Surah Al-Ikhlas

The idolatrous polytheists were worshipping gods made of wood, stone, gold, silver and other substances. These gods had a form, shape and body. The gods and goddesses were descended from each other. No goddess was without a husband and no god without a wife. They stood in need of food and drink and their devotees arranged these for them. A large number of the polytheists believed that God assumed human form and there were some people who descended from Him.

Although the Christians claimed to believe in one God, yet their God also had at least a son, and besides the Father and Son, the Holy Ghost also had the honour of being an associate in Lordship: so much so that God had a mother and a motherin-law too. The Jews also claimed to believe in one God, but their God too was not without physical, material and other human qualities and characteristics. He went for a stroll, appeared in human form, wrestled with a servant of His, and was father of a son, Ezra. Besides these religious communities, the Zoroastrianism were fire worshippers, and the Sabeans star worshippers. Under such conditions when the people were invited to believe in God, the One, who has no associate, it was inevitable that questions arose in the minds as to what kind of a God it was, Who was the one and only Lord and invitation to believe in Whom was being given at the expense of all other gods and deities. It is a miracle of the Qur’an that in a few words briefly it answered all the questions and presented such a clear concept of the Being of God as destroyed all polytheistic concepts, without leaving any room for the attribution of any of the human qualities to His Being.