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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books God: An Islamic Perspective Part 3: At-Tawhid At-Tawhid of Islam It will be seen from above-mentioned discussion how Islam, for the first time in history of religions, explained “ at-tawhid ” (Oneness of God) in such a way that there was no misunderstanding afterwards. The Jews believed in one God, but theirs was not the universal but tribal god.

And even then, they had fallen in the pitfall of giving ` Uzayr the title of `son of God.' It is the direct result of the teaching of Islam that Jews left calling a man `son of God'. Christians are trying to re-interprete the dogma of Trinity; Hindus were compelled to rediscover that Vedas teach Unity of God and that idolworship was wrong. The surah of at-Tawhid is one of the shortest chapters of the Holy Qur'an.

It establishes the pure belief in the Oneness of God, rejecting all types of 'shirk' in these words: بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ اللَّهُ الصَّمَدُ لَمْ يَلِدْ وَلَمْ يُولَدْ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ كُفُوًا أَحَدٌ In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful “Say: He is Allah, The One and Only: Allah, the Eternal, Absolute; He begetteth not, Nor is He begotten; And there is none like unto Him.” (Chapter Al-Ikhlaas, n.

112.The first sentence of the Islamic kalimah, t hat is, “There is no god except Allah” leads a Muslim throughout his life not only in religious matters but in social behaviour also. “There is no god” shows a Muslim that nothing in the universe is superior to Him. It is observed in Qur'an that “He it is Who created for you all that is in the earth.” So a Muslim knows that nothing in this world is to be worshipped.

Neither stone nor trees, neither animals nor human beings; neither the Sun, the Moon nor the Stars can be worshipped, because everthing is created and created for his benefit. When a Muslim thus has rejected every falsehood and every idea of nature-worship, idol-worship and human-worship, he is ready to believe in the positive truth of the Unity of God. Believing in a Supreme being gives an aim to our life and provides a purpose for our actions.

Had a man been left with the wrong impression that there was no God at all, his life would have been aimless, and an aimless life is dangerous. So it is added that there is no god “except Allah”. This sentence has a negative as well as a positive aspect. Both are instrumental in creating the belief that every man is equal to every other person.

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