Dealing with Monotheism is
far-fetched and many-sided with too many branches and divisions
which the researchers derive from the Quran, Hadiths and Reason.
Among the prominent attributes of His Almighty is that He is the
One who has no second to be regarded as His replica in what His
sovereignty owns of attributes and graces and sometimes He is
termed as: Al-Baseet (simple) which means that He cannot be
partitioned.
The first one is termed as: The
Monotheist One (At-Tawheed Al-Wahidi) that is to say, He has no
second to Him in abilities and power but the second is termed as:
The Perfect Monotheist (Al-Wahid Al-Ahadi) which means that which
cannot be partitioned; therefore, the oneness of 'self' is a must
with regard to Allah's position in the eyes of His human
creatures and as we must consider Him as being ONE in every
direction.
So, as we must confess that He is
One in 'self', we must also confess that He is One in qualities.
The thing that is permanent in Him is that His attributes are as
the same as His 'self' besides, the necessity of worshipping Him
alone and that it is illegal to worship someone else other than
him absolutely as well as in attaching an Associate to Him in
worshipping.
Monotheism can be divided into
four parts:
Firstly: The Oneness of self: That
is, Allah is One and no one else is to be thought to be there or
to be imagined as His Associate. In other words, there is nothing
nor anyone in the whole universe who can be His counterpart nor
His replica or bearing any resemblance to Him neither in form nor
in content nor He, Himself resembles anyone in the whole
world.
Secondly: Unification of qualities
and attributes:
As Allah's self is eternal and
immortal; therefore, His qualities (Glorified be He) like
knowledge and ability and the likes of them are also eternal and
immortal on the one hand and on the other hand these qualities
are not extra qualities being added to His 'self' there is no
more or less in His own self but they are all expressive of His
'self.'
Thirdly: Unification of
deeds:
This means that every
existence, every movement and every act in the world refers to
His sanctified self as He is (Glorified be He) the founder of
causes and the reasons of reasons even the deeds which come from
us in some way or another come from Him because it is He who
bestow upon us due ability, adoption and the freedom of
will.
Fourthly: Unification of
Worshipping:
That is to say, it is incumbent
upon us all to worship Him alone without associating anyone with
Him as no one of us is worthy of being worshipped because
worshipping is restricted to that who is absolute perfection and
who can do without needing the help of any of His creatures and
to that who is the Conferrer of bounties to mankind and all these
qualities can't be gathered together save in His own self.
(Glorified be He).
What is said of
Monotheism?
It was narrated from Allah's
Messenger (P.B.U.H.) that he said: "What I said and what others
who proceeded me had said is like: "There is no deity save Allah"
and he also said: "Best worshipping is to say: "There is no deity
except Allah." And from Imam Ja'far bin Muhammad (P.B.U.H.) came
the following: " Allah, verily, swore by His glory and
sovereignty that He would not torment the Monotheists at all".
From him too came that he said: "Allah secured the Monotheists
from being tortured in Hellfire.
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