If you remain immersed in selfishness, seeking to benefit yourself, this state is known as worshiping other gods, worshiping idols.
The quality of bestowal is alive, whereas the quality of selfishness is dead. As it is written in both The Bible and The Quran:
- "3 But our God is in heaven; He does whatever He pleases. 4 Their idols are silver and gold, The work of men's hands. 5 They have mouths, but they do not speak; Eyes they have, but they do not see; 6 They have ears, but they do not hear; Noses they have, but they do not smell ..." (Psalms 115:3-6, NKJV)
- "71 They said, "We worship idols and remain to them devoted." 72 He said, "Do they hear you when you supplicate? 73 Or do they benefit you, or do they harm?" 74 They said, "But we found our fathers doing thus." (Quran 26:71-74, Sahih)
- "You only worship, besides Allah , idols, and you produce a falsehood. Indeed, those you worship besides Allah do not possess for you [the power of] provision. So seek from Allah provision and worship Him and be grateful to Him. To Him you will be returned." (Quran 29:17, Sahih)
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