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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books A Study of Polytheism and Idolatry in the Qur’an Chapter 1: Polytheistic Beliefs with respect to Allah Polytheistic beliefs can be discussed and studied around three pivots: Polytheistic / idolatrous beliefs associated with Allah. Polytheistic / idolatrous beliefs associated with idols. Polytheistic / idolatrous beliefs concerning the Resurrection.

Allah, the only Creator and Governor of the existing cosmos Polytheists believed that only Allah was the Creator and Governor of the existing universe. They acknowledged that it was Allah who had created the world and was in charge of governing the sky and the earth, and whatever was between them. This conviction can be construed as a positive and laudable belief because it is compatible with monotheistic belief, and acceptable to monotheists.

A number of verses affirm this matter: First verse “Say, ‘Who provides for you out of the sky and the earth? Who controls [your] hearing and sight, and who brings forth the living from the dead and brings forth the dead from the living, and who directs the command?’ They will say, ‘Allah.’ Say, ‘Will you not then be wary [of Him]?’ That, then, is Allah, your true Lord. So what is there after the truth except error?

Then where are you being led away?” [^1] Command [ amr ] is an infinitive and it has [been preceded by] the definite article the [ al ], which signifies generality; therefore, the command [ al-amr ] means all actions. Verse 31 demonstrates the polytheists’ doctrinal deviations with regard to Allah’s management of affairs. After that, it admonishes them for not having faith, for not seeking Allah and for being led astray.

“That, then, is Allah, your true Lord” , clarifies that the true Lord is Allah and that there is no [other] governor but Allah; belief in an influence besides Allah is nothing more than a fallacy and besides Him all else is falsehood and misguidance. In the forthcoming discussions, we will explain how the Qur’an maintains this belief. Some people fallaciously imagine that there is a facilitator other than Allah.

Idols are effective [only] in the dream-world of idol worshippers, not in the real world. It is for this reason that the Qur’an states, “So what is there after the truth except error? Then where are you being led away?” The sentence “They will say, ‘Allah’.” is found in many [other] verses of the Qur’an.