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The Unity of Allah 5 - Al-Shia The Scientific and Cultural Website of Shia belief The Unity of Allah 5 2022-10-16 510 Views In the part of the article titled “The unity of Allah”, we shall discuss a few of the speeches of the eighth Imam; Imam Ali Reza (a.s) on the unity of Allah. Contents Imam Reza the (Eighth Imam) 1. Profession of Unity The Veil Imam Reza the (Eighth Imam) 1.

Profession of Unity It has been related that when al-Ma’mun [68] desired to install al-Rida (as his successor), he collected together Banu Hashim [69] and said to them, “Verily I desire to install al-Rida in this affair after me.” Banu Hashim envied al-Rida and said, “Thou appointest an ignorant man who possesses not the insight to direct the caliphate. Therefore, send for him. He will come to us and thou wilt see how his ignorance decides thee against him. So he sent for him and he came.

Banu Hashim said to him, O Abu-l-Hasan! Ascend the pulpit and display for us a sigh whereby we may worship God.” So he ascended the pulpit and sat for a long time, his head bowed in silence. Then he trembled a great trembling and stood up straight, praised and lauded God, and asked His blessing for His prophet and his household.

Then he said, “The first element in the worship of God is knowledge of Him, the root of knowledge of Him is to profess His Unity (tawhid), and the correct way to profess the Unity of God is to negate attributes from Him, for the powers of reason testify that every attribute and everything possessing an attribute is created. Everything possessing an attribute testifies that it has a Creator which is neither attribute nor possesses an attribute.

Every attribute and everything possessing an attribute testifies to the connection between the attribute and that to which it is attributed. Connection testifies to temporality. And temporality testifies that it accepts not the Beginningless, which accepts not the temporal.” So it is not God whose Essence is known through comparison. It is not His Unity that is professed by someone who attempts to fathom Him. It is not His reality that is attained by someone who strikes a similitude for Him.

It is not He who is confirmed by him who professes an end for Him. It is not He to whom repairs he who points to Him. It is not He who is meant by him who compares Him (to something). It is not to Him that he who divides Him into parts humbles himself.