Taghut: The Evil Instigators
In the Name of Allah---the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful. TAGHUT : THE EVIL INSTIGATORS Author: Sajid Mahmood Ansari Taghut is one of the major themes of the Holy Qur’an, unfortunately, many clerics has misinterpreted it. At the same time, the Qur’an has given a clear definition of Taghut . Allah Almighty says: So whoever refuses to follow Taghut and believes in Allah has grasped the most trustworthy handhold with no break in it. And Allah is the All-Hearing and All-Knowing. Allah is the friend of those who believe. He brings them out from shrouds of darkness into the light. And those who disbelieve – their friends are Taghut. They take them out of the light into depths of darkness. Those are the people of the Fire; they will abide eternally therein.[2:256-257] It is evident from this Qur’anic narrative that Taghut is a person or an institution that brings the people out of the light into the depths of darkness. Light is a metaphor for True faith and g...