In other words...

In other words: Everything that is actualised is because of Him and is obedient to the realm of power, sovereignty, and true and original mastership. The power and mastership of others is in line with Divine power and an offshoot of it. The ownership of a slave’s (‘abd) possessions is perpendicular to the ownership of his master. Hence how can it be possible that God the Supreme requires aid from someone who with all its existence is dependent upon Him. c.

Independent effectuality The fifth meaning of monotheism is independent effectuality. This means that the Divine creation is not independent from God and the influences that are made by them (the creation) are with the permission of God and under the strength that has been provided by God the Supreme. The only existent that can influence independently - without the aid of any other creation - and in all time and space is the Divine essence of God.

The actions and influences of others are vertical to the influences and actions of Him and are at the dispersal of God the Supreme. On this base, the Noble Qur’an associates the actions in nature and in the corporeal world (like the ownership of humans and jinn) to God. For instance a tree giving fruit, or the falling of rain and emergence of a plant from a seed are all related to God.

The Qur’an continuously emphasises that humans must focus upon and realise that these actions in the natural and corporeal world are parallel with the actions God. In order to bring our mind towards the realisation of this reality we have brought the following relative example: If a supervisor of a firm orders his workers to undertake a project, and the project reaches success, the credit will go to the supervisor, even though the instrumentality of the project was in the hands of the workers.

The supervisor is referred to as the intelligent and effective agent, due to accomplishment of the project. The original action is also comprised of consequent levels, and from this aspect Divine Will establishes the existence of every agent. From another view they are like mental forms, which are established by the one who imagines.

From this point of view the influences of every agent and of the one who influences on a higher level is dependent upon the Divine original will and permission of God: “[This is] as Allah has wished! There is no power except by Allah!” (al-Kahf:39). d.