Is It Arrogant To Attribute Everything To One's Own Self?
There are three tiers to Polytheism: 1 ) Polytheism itself as a creed . 2 ) Polytheism in applied matters . 3 ) Polytheistic attitudes that have a reflection of Polytheism or may lead to Polytheism. Quran has condemned polytheism as a creed so vehemently that there remains no doubt it is the biggest of all sins in the eyes of Allah. In addition to this, Quran has discussed certain applied matters and certain polytheistic attitudes in this regard. Among these polytheistic attitudes , Quran has mentioned a parable of a person whose wealth, riches, number of friends and associates and splendour and grandeur induced in him so much pride and vanity that he thought that whatever he has is as a result of his abilities and of the knowledge and intellect he possesses and shall always remain with him; the Day of Judgement would never come and if ever it would, he would find all this in store for him there – in fact much more than this. The Quran says that one day his flourishing orchard was destroyed, the baselessness of his perishable belongings became evident and he cursed his fortune and expressed his grief on associating partners with God: وَأُحِيطَ بِثَمَرِهِ فَأَصْبَحَ يُقَلِّبُ كَفَّيْهِ عَلَى مَا أَنفَقَ فِيهَا وَهِيَ خَاوِيَةٌ عَلَى عُرُوشِهَا وَيَقُولُ يَا لَيْتَنِي لَمْ أُشْرِكْ بِرَبِّي أَحَدًا And it happened that all his fruit was destroyed, and seeing his vines had tumbled down upon their trellises wrung his hands with grief at all that he had spent on the garden and cried: “Would that I had served no other gods besides my Lord!” (Quran 18:42) ( Complete Discussion on Polytheism : Discussion 37171 ) For Summary : Please refer to the video below from 31:28 to 36:10 https://youtu.be/PJf1jBeWT5A?t=1888