Qur'an 20080216

In the name of Allah, most Gracious, most Merciful.

38. Verily Allah knows the hidden things of the heavens and the earth: verily God has full knowledge of all that is in hearts.

39. God it is that has made you inheritors in the earth: if then, any do reject, their rejection against themselves: their rejection but adds to the odium for the unbelievers in the sight of their Lord: their rejection but adds to undoing.

40. Say, "Have you seen 'partners' of yours whom you call upon besides Allah? Show me what it is they have created in the earth. Or have they a share in the heavens?" Or have We given them a Book from which they clarify? Nay, the wrongdoers promise each other nothing but delusions.

The Originator of Creation 35:38-40
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Have you seen 'partners' of yours whom you call upon besides Allah? Show me what it is they have created in the earth. Or have they a share in the heavens?

If these people don't believe in God, then who is it they worship (besides themselves)? Or if these people believe that they are better than God, who is it that they call upon for help? Or if these people are just clueless, who is it they give credit to besides God?

Or is it that these people ignore God, because they only care about their own lusts and pleasures? Therefore do they only worship what stimulates their lusts and pleasures? If you were to tickle these people, and give them pleasure, would they worship you? Do they worship lovers and prostitutes? Do they worship rubber dolls and sex toys? Do they worship drugs and booze?

Do these people worship what they create? Are they so proud of what they create, that they boost their own pride with acts of worship/self-worship? Do these people worship what other people have created? Do they have a deal with these people to worship what they create? Do they worship what other people create because other people have been worshiping it? What do these creations do, that they worship them?

Do these people worship the things besides God that helped them achieve social status, and power? Is it the public eye that they worship? Is it their buddies that they worship? Do they have a deal to worship each other? Do they worship what other people tell them to worship? Is it other people that they worship?

Is it a thing that these people worship? Do they save money over the years to buy that thing so that they could worship it? Would they worship that thing anyway, if they could not afford to buy it? What does the thing do, that they worship it?

Is it money that these people worship? If they made lots of money, would they still worship money? If they lost all their money, would they still worship money? Do they spend money worshiping money? If they were too sick or too old to enjoy money, would they still worship money? If somebody gave them lots of money, would they worship that person? Is it the things money buys, that they worship? So, these people worship things? What does the thing do, that they worship it?

It's a lot less confusing for me to only worship Allah, and to remain constant in my worship of Allah so that I don't lapse into confusion.