لَّا تَجْعَلْ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَٰهًا ءَاخَرَ فَتَقْعُدَ مَذْمُومًۭا مَّخْذُولًۭا
Laa taj'al ma'al laahi ilaahan aakhara fataq'uda mazoomam makhzoolaa
Do not make [as equal] with Allah another deity and [thereby] become censured and forsaken.
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Oneness of Allah
17:22Ayah 1111
9 ayahs in Al-Israa are strongly about the oneness of Allah. This is one of them.
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Do not set up another god besides God or you will sit blameworthy forsaken with no one to assist you.
Related Hadiths
"Do not curse yourselves with Allah's curse, nor with His anger, nor with the Fire."
"Do not swear by your forefathers or by false gods (At-Tawaghit)."
Don't have estranged relations (with the others) and don't nurse enmity and don't enter into a transaction when the other (has already entered) and be fellow-brothers and servants of Allah.
Do not swear by idols, nor by your fathers.
Don't bear aversion against one another and don't be jealous of one another and be servants of Allah.
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