Is aught for the Messengers, but to deliver the manifest message?

“And verily We have appointed a messenger in every nation (to say): ‘Serve Allah and shun false gods.’ Then, of them were some whom Allah guided, and there were others against whom error was due. Hence, travel in the earth, then see what was the end of the rejecters.” The Arabic term /’ummah/ is a derivative of the word /’umm/ which signifies something which takes up something else on itself. Every group of people who has got something in common and are unified in a sense is called, /’ummah/.

The Arabic term /taqūt/ (dictator or despot) is employed when someone wants to exaggerate or overstress the act of ‘unruliness’. In the Holy Qur’an, the Satan, the oppressors, the tyrants and the idols, who are unruly and disobedient in face of Allah’s commandments, are called /taqūt/.

This word has got no plural form; it is used both as singular, like: “…whoever rejects false deity (taghūt)…”, [^1] which is used as singular, and like: “…their guardians are false deities (taghūt)…” [^2] which is used in plural meaning. Allah has provided means of guidance for all the people.

The above verse says: “And verily We have appointed a messenger in every nation (to say): ‘Serve Allah and shun false gods.’…” Nevertheless, some groups accept the fact of the matter and will be guided aright, while others deny or reject it and, therefore, are misled. Thus, it is He Who guides us though it is us who are misled.

The verse continues saying: “…Then, of them were some whom Allah guided, and there were others against whom error was due…” An interesting example of this case might be the example of the earth which rotates around the sun during the rotation of which part of it faces the sun and is being enlightened while the other part of it, which is in behind, is darkened. Hence, one can say that every light beam which the earth possesses comes from the sun while every dark spot it has is of its own position.

Anyway, Allah does not ascribe misguidance to Himself, unless man personally paves the grounds for it.