This Ayah refutes the idolators who worshipped others besides Allah and associated
the Jinns with Him in worship. Glory be to Allah above this Shirk and Kufr. If someone
asks, how did the idolators worship the Jinns, although they only were idol worshippers
The answer is that in fact, they worshipped the idols by obeying the Jinns who commanded
them to do so. Allah said in other Ayat,
﴿إِن يَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِهِ إِلاَّ
إِنَـثاً وَإِن يَدْعُونَ إِلاَّ شَيْطَـناً مَّرِيداً - لَّعَنَهُ اللَّهُ وَقَالَ
لاّتَّخِذَنَّ مِنْ عِبَادِكَ نَصِيباً مَّفْرُوضاً - وَلأضِلَّنَّهُمْ وَلأُمَنِّيَنَّهُمْ
وَلاّمُرَنَّهُمْ فَلَيُبَتِّكُنَّ ءَاذَانَ الاٌّنْعَـمِ وَلاّمُرَنَّهُمْ فَلَيُغَيِّرُنَّ
خَلْقَ اللَّهِ وَمَن يَتَّخِذِ الشَّيْطَـنَ وَلِيّاً مِّن دُونِ اللَّهِ فَقَدْ خَسِرَ
خُسْرَاناً مُّبِيناً - يَعِدُهُمْ وَيُمَنِّيهِمْ وَمَا يَعِدُهُمْ الشَّيْطَـنُ إِلاَّ
غُرُوراً ﴾
(They invoke nothing but female deities besides Him, and they invoke nothing but
Shaytan, a persistent rebel! Allah cursed him. And he ﴿Shaytan﴾ said: "I will take
an appointed portion of your servants. Verily, I will mislead them, and surely,
I will arouse in them false desires; and certainly, I will order them to slit the
ears of cattle, and indeed I will order them to change the nature created by Allah.''
And whoever takes Shaytan as a protector instead of Allah, has surely suffered a
manifest loss. He ﴿Shaytan﴾ makes promises to them, and arouses in them false desires;
and Shaytan's promises are nothing but deceptions. ) ﴿4:117-120﴾ and,
﴿أَفَتَتَّخِذُونَهُ وَذُرِّيَّتَهُ
أَوْلِيَآءَ مِن دُونِى﴾
(Will you then take him (Iblis) and his offspring as protectors and helpers rather
than Me) ﴿18:50﴾ Ibrahim said to his father,
﴿يأَبَتِ لاَ تَعْبُدِ الشَّيْطَـنَ
إِنَّ الشَّيْطَـنَ كَانَ لِلرَّحْمَـنِ عَصِيّاً ﴾
("O my father! Worship not Shaytan. Verily! Shaytan has been a rebel against the
Most Beneficent (Allah).'') ﴿19:44﴾ Allah said,
﴿أَلَمْ أَعْهَدْ إِلَيْكُمْ يبَنِى
ءَادَمَ أَن لاَّ تَعْبُدُواْ الشَّيطَـنَ إِنَّهُ لَكُمْ عَدُوٌّ مُّبِينٌ - وَأَنِ
اعْبُدُونِى هَـذَا صِرَطٌ مُّسْتَقِيمٌ ﴾
(Did I not ordain for you, O Children of Adam, that you should not worship Shaytan.
Verily, he is a plain enemy to you. And that you should worship Me. That is a straight
path.) ﴿36:60-61﴾ On the Day of Resurrection, the angels will proclaim,
﴿سُبْحَـنَكَ أَنتَ وَلِيُّنَا مِن
دُونِهِمْ بَلْ كَانُواْ يَعْبُدُونَ الْجِنَّ أَكْـثَرُهُم بِهِم مُّؤْمِنُونَ﴾
(Glorified be You! You are our Protector instead of them. Nay, but they used to
worship the Jinn; most of them were believers in them.) ﴿34:41﴾ This is why Allah
said here,
﴿وَجَعَلُواْ للَّهِ شُرَكَآءَ الْجِنَّ
وَخَلَقَهُمْ﴾
(Yet, they join the Jinns as partners in worship with Allah, though He has created
them.) ﴿6:100﴾, Alone without partners. Consequently, how is it that another deity
is being worshipped along with Him As Ibrahim said,
﴿قَالَ أَتَعْبُدُونَ مَا تَنْحِتُونَ
- وَاللَّهُ خَلَقَكُمْ وَمَا تَعْمَلُونَ ﴾
("Worship you that which you (yourselves) carve While Allah has created you and
what you make!'') ﴿37:95-96﴾ Allah alone is the Creator without partners. Therefore,
He Alone deserves to be worshipped without partners. Allah said next,
﴿وَخَرَقُواْ لَهُ بَنِينَ وَبَنَاتٍ
بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍ﴾
(And they Kharaqu (attribute falsely) without knowledge, sons and daughters to Him.)
Allah mentions the misguidance of those who were led astray and claimed a son or
offspring for Him, as the Jews did with `Uzayr, the Christians with `Isa and the
Arab pagans with the angels whom they claimed were Allah's daughters. Allah is far
holier than what the unjust, polytheist people associate with Him. The word, Kharaqu,
means `falsely attributed, invented, claimed and lied', according to the scholars
of the Salaf. Allah's statement next,
﴿سُبْحَـنَهُ وَتَعَـلَى عَمَّا يَصِفُونَ﴾
(Be He Glorified and Exalted above (all) that they attribute to Him.) means, He
is holier than, hallowed, and Exalted above the sons, rivals, equals and partners
that these ignorant, misled people attribute to Him.
﴿بَدِيعُ السَّمَـوَتِ
وَالاٌّرْضِ أَنَّى يَكُونُ لَهُ وَلَدٌ وَلَمْ تَكُنْ لَّهُ صَـحِبَةٌ وَخَلَقَ كُلَّ
شَىْءٍ وهُوَ بِكُلِّ شَىْءٍ عَلِيمٌ ﴾
(101. He is the Badi` (Originator) of the heavens and the earth. How can He have
children when He has no wife He created all things and He is the All-Knower of everything.)