Why Does Allah Reject Communication via Deities

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Question:

Why does Allah reject Hindus communicating with Brahman through deities? - An exploration of why Islam prohibits intercession through deities compared to Hindu traditions of Brahman worship. :::

Answer:

Allah has named some of those Messengers and told us the stories of some of them, but not of many others. Allah, may He be exalted, says (interpretation of the meaning):

“Verily, We have inspired you (O Muhammad SAW) as We inspired Nooh (Noah) and the Prophets after him; We (also) inspired Ibrahim (Abraham), Ismail (Ishmael), Ishaque (Isaac), Yaqoob (Jacob), and Al-Asbat (the twelve sons of Yaqoob (Jacob)), Iesa (Jesus), Ayub (Job), Yoonus (Jonah), Haroon (Aaron), and Sulaiman (Solomon), and to Dawood (David) We gave the Zaboor (Psalms).

And Messengers We have mentioned to you before, and Messengers We have not mentioned to you, - and to Moosa (Moses) Allah spoke directly”

[an-Nisa’ 4:163-164].

As seen in the verse from Quran Allah spoke directly to Moosa Alaihessalam who was also one of the Prophets and Messengers of Allah. So speaking directly with anyone is not a limitation for Allah rather it the limitation of human being and depends on whether Allah has given him the capability to do so.

Ibn Katheer mentions in the tafseer of the following verse:

“Those messengers - some of them we caused to exceed others. Among them were those to whom Allah spoke, and He raised some of them in degree.” [3]

Ibn Katheer says: ""Among them were those to whom Allah spoke,” meaning, Musa and Muhammad, and also Adam according to a Hadith recorded in Sahih Ibn Hibban from Abu Dhār.”[4]

So Allah spoke directly even with Prophet PBUH according to some scholars, however Angel Gibrael Alaihessalam was used to communicate to Prophet on regular basis for conveying the divine revelation and guiding Prophet PBUH at every step.

And Allah knows best.

References:

[1] Sahih al Bukhari, Book 8: 345

[2] Fath al-Bary by Ibn Hajr

[3] Surah al-Baqarah, 2:253

[4] Tafseer Ibn Katheer