Forgives All Other Than Shirk – Quran 4:116
Please see this from 4:54 to 6:48 https://youtu.be/o_0bAtQvVrk?t=294
2:213 tells about a period of monotheism and righteousness and we do not know how long was that period. Therefore, saying that polytheism has always been there, would be a little unfair. Secondly, there could be many nations to whom prophets were sent and they reverted back to the right path which were not mentioned. Just because nations on whom punishment was inflicted were mentioned in Quran for Inzaar purposes, doesn’t mean we should discount the possibility of other nations who listened to their prophets completely but are not mentioned in Quran. Besides, the only argument is favour of open polytheism is ancestral tradition without any actual logical basis for it. At the end of the day, it doesn’t matter for how long polytheism has had been in practice, the problem is that this practice has no merits whatsoever. Instead of looking in the past, you should engage in discussion with Non-Muslim friends of yours who are involved in such practice and ask for a logical basis for this practice. Discussion 33306 • Reply 33580