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The Unity of Allah 2 - Al-Shia The Scientific and Cultural Website of Shia belief The Unity of Allah 2 2022-10-12 427 Views Tawheed , Oneness of God In this part of the article titled “The Unity of Allah”, we shall look at the attributes of Allah from the Prophet’s viewpoint. Thereafter, we look at the speech of Imam Ali on the transcendent Lord. Contents Allah’s Attributes Imam Ali (as), the First Imam 1.

The Transcendent Lord Allah’s Attributes Ibn Abbas related that a Jew, called Na’thal, stood up before the Prophet of God-upon whom be blessings and peace-and said, “O Muhammad, verily I will ask thee about certain things which have been repeating themselves in my breast for some time.

If thou answerest them for me I will embrace Islam at thy hand.” The Prophet said, “Ask, O Abu Ummarah” Then he said, “O Muhammad, describe for me thy Lord.” He answered, “Surely the Creator cannot be described except by that with which He has described Himself-and how should one describe that Creator whom the senses cannot perceive, imaginations cannot attain, thoughts cannot delimit and sight cannot encompass? Greater is He than what the depicters describe.

He is distant in His nearness and near in His distance. He fashions ‘howness’, so it is not said of Him, ‘How?’; He determines the ‘where’ (ayn), so it is not said of Him, ‘Where?’ (ayn). He sunders ‘howness’ and ‘whereness’, so He is “One . . . the Everlasting Refuge” (112: 1-2), as He has described Himself. But depicters do not attain His description. ‘He has not begotten, and has not been begotten, and equal to Him is not anyone (112: 3-4). Na’thal said, “Thou hast spoken the truth.

O Muhammad, tell me about thy saying, ‘Surely He is One, there is none like (shabih) Him.’ Is not God one and man one? And thus His oneness (wahdaniyyah) resembles the oneness of man.” He answered, “God is one, but single in meaning (ahadi al-mana), while man is one but dual in meaning (thanawi al-ma’na), corporeal substance (jism) and accidents (‘arad), body (badan) and spirit (ruh).

Similarity (tashbih) [11] pertains only to the meanings.” Nathal said, “Thou hast spoken the truth, O Muhammad.” Imam Ali (as), the First Imam 1.