evaluation of the viewpoints of interpreters about semantics of worshiping devil in the verses 44 of maryam and 60 of yasin

worshiping devil is referred to in two verses of the holy quran. the semanticessence of worship is submission and humility. all interpreters – as far as weknow – have considered the worshiping devil as obeying him.this theory has some shortcomings, such as the fact that obedience is differentfrom worship and in order to assume worship to be obedience we need reason. itseems that the root of this meaning in interpreters' view is their understanding ofthe terminological meaning of worship which is itself obscure.the result of the investigations shows that the meaning of worshiping devil islike its other applications in quranic terminology. the process of worship inquran is such that when an ascetic sees an object as the rab – lord – , owner andconductor of his affairs and regards that object as his god, so he become humble;this special humility is called worship.in other words, one assumes this object to be his rab, owner, conductor of hisaffairs and his god and worships him. therefore worshiping devil is that a humanbeing, as a result of continuous obedience to devil, showing surrender andhumility, takes him as his rab.