Evaluation of the Viewpoints of Interpreters about Semantics of Worshiping Devil in the Verses 44 of Maryam and 60 of Yasin

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Worshiping devil is referred to in two verses of the holy Quran. The semantic
essence of worship is submission and humility. All interpreters – as far as we
know – have considered the worshiping devil as obeying him.
This theory has some shortcomings, such as the fact that obedience is different
from worship and in order to assume worship to be obedience we need reason. It
seems that the root of this meaning in interpreters' view is their understanding of
the terminological meaning of worship which is itself obscure.
The result of the investigations shows that the meaning of worshiping devil is
like its other applications in Quranic terminology. The process of worship in
Quran is such that when an ascetic sees an object as the Rab – lord – , owner and
conductor of his affairs and regards that object as his God, so he become humble;
this special humility is called worship.
In other words, one assumes this object to be his Rab, owner, conductor of his
affairs and his God and worships him. Therefore worshiping devil is that a human
being, as a result of continuous obedience to devil, showing surrender and
humility, takes him as his Rab.

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