What have they taken as gods besides Allah throughout history?                              
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                                Why did they take gods besides Allah?                              
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                                And what is the body of those who take gods besides Allah?                              
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                                Their gods did not help them:                              
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                                Satan made the people under his influence invent gods, laws and prohibitions and attributed them to Allah and thus misguided them from the right path:                              
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                                Their gods will abandon them on the Day of Resurrection:                              
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                                Their gods whom they have made besides Allah have no power or authority in anything:                              
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                                In the context of verses 21, 22...28; the destruction of societies that take gods besides Allah, reject the message of worship/service to Allah alone, and try to neutralize His messengers is Allah's constant law and the Meccan society is warned about this:                              
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