11:101 Thus, the verses mentioned (at the beginning of the...

11:101 Thus, the verses mentioned (at the beginning of the chapter) are unrelated to the topic in question, which is the issue of a servant of God requesting another one while the former considers the latter neither a god or a lord nor one who can act freely and bring about changes in the affairs of the world or of the hereafter, but believes him to be a dear and honorable servant of God chosen by Him to the position of Prophethood and Imamate, one whose prayers God has promised to answer, as stated in the following verse: And if, then they wronged themselves, they had but come unto thee and asked forgiveness of Allah, and asked forgiveness of the messenger, they would have found Allah forgiving and Merciful.

4:64 c) The verses themselves contain clear evidence of the fact that the calling referred to above, is not a general, ordinary request for the needs to be fulfilled; rather, it is related to worshipping. This is why the word worship service follows the word calling in the following verse: And your Lord says: Call upon me, and I will answer your prayer; surely those who are too proud for My service shall soon enter hell abased.

This clearly means that the calling made (by polytheists) was an invocation to creatures credited with Gods attributes. Conclusion: Following the three preliminary arguments just outlined, we can safely conclude that the Qur'ans principal aim in these verses is to prohibit the idolaters from calling upon their idols, whom they considered as Gods partners, prudent and able to intercede.

If the idolaters showed humbleness, lamented, implored and begged for intercession or prayed for what they needed, it was because they believed their idols to be small gods responsible for Godly deeds. They assumed that the Lord has transferred the responsibility for some terrestrial and celestial tasks to the idols. How can these Verses have reference to asking a pure soul who, in the callers opinion, has gone no further that complete devotion and is indeed a beloved and honored servant of God?

When the Quran declares: and that the mosques are Allah's, therefore call not upon any one with Allah, it is addressing the pagan Arabs who worshipped idols, celestial bodies, angels and the Jinn. This verse and the like speak of calling upon a person or a thing while considering him or it a deity, and no doubt, such a calling upon these creatures by someone with such beliefs is equal to worshipping them.