English - Tafheem -Maududi : ومن الناس من يتخذ من دون الله اندادا يحبونهم كحب الله والذين امنوا اشد حبا لله ولو يرى الذين ظلموا اذ يرون العذاب ان القوه لله جميعا وان الله شديد العذاب div class="tafheem"div class="tafheem_trans"2165 In spite of such clear signs of the Oneness of Allah there are people who set up equals and rivals with Allahspan id="163" *163 and adore them with the adoration due to Allah whereas the Believers adore Allah most ardentlyspan id="164" *164 Would that these transgressors could realize now what they will realize when they will see the chastisement before them that power and authority wholly belong to Allah and that Allah is severe in punishment/divdiv class="tafheem_comments" span*163 There are certain attributes which belong exclusively to God Moreover there are certain duties that man owes to God by virtue of His being his Lord The indictment of the Qur'an is that the people in question ascribe to others than God the attributes which are exclusively His and likewise consider others to be the rightful claimants of certain rights over man which belong only to God To be Lord of the entire complex of causal relationships found in the universe to dispense the needs and requirements of people to deliver them from distress and afffliction to heed complaints and respond to lamentations and prayers and having full knowledge of all that is apparent as well as all that is hidden are the exclusive attributes of God br Furthermore there are certain rights which God alone may claim that His creatures should recognize Him alone as their Sovereign prostrate themselves before Him alone in recognition of their bondage to Him turn to Him alone for the fulfilment of their prayers call Him alone for help and succour place their trust is none save Him centre their hopes and expectations only in His Munificence and fear Him alone both in public and in private br In the same way being the only Absolute Sovereign of the universe it befits none save God to lay down what is permitted and what is prohibited for His subjects to prescribe their rights and duties to command them what to do and what not to do to direct them as to how the energy and resources bestowed on them by God should be expended br Again it is God alone Who can ask His subjects to acknowledge His sovereignty to accept His commands as the source of law to consider Him alone to be the Lord entitled to command men to consider His commands supreme and to turn to Him alone for correct guidance Whoever either ascribes to any being other than God any of the aforementioned attributes or recognizes the claim of anyone save God to be entitled to any of the abovementioned rights over His creatures is in fact setting up that being as a rival to God and placing him on the same plane as God By the same token any individual or institution claiming to possess any of the exclusive attributes and rights of God as mentioned above is in fact claiming a position parallel and equal to that of God even though the claim to godhead may not have been categorically spelled out br span*164 True faith requires that a man should give absolute priority to seeking God's good pleasure and should hold nothing too dear to sacrifice for the sake of God br /div