WHAT IS QURANIC DEFINITION OF SHIRK?

psyah · December 30, 2010, 4:32am

Re: WHAT IS QURANIC DEFINITION OF SHIRK?

Thank you friends for taking part. Shirk in wordly sense is association or partnership of things in being or in propertr of a being or actions. In islam shirk is antonym of towheed.

Wordly shirk is possible in three form a)categorising things in being of the same category eg believing that there are more of the beings of the same kind. This is called shirk fizzaat.

b)Beliving that there are more than one beings that have similar ability or abilities or properties. This is known as shrik fissifaat.

c)Believing that there are more than one beings who are capable of doing the same thing in the very same way. This is known as shirk fil afaal or amaal.

Many people amongst muslims claim that waseelah and shifaat etc are shirk, is this the correct understanding of the quran? If yes, please provide evidences from the quran and if not why not? If possible kindly provide the evidences from the quran.

thanks and all the best.

Peace Mughal1

Just a small note that you have limited us to use the Qur’an for you definition yet you have posted this without abiding by your own rules.

Please go to places where this term is used:

Surah Luqman 31:13 - “… la tushrik biAllahi inna-(al)-shshirka lathulmun AAatheem”
(you) do no shirk with Allah, verily shirk is the highest zulm

hence Shirk is the highest crime

Surah Saba 34:22 - which translates to Say: "Call upon other (gods) whom ye fancy, besides Allah. They have no power,- not the weight of an atom,- in the heavens or on earth: No (sort of) share have they therein, nor is any of them a helper to Allah.

From here we can see that shirk is:

a) To call on other gods besides Allah (SWT)
b) The act of saying that power exists to concepts that have no power, not even an atom in any domain of understanding
c) The act of saying such concepts hold the status of “helper” or “share” the power

All of these three are concepts of shirk taken from this verse alone.

Surah Fatir:

35:14 If ye invoke them, they will not listen to your call, and if they were to listen, they cannot answer your (prayer). On the Day of Judgment they will reject your “Partnership”. and none, (O man!) can tell thee (the Truth) like the One Who is acquainted with all things.

a) To believe that other ‘gods’ can listen to them
b) To believe that other ‘gods’ can answer them
c) To believe that other ‘gods’ are acquainted with all things/matters.

35:40 Say: "Have ye seen (these) ‘Partners’ of yours whom ye call upon besides Allah. Show Me what it is they have created in the (wide) earth. Or have they a share in the heavens? Or have We given them a Book from which they (can derive) clear (evidence)?- Nay, the wrong-doers promise each other nothing but delusions.

a) To believe in a presence or visible object as deity
b) To believe other entities have created in the Earth
c) To believe in others having a share in heaven
d) To believe that scripture can be revealed by other than Allah

All are aspects of shirk …

It therefore follows from d) here that those people who used to change the scripture with their own hands, those who did so were putting themselves in the place of God. Hence any who followed their edited versions were in fact committing shirk. And so on …