The general invitation of the Apostles towards One God

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IntroductionIs there any argument in favor of Polytheism?

In the first verse refers to the Apostles and says, “And We did not send any messenger before you but We inspired him saying, “None has the right to be worshipped but I, so worship Me (alone and none else).” All previous apostles were the preachers of the Oneness of God. As history tells us they invited people to the One God. How that polytheism is too has an importance while the apostles invite people to God.

Was there any one else present but he did not have himself recognized and restricted his beneficence or did his apostles show lethargy in preaching his message? The mind does not accept any of these things. Some commentators think that the logic has been used at first in Surah Anbiya and then presented the repeated proof which is in this verse. All the apostles have enjoined the people to Oneness and this itself is a proof. (1)

The second verse speaks a little differently and it is addressed to the Holy Messenger (even though it addresses the whole of mankind). It says, “Ask those messengers whom We sent before you if We appointed besides the Beneficent God any gods to be worshipped.” Why was the Holy Messenger ordered to ask the previous apostles when they were not present in his time? The exegetes have explained it in various ways.

According to some this means that he was commanded to ask the people of those apostles so that this can be proven through the repeated news because the people who believe in the triad also claim to worship the One God and tries to reach the Oneness through the triad.

 The meaning of this verse is similar to the meaning of verse 94 of Surah Yunus that says, “Ask those who have read the book before you”. Some take it to mean that you should read the books of the previous apostles which were present in those days. The gleaning the knowledge from the book is like asking those apostles.

Another group feel that asking the apostles means to ask the souls of those apostles and that was possible on the Eve of the Celestial Journey (Meraaj) and on normal days , because the souls of the apostles being lofty are not restricted by time and space. It is not impossible for the Holy Messenger to meet them.

The issue here is to argue with the real polytheists the first and the second meaning will be more appropriate because contacting the soul will not be acceptable to the polytheists and this method will be beneficial only for the holy messenger even though it is clear that his certitude on Oneness is so lofty that he does not need to ask anyone. The third hypothesis can be deemed to be an esoteric explanation and this view is supported by in puts in various traditions. (2)

The actual fact is that the Holy Messenger’s invitation to Oneness of God was not something new this invitation has been the accepted norm of all previous apostles and it is a shining proof of Oneness. Another point to be noted in this connection is that the attribute “Rahman” has been used in this verse and this tells us that it is He (The One God) who is worth worshipping for His beneficence is for all even the disbelievers and polytheists are not deprived of it. All of mankind is immersed in His ocean of beneficence then how is it possible for mankind to forgo its benefactor and worship some body else?

 


 

1. Tafsir QartabiVol.6. Page No 4320.
2. Tafsir Burhan Vol. 4 Page 147; Tafsir Nurus Saqlain Vol.4. Pages 606 and 607.

 

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