Denying the existence of any god other than Allah, and His saying: “So what did their gods avail them?”
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, the hadith denies the existence of a god alongside Allah. How do we reconcile this with the noble verse[Hud 11:101]
Answer:
Yes, there is no contradiction between them, because the true god is Allah, and everything other than Him is a false god, worshipped in falsehood. This is the meaning of “La ilaha illa Allah,” that is, there is no true object of worship except Allah. This indicates that there are objects of worship other than the truth, and that they are false. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, the hadith denies the existence of a god alongside Allah. How do we reconcile this with the noble verse
they were not availed at all by their gods
فَمَا أَغْنَتْ عَنْهُمْ آلِهَتُهُمُAnswer:
Yes, there is no contradiction between them, because the true god is Allah, and everything other than Him is a false god, worshipped in falsehood. This is the meaning of “La ilaha illa Allah,” that is, there is no true object of worship except Allah. This indicates that there are objects of worship other than the truth, and that they are false. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 02 من 29|أسئلة شرح كتاب التوحيد|توحيد الألوهية|نفي وجود إله غير الله وقوله فما أغنت عنهم آلهتهم؟ — youtube.com
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