Until the advent of materialism and 19th c. dogma, Western Civilisation was superior to anything Islam had developed. Islam has not aided in the development of the modern world; in fact civilisation has only been created in spite of Islam. Proof of this resides in the 'modern' world and the unending political-economic and spiritual poverty of Muslim states and regions. Squatting on richer civilisations is not 'progress'. Islam is pagan, totalitarian, and irrational.
Allah was of course the male moon idol [Hub'Allah] who had a consort named Allat who was the Sun goddess [though there is some scholarly debate that the masculine and feminine for the idols might be reversed]. Associated with Allah and Allat were 2 'daughters', 'Uzza and Manat. Both were also venerated as minor idols of power in their own right. This Sura confirms this historical pagan fact and then declares that the pre-Islamic veneration of Allat, 'Uzza and Manat was unauthorized and perforce illegal. Al-Lah or the 'Lord', mimicking 'Sirius' the Lord of Babylonian Moon and 'bright star' idols, became uber-alles. There can be only one. This text says so:
53:49 Yusuf Ali: “That He is the Lord of Sirius (The Mighty Star)”
Al-lah is a celestial idol meaning the 'Lord' or the 'One'.
In Sura 53, or 'The Star' reviewed here, one-third of the text is hate speech against non-Moslems. Violence is always assumed by the Koranic cult, against anyone who is not a member of Muhammad's dialectical theology of slavery, violence and plunder. The human is the knave and slave of Al-Lah. Just obey his demands.
53:10-12 Yusuf Ali: “So did (Allah) convey the inspiration to His Servant – (conveyed) what he (meant) to convey. The (Muhammad's) (mind and) heart in no way falsified that which he saw. Will you then dispute with him concerning what he saw (the revelations)?”
Muhammad is the servant knave of this Al-Lah idol or celestial deity. Muhammad said that Al-Lah sent him revelations and visions. Since Muhammad is Al-Lah's main 'servant', how can anyone possibly dispute with Muhammad, what he saw ? This kind of fallacious illogic is a tautology. Muhammad received visitations and inspirations from Al-Lah because he said so and Al-Lah supports everything Muhammad does, so how can you deny these miracles ?
The philosophy of tautology demands irrational obeisance, intellectual vacuity and credulity. All of these attributes mark out a certain type of slave which finds comfort in a cult.
53:29-30: “Therefore shun those who turn away from Our Message and desire nothing but the life of this world. That is as far as knowledge will reach them. Verily your Lord knows best those who stray from His Path, and he knows best those who receive guidance.”
The Moslem 'path' has nothing to do with the Judeo-Christian 'path'. Islam does not promote ethics, the Golden Rule, faith through reason, nor tolerance towards outsiders. Most of the Koran deals 'harshly' with apostates, Infidels and non-Moslems. The Koranic 'Golden Rule' is 'be nice to, and only support other Moslems'. This is not what Matthew 7:12 preaches. Islam is a cult separate onto itself, devoted to its own development and concerned with controlling all aspects within the merger of church and state; of the individual's life. It enslaves, it does not liberate.
53:62 Yusuf Ali: “But you fall down in prostration to Allah, and adore (Him)!”
That is the whole point of the cult. Prostrate yourself to both Al-Lah and his creator and most important 'warner', Muhammad. Grovel, beg, yelp, plead, follow and submit; and maybe, just maybe, he or it, will reward you.