The other realm is related to the natural affairs of the...

The other realm is related to the natural affairs of the world in which the will and discretion of man have a role and it has nothing to do with God.[^1] He also says: According to us, however, conceiving of two realms for the creation; thinking of God as belonging to one realm and the creatures, man in particular, to be in the other realm; and considering these two as distinctly separated is unacceptable and itself as a kind of polytheism.

We should not separate God from His acts and His creatures; for, we believe that: ﴿أَنَّ الْقُوَّةَ لِلَّهِ جَمِيعًا.﴾ That power, altogether, belongs to Allah , [^2] And: لاَ حَوْلَ وَلاَ قُوَّةَ إلاَّ بِاللهِ العَلِيِّ العَظِيمِ. “There is no might and power except from Allah, the Exalted and Great.”[^3] Then, he says: Contrary to common notions, Wahhabism is not only an anti-Imamate theory but rather, before being anti-Imamate, it is anti- tawhid and anti-human.

It is anti- tawhid because it advocates the division of work between the Creator { khaliq } and the creature { makhluq }. In addition, it upholds a sort of hidden polytheism in Essence { shirk-e dhati }. It is anti-human because it fails to comprehend the talent of man that makes him superior to the angels, and according to the text of the Qur'an, elevates him to the status of vicegerency of Allah { khilafat Allah } who ordered the angels to prostrate before him.

It reduces him into a mere natural animal.” ^4 18 Tawhid according to the Shi`ah philosophers and scholastic theologians {mutakallimun} In the light of the blessed Surah at-Tawhid (or al-Ikhlas ), the following headings about the cognition of the Essence and Attributes of God can be deduced:), the following headings about the cognition of the Essence and Attributes of God can be deduced:), the following headings about the cognition of the Essence and Attributes of God can be deduced: Tawhid of Essence {Tawhid-e dhati} God has a Perfect Essence and the Attributes of Perfection and Beauty.

Thus, this Essence must be regarded as One and Unique. That is, whatever we say concerning His Oneness and Unity, we have to believe also with respect to His Essence. Those who acknowledge such Essence also believe in the Tawhid of Essence. Shirk {polytheism} in Essence This means that we believe in two or more essences for God, the Exalted. This type of polytheism is called “polytheism in Essence”. God is One in Essence and has no partner.

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