And know that the distinction in the divine names is an example of the highest and most honorable thing in

The saying of the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, when the polytheists said in their wrath, “The most foolish, the most foolish.” Then the Messenger of God, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him, said, “Say,” and they said, “O Messenger of God, and what?” We say, “ Say, ‘God is the highest and most exalted.’” And they accept this fate, for they are the ones who say, “We worship them only so that they may bring us closer to God.” For them, it is the highest and most exalted. If they believed the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, that he is a messenger from God to whom they seek to draw closer. By worshiping these gods, they did not call them gods except because they made them worshiped for themselves, because God is the one to be worshiped and the gods to be worshiped, and it was read, “and your gods,” that is, “your w