Allah says:
[أَمْ لَهُمْ
شُرَكَاءُ شَرَعُواْ لَهُمْ مِّنَ الدِّينِ مَا لَمْ يَأْذَن بِهِ اللَّهُ]
(Or have they partners with Allah who have instituted for them a religion
which Allah has not ordained) means, they do not follow what Allah has ordained
for you of upright religion; on the contrary, they follow what their devils
(Shayatin), of men and Jinn, have prescribed for them. They instituted taboos,
such as the Bahirah, Sa'ibah, Wasilah or Ham. They also permitted eating flesh
and blood of animals not slaughtered for consumption, gambling and other kinds
of misguidance, ignorance and falsehood. These are things that they invented
during Jahiliyyah, when they came up with all kinds of false rulings on what was
permitted and what was forbidden, and false rites of worship and other corrupt
ideas. It was recorded in the Sahih that the Messenger of Allah said:
«رَأَيْتُ عَمْرَو
بْنَ لُحَيِّ بْنِ قَمَعَةَ يَجُرُّ قُصْبَهُ فِي النَّار»
(I saw `Amr bin Luhayy bin Qama`ah dragging his intestines in Hell) --
because he had been the first one to introduce the idea of the Sa'ibah. This man
was one of the kings of the Khuza`ah tribe, and he was the first one to do these
things. He was the one who had made the Quraysh worship idols, may the curse of
Allah be upon him. Allah said:
[وَلَوْلاَ كَلِمَةُ
الْفَصْلِ لَقُضِىَ بَيْنَهُمْ]
(And had it not been for a decisive Word, the matter would have been judged
between them.) means, the punishment would have been hastened for them, were it
not for the fact that it had already been decreed that it would be delayed until
the Day of Resurrection.
[وَإِنَّ
الظَّـلِمِينَ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ]
(And verily, for the wrongdoers there is a painful torment.) i.e., an
agonizing torment in Hell, what a terrible destination.
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