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Enter into submission one and all and do not follow the footsteps of Shaitan, surely he is your open enemy.

Allah sets forth an example: There is a slave in whom are (several) partners differing with one another, and there is another slave wholly owned by one man. Are the two alike in condition? (All) praise is due to Allah. Nay! Most of them do not know. (Surah Zumar 39:29) Most commentators have said that this example is for the polytheists and the monotheists. The polytheist is like a slave having many masters and all of them are opposed to each other.

Each of them issues a different order and each puts the needs of the slave on the other person. This is the condition of a polytheist, if they had intellect and had understood worship, they would have realized all the work performed by them is useless. While the monotheist, who is the slave of only one Allah and worships only one Allah Who is generous, merciful and has all the powers, and Who has the powers to give profit and loss.

Indeed this would be better than the one who worships many gods and none from them pays heed. Kulaini in Kafi and Maniul Akhbar has narrated that Allah has mentioned this example for the enemies of Amirul Momineen (a.s.).

There are two reason for this: The first reason is: ‘There is a slave in whom are (several) partners’ is the first unjust one, all of whose followers are following different ways, because their Imam is not on the right that is why there are different sects among them and: ‘slave wholly owned by one man’ are the followers of Amirul Momineen (a.s.) because their Imam is on the right.