Allah set it as a parable for whoever equates anything of His creation with Him. He says: Would any of you be pleased to have a slave as a partner in his wealth, his person, his bed, or his wife? Likewise, Allah, the Exalted, is not pleased that any of His creation should be equated with Him. (1)

[His saying, the Exalted: "The natural religion (fitrah) of Allah upon which He has created the people"]

17490 - From al-Dahhak regarding His saying: "The natural religion of Allah upon which He has created the people," he said: The religion of Allah upon which He created His creation. (2)

17491 - From Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) regarding His saying: "No change should there be in the creation of Allah," he said: The religion of Allah. "That is the correct religion," he said: The upright decree. (3)

17492 - From Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), he said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "There is no child born but that he is born upon the natural religion (fitrah), then his parents make him a Jew, a Christian, or a Magian, just as an animal produces offspring that is complete—do you perceive any defect in it?" Then Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) would say: Read if you wish: "The natural religion of Allah upon which He has created the people. No change should there be in the creation of Allah. That is the correct religion."

17493 - From Qatadah (may Allah be pleased with him) regarding His saying: "Turning to Him," he said: Repentant to Him. (4)

17494 - From Qatadah (may Allah be pleased with him) regarding His saying: "Or have We sent down to them a mandate (sultan), so it speaks of that with which they associate others with Him?" He says: Have We sent down to them a book, so it speaks of their shirk? (5)

17495 - From Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) regarding His saying: "And whatever you give in usury (riba)," he said: Riba is of two kinds: Riba for which there is no harm, and Riba which is not lawful. As for the Riba which there is no harm in: it is a man’s gift to a man, desiring its excess or its multiples. (6)

17496 - From Mujahid (may Allah be pleased with him) regarding His saying: "And whatever you give in usury (riba) to increase within the wealth of people, it will not increase with Allah," he said: They are gifts. (7)

17497 - From al-Dahhak (may Allah be pleased with him) regarding His saying: "And whatever you give in usury (riba)..." he said: It is the permissible Riba: that you give a gift, desiring more in return; it has no reward and no sin. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) forbade it specifically, saying: "And do not confer favor to acquire more." (8)

17498 - From Muhammad bin Ka’b al-Qurazi (may Allah be pleased with him) regarding "And whatever you give in usury (riba)," he said: