Ash-Shu'araa (The Poets)

77. “Surely they are enemies to me, save the Lord of the Worlds,”

On the Day of Hereafter, idols will abhor the idolaters, and they will be in opposition with them and by this means their enmity will be made clear.¹

Abraham says that verily they all are his enemies, and he is a severe foe of them forever.

It is noteworthy that Abraham says:

“Surely they are enemies to me...”

The necessity of this enmity is that Abraham should have enmity to them, too. But the existence of this meaning may be for the sake that worshipping idols might be the cause of the worshippers’ wretchedness, and aberration, as well as their chastisement in this life and the next; and this will be counted as their enmity.

Moreover, there are a lot of verses in the Qur’an which indicate that, on the Day of Hereafter, idols will repudiate their worshippers and will show their enmity against them. By the command of Allah, they will speak and will utter their abhorrence.

The exception of ‘the Lord of the worlds’ is for the purpose of emphasis on the pure monotheism, though He was not among their gods.

The verse continues saying:

“...save the Lord of the Worlds,”

There is another probability, too, saying that there were some persons among them who, besides idols, also worshipped the Lord. For considering this matter, Abraham excepted the Lord of the Worlds Whom he loved.