(Clarification that the shirk of the polytheists was not in equating the idols with Allah in creation, but rather in worship, faith, and love) And by Allah, they did not equate them
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The Shaykh : He said:
"And by Allah, they did not equate them with Allah in *** creation, nor provision, nor kindness"
Who is he referring to? The polytheists. He says that they did not equate them; they did not equate them with Allah, meaning they did not equate their idols with Allah in these matters: creation, provision, and kindness.[Az-Zukhruf 43:87]. [Yunus 10:31]. They acknowledge that Allah is the Creator and that all provision belongs to Allah (Mighty and Majestic), and they did not equate their idols with Allah in that.
"For Allah is, in their view, the Creator and the *** Provider, the Master of grace and kindness
But they did equate them with Allah in *** love and exaltation, and in faith".
So in the matter of lordship, they did not equate them with Allah. In the matter of worship and deification, they equated them with Allah in love, exaltation, and faith. They made their love for them like their love for Allah[Al-Baqarah 2:165], and likewise in exaltation.
"And by Allah, they did not equate them with Allah in *** creation, nor provision, nor kindness"
Who is he referring to? The polytheists. He says that they did not equate them; they did not equate them with Allah, meaning they did not equate their idols with Allah in these matters: creation, provision, and kindness.
And if you asked them who created them, they would surely say, "Allah."
ولئن سألتهم من خلقهم ليقولون اللهSay, "Who provides for you from the heaven and the earth? Or who controls hearing and sight and who brings the living out of the dead and brings the dead out of the living and who arranges [every] matter?" They will say, "Allah," so say, "Then will you not fear Him?"
قُلْ مَنْ يَرْزُقُكُمْ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ وَالْأَرْضِ أَمَّنْ يَمْلِكُ السَّمْعَ وَالْأَبْصَارَ وَمَنْ يُخْرِجُ الْحَيَّ مِنَ الْمَيِّتِ وَيُخْرِجُ الْمَيِّتَ مِنَ الْحَيِّ وَمَنْ يُدَبِّرُ الْأَمْرَ فَسَيَقُولُونَ اللَّهُ"For Allah is, in their view, the Creator and the *** Provider, the Master of grace and kindness
But they did equate them with Allah in *** love and exaltation, and in faith".
So in the matter of lordship, they did not equate them with Allah. In the matter of worship and deification, they equated them with Allah in love, exaltation, and faith. They made their love for them like their love for Allah