Not only beliefs but also laws and morality revolve around the axis of tawhid .

Not only beliefs but also laws and morality revolve around the axis of tawhid . Tawhid is the frontier between faith { iman } and disbelief { kufr }, and entering the fortress of faith without acknowledgment of tawhid is not possible: “Say, ‘ La ilaha illa’llah {There is no god but Allah}’ to attain success”[^4] and “ La ilaha illa’llah is My fortress; so, whoever enters My fortress is safe from My wrath.”[^5] This surah consists of the purest monotheist beliefs; hence, this surah is called Surah al-Ikhlas {Chapter: Purity}.

This surah refutes the Christian belief in the Trinity, the polytheism of the Jews as well as the belief of the Arabs during the pre-Islamic period of ignorance who regarded the angels as the daughters of God. Tawhid means the purification of mind and action from any form of polytheism and associating partners with God; neither theoretical polytheism nor practical ostentation. Instead, both the motive and the action itself must be only for the sake of God.

That is, He is One and has no substitute; He has neither similitude nor equal; He has neither limbs nor parts. That is, He is the Worshipped Being { ma‘bud } who is unique in everything. Thus, His Essence is beyond the comprehension and understanding of man. The reason behind His Oneness is that if there were also another “God”, this “God” would also have been supposed to send prophets to mankind to recognize and obey “Him”!

The reason behind His Oneness is that at the time of danger, all human beings focus only on the One Being and their hearts testify to the fact that only One Being gives hopes to man amid all difficulties. The reason behind His Oneness is the harmony between the heaven and the earth, the universe and man, and the precise and orderly relations among all creatures.

If you would ask three painters to draw a single rooster, for example, asking one of them to draw its head, the second one to draw its body, and the third one to draw its tail or feet, there would be no harmony among the three drawings when you place them together; one might be big while the other one might be small; one may have a dark color while the other one may have a light color.

Yes, the harmony existing between the sun, moon, earth, water, wind, soil, mountain, desert, sea, and others, on one hand, and the needs of man, on the other, signifies that there is only One Creator. The human being inhales oxygen and exhales carbon dioxide.