They had devised an evil plan (against Abraham), but We turned it into failure.

They had devised an evil plan (against Abraham), but We turned it into failure.” (21:70). These great guides, the Messengers, always reminded men that they could establish a relationship between themselves and God at any time and in any place without the need of an intermediary, and they reminded men that in worshipping God they must not look towards anything or anybody, for any reason, and that their worship must be only for God.

If in their worship there is the least attention to anything other than God, then that worship would be for the two - God and the other - and this is…