Muslim Brothers of Indian Subcontinent: It's Time for Homecoming, Part II

by Dr Radhasyam Brahmachari

01 Dec, 2008

Source: http://islam-watch.org

Muslim intellectuals try to convince that by embracing Islam they are following monotheism, which is far superior to polytheism of Hinduism. According to them, Islam is the only religion that is strictly monotheistic, as its followers worship only one God Allah. But it seems, from Koran and other Islamic scriptures, that Allah is not confident that he is the only God in the world (not in the universe as Allah is aware only about heaven and earth).

Had Allah been the only God, it would not have been possible for man to find another God to worship. And had Allah been confident that there is no other God except him, he should not have been jealous of another God. For example, let us imagine a village where there is only one well as the source of fresh water. Hence there would not have been any difference whether the villagers drink water from a glass or from a pitcher, or from a jug. And as there is not an alternative source, it must have been derived from that lone well. In a similar manner, if Allah knew that there is no other God, he would have been confident that people will not find another God to worship.

But the behavioral pattern of Allah suggests that he is not confident that he is the only God. He seems always to be suspicious that there may be other Gods and people may worship those Gods instead of him and thus they may create a partner to him. So the scared Allah warns man not to worship another God or create a partner to him and says,

“Say, ‘people of the Book, let us come to an agreement: that we will worship none but Allah, that we will associate none with Him, and that none of us shall set up mortals as deities besides Allah” [Qurab 3:64, tr: N J Dawood, the word 'God' replaced by 'Allah', because, according to Dr Zakir Naik, 'God' is not a true translation of 'Allah'].

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