Senin, 28 September 2009

AL-TAWHID, ONENESS OF ALLAH

- Allah, the One true God, occupies a pivotal place in a muslim's life from the cradle to the grave.

- Islam is summed up in the Shahadah.
- Shahadah: laa ilaaha ilallah, there is no god but Allah, affirming Allah to be the One, the Absolute Creator, the Lord and Master of all.
- The most prominent manifestations of Tawhid are:
a. Sovereigenty belongs only to Allah (2: 107; 25:2; 18: 26; 57:5; 59:23; 3:26; 7: 128)
b. unity of Divin law
c. Unity of mankind.

- It is al-Tawhid which breaks the shackles of particularism, ethnocentrism and racism and opens up the horizon of universalism.
- The identity of Islamic Culture and civilisation lies in Tawhid.
- The purpose for the creation of mankind- the vicerocy of Allah- is to serve Allah alone( 51:56; 11:61)

- The ka'bah, the centre from where the knowledge of the oneness of Allah originated, is the heart of the Muslim Ummah and is situated in the centre, anabling Muslims to face it not only in their five daily obligatory Prayers but for all Prayers the world over.

- All past Prophets invited people towards tawhid (7:62; 11:25-26,50,54,61,84; 26: 69-76; 6:77-79; 26:23-24,82,126; 37:123-125; 12:37-40; 27:23-26; 43:63-64; 5:17; 3:64; 39:64-67; 57:25; 16:36).

- The Qur'an Lays down certain conditions for the belief in Tawhid such as: knowledge, conviction, sincerity, truthfulness, acceptance, submission and love (39:11; 3:167; 24:51; 4:59; 2:165; 19:96)

-Teh Qur'an mentions many atributes of Allah. Prominent among them re: Life, Konwledge, Power, Will, Hering, Seeing and Speech.

- The following verses manifest a few of Allah's atributes:
" He is Allah, than whom there is no other God, the Knoer of the invisible and the visible."

He is the Beneficient, the merciful. He is Allah, than whom there is no other God, the Sovereign Lord, the Holy One,Peace, the Keeper of faith, the Gurdian, the Majestic, the Compeller, the Superb. Glorified be Allah from all that they ascribe as partner (to Him)!

He is Allah, the Creator, the Shaper out of nothing, the Fashioner, His are the most beatiful names. All that is in the heavens and earth glorofies Him, and He is the Mighty, the Wise" (59: 22-24)

(for the attributes of Allah, see the Qur'an:
1:2;
2:117,129,143,158, 244, 247, 255, 257, 263,;
3:2, 8, 9,15, 38, 51;
4:6, 79, 81, 85, 149;
5: 109;
6: 18, 65, 103;
8: 40;
9: 104;
11: 57, 61, 73, 90;
12: 21, 64;
13: 9, 16;
15: 23, 86
16: 70, 91;
17: 44;
19: 47;
21: 112;
22; 6, 64, 74;
24: 25, 35;
25: 31;
30: 50,;
33: 52;
34: 1, 23, 26;
35: 34,
39: 36;
40:15, 43;
41: 54;
42: 11, 23;
51: 58;
52: 28
54: 42, 55;
55: 27;
57: 3;
71: 10;
82: 6;
85: 13
96: 3
122: 2

And on the closeness of Allah to mankind:

" We verily created man and We know what his soul whispers to him, We are nearer to him than his jugular vein" (50:16)

"..and He is with you wheresoever you may be.."(57:4)

" He knows the treachery of the eyes, and that which the bosoms hide"( 40:19)

( see also:
2: 33, 77, 235, 284;
3: 29, 119, 154;5: 7, 99, 154;
6: 3;
8: 43;
9: 78;
11: 5;
16: 19, 23;
17: 25;
20: 7
21: 110;
24: 29, 39
27: 25, 74;
28: 69;
31: 23;
33: 5, 51, 54;
35: 8, 38;
36: 76;
39: 7
42: 24
57: 6
64: 4
67: 13

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