Verses about Altars and divining arrows idols and worshiping them instead of Allah

And who is more unjust than one who invents about Allah a lie or denies His verses? Those will attain their portion of the decree until when Our messengers come to them to take them in death, they will say, ‘ Where are those you used to invoke besides Allah?’ They will say, ‘ They have departed from us,’ and will bear witness against themselves that they were disbelievers.

And We took the Children of Israel across the sea; then they came upon a people intent in devotion to [some] idols of theirs. They said, ‘ O Moses, make for us a god just as they have gods.’ He said, ‘ Indeed, you are a people behaving ignorantly.

And the people of Moses made, after [his departure], from their ornaments a calf - an image having a lowing sound. Did they not see that it could neither speak to them nor guide them to a way? They took it [for worship], and they were wrongdoers.

Indeed, those you [polytheists] call upon besides Allah are servants like you. So call upon them and let them respond to you, if you should be truthful.

And why should I not worship He who created me and to whom you will be returned?

But they have taken besides Allah [false] deities that perhaps they would be helped.

But they have taken besides Him gods which create nothing, while they are created, and possess not for themselves any harm or benefit and possess not [power to cause] death or life or resurrection.

And [mention] the Day He will gather them and that which they worship besides Allah and will say, ‘ Did you mislead these, My servants, or did they [themselves] stray from the way?’

But they worship rather than Allah that which does not benefit them or harm them, and the disbeliever is ever, against his Lord, an assistant [to Satan].

He causes the night to enter the day, and He causes the day to enter the night and has subjected the sun and the moon - each running [its course] for a specified term. That is Allah, your Lord; to Him belongs sovereignty. And those whom you invoke other than Him do not possess [as much as] the membrane of a date seed.

Say, ‘ Have you considered your ‘partners’ whom you invoke besides Allah? Show me what they have created from the earth, or have they partnership [with Him] in the heavens? Or have We given them a book so they are [standing] on evidence therefrom? [No], rather, the wrongdoers do not promise each other except delusion.’

And mention in the Book [the story of] Abraham. Indeed, he was a man of truth and a prophet.

And they have taken besides Allah [false] deities that they would be for them [a source of] honor.

And he extracted for them [the statue of] a calf which had a lowing sound, and they said, ‘ This is your god and the god of Moses, but he forgot.’

And recite to them the news of Abraham,

And Hellfire will be brought forth for the deviators,

I found her and her people prostrating to the sun instead of Allah, and Satan has made their deeds pleasing to them and averted them from [His] way, so they are not guided,

And that which she was worshipping other than Allah had averted her [from submission to Him]. Indeed, she was from a disbelieving people.’

Say, ‘ Invoke those you have claimed [as gods] besides Him, for they do not possess the [ability for] removal of adversity from you or [for its] transfer [to someone else].’

And they worship other than Allah that which neither harms them nor benefits them, and they say, ‘ These are our intercessors with Allah ‘ Say, ‘ Do you inform Allah of something He does not know in the heavens or on the earth?’ Exalted is He and high above what they associate with Him

Unquestionably, to Allah belongs whoever is in the heavens and whoever is on the earth. And those who invoke other than Allah do not [actually] follow [His] ‘ partners.’ They follow not except assumption, and they are not but falsifying

Say, [O Muhammad], ‘ O people, if you are in doubt as to my religion - then I do not worship those which you worship besides Allah; but I worship Allah, who causes your death. And I have been commanded to be of the believers

And do not invoke besides Allah that which neither benefits you nor harms you, for if you did, then indeed you would be of the wrongdoers.”

And We did not wrong them, but they wronged themselves. And they were not availed at all by their gods which they invoked other than Allah when there came the command of your Lord. And they did not increase them in other than ruin.

O [my] two companions of prison, are separate lords better or Allah, the One, the Prevailing?

Say, ‘ Have you considered: if there came to you the punishment of Allah or there came to you the Hour - is it other than Allah you would invoke, if you should be truthful?’

Say, ‘ Indeed, I have been forbidden to worship those you invoke besides Allah.’ Say, ‘ I will not follow your desires, for I would then have gone astray, and I would not be of the [rightly] guided.’

Say, ‘ Shall we invoke instead of Allah that which neither benefits us nor harms us and be turned back on our heels after Allah has guided us? [We would then be] like one whom the devils enticed [to wander] upon the earth confused, [while] he has companions inviting him to guidance, [calling], ‘Come to us.’ ‘ Say, ‘ Indeed, the guidance of Allah is the [only] guidance; and we have been commanded to submit to the Lord of the worlds.

And [mention, O Muhammad], when Abraham said to his father Azar, ‘ Do you take idols as deities? Indeed, I see you and your people to be in manifest error.’

[The angels will be ordered], ‘ Gather those who committed wrong, their kinds, and what they used to worship

So indeed they, that Day, will be sharing in the punishment.

And indeed, among his kind was Abraham,

And he cast a look at the stars

And indeed, Elias was from among the messengers,

That is because Allah is the Truth, and that what they call upon other than Him is falsehood, and because Allah is the Most High, the Grand.

Say, [O Muhammad], ‘ Invoke those you claim [as deities] besides Allah.’ They do not possess an atom’s weight [of ability] in the heavens or on the earth, and they do not have therein any partnership [with Him], nor is there for Him from among them any assistant.

And [mention] the Day when He will gather them all and then say to the angels, ‘ Did these [people] used to worship you?’

Unquestionably, for Allah is the pure religion. And those who take protectors besides Him [say], ‘ We only worship them that they may bring us nearer to Allah in position.’ Indeed, Allah will judge between them concerning that over which they differ. Indeed, Allah does not guide he who is a liar and [confirmed] disbeliever.

So worship what you will besides Him.’ Say, ‘ Indeed, the losers are the ones who will lose themselves and their families on the Day of Resurrection. Unquestionably, that is the manifest loss.’

And if you asked them, ‘ Who created the heavens and the earth?’ they would surely say, ‘ Allah.’ Say, ‘ Then have you considered what you invoke besides Allah? If Allah intended me harm, are they removers of His harm; or if He intended me mercy, are they withholders of His mercy?’ Say, ‘ Sufficient for me is Allah; upon Him [alone] rely the [wise] reliers.’

And Allah judges with truth, while those they invoke besides Him judge not with anything. Indeed, Allah - He is the Hearing, the Seeing.

Say, [O Muhammad], ‘ Indeed, I have been forbidden to worship those you call upon besides Allah once the clear proofs have come to me from my Lord, and I have been commanded to submit to the Lord of the worlds.’

And of His signs are the night and day and the sun and moon. Do not prostrate to the sun or to the moon, but prostate to Allah, who created them, if it should be Him that you worship.

And those who take as allies other than Him - Allah is [yet] Guardian over them; and you, [O Muhammad], are not over them a manager.

Or have they taken protectors [or allies] besides him? But Allah - He is the Protector, and He gives life to the dead, and He is over all things competent.

Before them is Hell, and what they had earned will not avail them at all nor what they had taken besides Allah as allies. And they will have a great punishment.

Say, [O Muhammad], ‘ Have you considered that which you invoke besides Allah? Show me what they have created of the earth; or did they have partnership in [creation of] the heavens? Bring me a scripture [revealed] before this or a [remaining] trace of knowledge, if you should be truthful.’

And We made firm their hearts when they stood up and said, ‘ Our Lord is the Lord of the heavens and the earth. Never will we invoke besides Him any deity. We would have certainly spoken, then, an excessive transgression.

Then do those who disbelieve think that they can take My servants instead of Me as allies? Indeed, We have prepared Hell for the disbelievers as a lodging.

And those they invoke other than Allah create nothing, and they [themselves] are created.

And We certainly sent into every nation a messenger, [saying], ‘ Worship Allah and avoid Taghut.’ And among them were those whom Allah guided, and among them were those upon whom error was [deservedly] decreed. So proceed through the earth and observe how was the end of the deniers.

And they worship besides Allah that which does not possess for them [the power of] provision from the heavens and the earth at all, and [in fact], they are unable.

And [mention, O Muhammad], when Abraham said, ‘ My Lord, make this city [Makkah] secure and keep me and my sons away from worshipping idols.

Or have men taken for themselves gods from the earth who resurrect [the dead]?

Or do they have gods to defend them other than Us? They are unable [even] to help themselves, nor can they be protected from Us.

And We had certainly given Abraham his sound judgement before, and We were of him well-Knowing

They said, ‘ We found our fathers worshippers of them.’

Indeed, you [disbelievers] and what you worship other than Allah are the firewood of Hell. You will be coming to [enter] it.

And [We sent] Abraham, when he said to his people, ‘ Worship Allah and fear Him. That is best for you, if you should know.

And [Abraham] said, ‘ You have only taken, other than Allah, idols as [a bond of] affection among you in worldly life. Then on the Day of Resurrection you will deny one another and curse one another, and your refuge will be the Fire, and you will not have any helpers.’

The example of those who take allies other than Allah is like that of the spider who takes a home. And indeed, the weakest of homes is the home of the spider, if they only knew.

And [yet], among the people are those who take other than Allah as equals [to Him]. They love them as they [should] love Allah. But those who believe are stronger in love for Allah. And if only they who have wronged would consider [that] when they see the punishment, [they will be certain] that all power belongs to Allah and that Allah is severe in punishment.

Say, ‘ O People of the Scripture, come to a word that is equitable between us and you - that we will not worship except Allah and not associate anything with Him and not take one another as lords instead of Allah.’ But if they turn away, then say, ‘ Bear witness that we are Muslims [submitting to Him].’

There has already been for you an excellent pattern in Abraham and those with him, when they said to their people, ‘ Indeed, we are disassociated from you and from whatever you worship other than Allah. We have denied you, and there has appeared between us and you animosity and hatred forever until you believe in Allah alone’ except for the saying of Abraham to his father, ‘ I will surely ask forgiveness for you, but I have not [power to do] for you anything against Allah. Our Lord, upon You we have relied, and to You we have returned, and to You is the destination.

To Him [alone] is the supplication of truth. And those they call upon besides Him do not respond to them with a thing, except as one who stretches his hands toward water [from afar, calling it] to reach his mouth, but it will not reach it [thus]. And the supplication of the disbelievers is not but in error [i.e. futility].

He invokes instead of Allah that which neither harms him nor benefits him. That is what is the extreme error.

That [has been commanded], and whoever honors the sacred ordinances of Allah - it is best for him in the sight of his Lord. And permitted to you are the grazing livestock, except what is recited to you. So avoid the uncleanliness of idols and avoid false statement,

That is because Allah is the Truth, and that which they call upon other than Him is falsehood, and because Allah is the Most High, the Grand.

And they worship besides Allah that for which He has not sent down authority and that of which they have no knowledge. And there will not be for the wrongdoers any helper.

O people, an example is presented, so listen to it. Indeed, those you invoke besides Allah will never create [as much as] a fly, even if they gathered together for that purpose. And if the fly should steal away from them a [tiny] thing, they could not recover it from him. Weak are the pursuer and pursued.

Prohibited to you are dead animals, blood, the flesh of swine, and that which has been dedicated to other than Allah, and [those animals] killed by strangling or by a violent blow or by a head-long fall or by the goring of horns, and those from which a wild animal has eaten, except what you [are able to] slaughter [before its death], and those which are sacrificed on stone altars, and [prohibited is] that you seek decision through divining arrows. That is grave disobedience. This day those who disbelieve have despaired of [defeating] your religion; so fear them not, but fear Me. This day I have perfected for you your religion and completed My favor upon you and have approved for you Islam as religion. But whoever is forced by severe hunger with no inclination to sin - then indeed, Allah is Forgiving and Merciful.

Say, ‘ Do you worship besides Allah that which holds for you no [power of] harm or benefit while it is Allah who is the Hearing, the Knowing?’

O you who have believed, indeed, intoxicants, gambling, [sacrificing on] stone alters [to other than Allah], and divining arrows are but defilement from the work of Satan, so avoid it that you may be successful.