Verse 39:45 is the Quran's great criterion: mentioning God alone excludes mentioning anyone else, and those who idolize Muhammad or Jesus are upset by it.1, 2
A true messenger of God advocates worship of God alone and abolition of idol worship, never asks for a wage, and is given incontrovertible proof; anyone failing these is a false claimant.1, 2
Earth is an infinitesimal speck in the greater universe, so setting up powerless humans like Mary, Jesus, and Muhammad as gods is absurd.1
People who denounce Satan, uphold God's absolute authority, and refuse to idolize dead creatures like Jesus and Muhammad return to God's protection and enjoy a perfect life here and forever.1
Satan and his representatives promote idolizing powerless creatures such as Muhammad, Jesus, Mary, and the saints, and because of our polytheistic tendencies most of us are easy prey.1
Believing that anyone other than God can intercede to have our sins forgiven or our wishes fulfilled is setting up partners with God, which is idolatry.1
Idol worshipers who do not uphold the First Pillar are forbidden by God from saying the correct Shahadah by itself without adding Muhammad's name.1, 2
Millions of Muslims have adopted a polytheistic version of the First Pillar by insisting on mentioning Muhammad's name beside God's name.1
Contact prayers must be devoted to God alone, so commemorating Muhammad and his family or Abraham and his family during prayer is idolatry that renders the prayers null and void.1, 2, 3
Visiting Muhammad's tomb and treating it as a second Sacred Mosque is flagrant idolatry that nullifies the pilgrims' Hajj and violates the Quran.1, 2
Upholding any prohibition not specifically mentioned in the Quran amounts to idolatry, because such prohibitions represent other gods besides God.1
Seeking religious guidance from anything besides the Quran, however right it seems, falls into Satan's trap and amounts to rejecting God's word and setting up another god besides God.1, 2
The mass rebellion against God and His messenger and the reversion to idolizing the Prophet and the saints called for the fulfillment of God's pledge in 47:38.1
Most people who proclaim that their god is the Creator of the heavens and the earth are only giving lip service and are in fact destined for Hell.1
Your god is whoever or whatever occupies your mind most of the time, which can be your children, your spouse, your business, or your ego.1, 2
The only unforgivable offense, if maintained until death, is idol worship, meaning believing that anyone besides God possesses any power.1
The era of men has ended and the era of God alone has begun, with no more devotion to Moses, Jesus, Mary, Muhammad, Ali, Hussein, the saints, or the imams.1
The last two verses of Sura 9 were most probably added later by idolizers of the Prophet, who were driven by idol worship and invented stories to make the verses seem credible.1, 2, 3
Just as a hypnotist can make a subject deny his past actions, idol worshipers will deny on the Day of Judgment that they ever worshiped idols.1, 2
The only way to escape Satan's hypnosis is to stop idolizing creatures, and these idols include anything designed to supplement the Quran.1
The Quran's criterion for being under Satan's spell is that one's heart shrinks when God alone is mentioned but rejoices when others are mentioned besides Him.1, 2
Most people willingly worship idols that can never harm or benefit them.1
A submitter upholds God's absolute authority, never sets up idols such as Jesus, Muhammad, Mary, or material things, and follows God's commandments in His scripture.1
Those who believe God alone possesses power are redeemed, while those who believe Jesus, Mary, Muhammad, or saints have powers are idol worshipers exiled from God's kingdom.1
Parents are responsible for giving their children the message and teaching them righteousness, as Luqman taught his son to appreciate God and avoid idolatry, which is a gross injustice.1, 2
We must honor and obey our parents unless they force us to set up idols beside God, and even then we should keep treating them amicably in this world.1
People have habitually set up the prophets as idols worshiped alongside God, yet through these prophets God commands that we worship Him alone.1
People in other religions likewise rely on crosses, saints, structures, or prophets while forgetting that God is closer to them than their jugular vein.1
The Devil's tools to divert humans include idol worship, witchcraft, usury, fear of anyone but God, showing off in charity, tyranny, rumors, plotting, hatred, broken promises, and extravagance.1, 2, 3, 4
The stone of the Ka'aba has no power except as a focal point to unite, and pushing to touch or kiss it exposes a failure to trust faith in the unseen.1, 2
Idol worship can be subtle, such as idolizing money, family, children, or the ego; giving priority to anything over God or thinking another can benefit or harm us is idol worship.1, 2
Messengers are sent to corrupted communities, and their only duty is to deliver God's message and warn people about evil works and idol worship.1, 2
When dealing with others' possible idol worship, we must avoid jumping to conclusions or name calling and should remind people amicably, since many are sincere and correct themselves.1
Without God's mercy and protection, we may unknowingly follow our own or scholars' opinions and fall into the idol worship we despise in others.1
Believing that Jesus is God is idolatry.1
It is a fundamental trait of believers that they make no distinction among God's messengers, and this protects them from idolatry.1, 2
People set up religious leaders and scholars as lords and deified the Messiah, though all were commanded to worship only one God.1
Ranking God's messengers is a human tendency that lets the devil inject idolatry, since a superior messenger can easily be raised to the rank of God's partner.1, 2, 3
Submitters do not worship the moon, because God forbids prostrating before the sun or the moon and commands prostrating before the God who created them.1, 2
The first pillar of Islam is bearing witness that there is no god except God, and adding Muhammad's name to this proclamation is idolatry that violates it.1
The majority of those who believe in God still commit idol worship.1
A person's ego can become his god, and once that happens God sends him astray and seals his hearing and mind.1, 2, 3
God will forgive all sins except idol worship.1