْ دُونِ الله مَا لا يَنْفَعُكُمْ شَيْئاً وَلا يَضُرُّكُمْ أُفٍّ لَكُمْ وَلِمَا تَعْبُدُونَ مِنْ دُونِ الله أَفَلا تَعْقِلُونَ﴾ ١٠، وقوله تعالى: ﴿وَمَنْ أَضَلُّ مِمَّنْ يَدْعُو مِنْ دُونِ الله مَنْ لا يَسْتَجِيبُ لَهُ إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ وَهُمْ عَنْ دُعَائِهِمْ غَافِلُونَ﴾ ١١. ٨- ومنها: بيان عاقبة المشركين الذين يعبدون غير الله، وبيان مآلهم مع من عبدوهم؛ حيث تتبرأ منهم تلك المعبودات في أحرج المواقف؛ كما في قوله تعالى: ﴿وَلَوْ يَرَى الَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا إِذْ يَرَوْنَ الْعَذَابَ أَنَّ الْقُوَّةَ لِلَّهِ جَمِيعاً وَأَنَّ الله

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