and likewise, the leveling of elevated graves until they are flush with the ground, for raising them entices people to venerate those buried there and to set them up as rivals to Allah in worship and exaltation.

Relevance of the hadith to this chapter: it affirms the obligation to efface and destroy images.

Lessons derived from the hadith:
1- The prohibition of image-making and the duty to remove and erase every type of image.
2- Mutual exhortation to uphold the truth, enjoin what is right, forbid what is wrong, and transmit knowledge.
3- The prohibition of elevating graves by building over them or by any other means, for that is one of the avenues leading to polytheism.
4- The obligation to demolish domes constructed over graves.
5- Image-making, like building over graves, is a means that leads to polytheism.