This Is My Faith - Al-fatlawi, Ali - الصفحة ٥٤ - is not Polytheistic
willing – the throne of Balqis with twinkle of an eye. This help is not Shirk or polytheism; it would be polytheism if we would have looked at Imam Ali (PBUH) as the person who answers our calls and helps us with our needs away from the will and permission of the Almighty Allah. This needs a lot of elaboration that we have to leave for later.
Anwar: Yes, very good! Now, what is ‘love monotheism’?
Hasan: It is to focus our love for the Glorious Allah because He is the absolute gracefulness and perfection and everything else gets its beauty and quality from Him. So, how can we possibly leave the original for the copy? That is why we cannot combine our love for Allah, Praised Be his Name, together with another love in one heart; it is even against honesty.
Anwar: Again I feel I have a problem here.
Hasan: Oh, my Lord! What is the problem?!
Anwar: How can we focus our love only for the Glorious Allah and ignore our love for the Prophet and his family, our parents, relatives and friends? How is it possible?!