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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books A Shi'ite Creed The Belief of The Imamiya Concerning Tawhid Says the learned Abu Ja'far Muhammad bin 'Ali bin Husayn bin Musa Ibn Babawayhi al-Qummi, the jurist, the author of this book: Know that our belief concerning tawhid is that Allah, exalted is He, is one ( wahid ) and absolutely unique ( ahad ).[^1] There is naught like unto Him; He is Prior ( qadim )[^2]; He never was non-existent and never will be; He is the Hearing and the Seeing One; the Omniscient ( 'alim ), the Wise; the Living, the Everlasting, the Mighty ( 'aziz ), the Holy ( quddus ), the Knowing One ( 'aalim ), the Powerful, the Self-Sufficient ( ghani).

He cannot be described by His Essence (jawhar); His Body (jism); His Form (sura) , or by His Accidental Qualities ('arad) [^3] . Nor in terms of length (khatt), breadth ('ard), surface (sath ), weight (thiqal), lightness (khiffa), quiescence (sukun), motion (haraka), place (makdn) or time (zarnan). He, exalted is He, transcends all the attributes of His creatures; He is beyond both the limitations (hadd) of transcendence (ibtal) and of immanence (tashbih).

[^4] He is a Thing (shay'), but not like other things.[^5] He is Unique (ahad), Eternal Refuge (samad), He begets not, lest He may be inherited; nor is He begotten, lest He may be associated (with others). There is no one like unto Him; He has no equal (nidd) or opponent (didd), compeer (shibh) or consort (sahibah).

Nothing can be compared with Him (mithl); He has no rival (nazir), no partner (sharik ).[^6] Human eyes cannot behold Him; while He discerns (the power of) eyes.[^7] The thoughts of men cannot compass Him; while He is aware of them***.*** “Slumber overtakes Him not, nor sleep” (Qur'an 2:255) . He is the Gracious ( latif [^8] ) and the Knowing One (khabir), the Creator (khaliq) of all things.

There is no deity (ilah) other than Him; to Him (alone) belongs (the power of) creation (khalq) and authority (amr). Blessed (tabaraka) is Allah, the Lord of the worlds. And he who believes in tashbih (immanence) is a polytheist (mushrik). And he, who attributes to the Shias beliefs other than those that have been stated concerning the Unity of Allah (tawhid), is a liar. And every report (khabar) contrary to what I have stated concerning tawhid is an invention (mawdu'/mukhtara').