acts of worship, such as
invocation, fear, reliance, the
prayer, the obligatory charity
(zakaat), fasting and seeking
assistance, must be directed
to Him alone, as the Qur’an
states, “Your God is One
God. There is no god but
Him, the Most Beneficent the
Most Merciful.” (Soorat Al-Baqarah,
2:163)
This verse makes it
abundantly clear that Allah is
only one God, which means
that He alone deserves to be