ONENESS OF ALLAH

Bismillah ir-rahman ir-rahim

Assalam alaykum warahmatullah wabarakatu

So some of the biggest misconceptions that many non-Muslims have about Islam have to do with the word “Allah.” For various reasons, many people have come to believe that Muslims worship a different God than Christians and Jews. This is totally false, since “Allah” is simply the Arabic word for “God” - and there is only One God. 

Let there be no doubt - Muslims worship the God of Noah, Abraham, Moses, David and Jesus - peace be upon them all. However, it is certainly true that Jews, Christians and Muslims all have different concepts of Almighty God. For example, Muslims - like Jews - reject the Christian beliefs of the Trinity and the Divine Incarnation. This, however, does not mean that each of these three religions worships a different God - because, as we have already said, there is only One True God. Judaism, Christianity and Islam all claim to be “Abrahamic Faiths”, and all of them are also classified as “monotheistic.” 

However, Islam teaches that other religions have, in one way or another, distorted and nullified a pure and proper belief in Almighty God by neglecting His true teachings and mixing them with man-made ideas.

The doctrine of God is the foundation of the religion of Islam and is central to the teachings of the Holy Qur'an. God is the Supreme Being who exists independently of everything else . He is the sole Creator of the Universe , the Maker of the Heaven and Earth. And according to Islam , no event occurs in this Universe without Allah's knowledge and implicit consent. He is the ultimate source of every action and happening, animate or inanimate. God created not only the galaxies and stars, but also the life-form on this earth and elsewhere . He is the Nourisher and Sustainer of all creation; He is their Lord.

Belief in God, the Creator and the Master of the Universe , is common to all religion. But the Islamic name ‘Allah’, in Arabic , applies only to One God and to no one else. It is why Islam advocates belief in the absolute Unity of God in its entire purity as its very foundation. Oneness of God means that He is the God of all people : past, present and future.

In Chapter 112 of the Holy Qur'an reads: "In the name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate. Say (O Muhammad) He is God the One God, the Everlasting Refuge, who has not begotten, nor has been begotten, and equal to Him is not anyone." The Holy Qur'an already gives the important message that Allah is One. He is Independent. He does not need any support. Everything depends on Him. He has no father and has no son or daughter. There is none like unto Him. [Al-Quran 112 : 2 -5]

On the other hand Islam really stresses the need to have firm belief in various attributes of Allah, the Creator and the Controller of the Universe. He is the Lord of all the worlds. He is the Gracious, the Merciful. He is the Master of the Day of judgement. [1 : 1-4]

For human beings, He is a very personal God. He listens to their supplications and prayers [2: 187] He provides for all their needs [42: 20]. He overlooks their shortcomings and forgives their excesses [39 :54]. He is there whenever they need Him , in distress or prosperity [13: 27]. He deals with His creation with mercy, love and compassion [3: 31]. He cannot be seen with physical eyes. The following is stated in a hadith: "Look at the skies and the earth and look at yourselves in order to understand the existence and oneness of Allah; and think about the fineness in their creation that fascinates the mind and that they cannot occur alone. They are the signs that show the existence and oneness of Allah. However, do not think about the personality and the true nature of Allah. Do not start to think about ‘Is Allah like this or like that?’, How does He see and hear?’ Your strength will not be enough for it. No matter how hard you try, you cannot know or realize it well. You will be confused. Your criteria of knowledge and experience will not suffice.”

If we think of it a bit, we can understand through our minds that it is impossible to comprehend the true nature of Allah. The chick in the egg is certainly not expected to know the world outside the egg. The human mind is no different from the chick in the egg in terms of knowing the magnificent universe and the realms in the universe that Allah created. Therefore, it is not possible for the mind with its extremely limited comprehension capacity to comprehend the true nature of the being that created the universe when one thinks about it through his mind.

But He reveals Himself to man through His Prophets and through the working of His attributes. Allah is eternal and infinite . He lives today as He lived before and will continue to live hereafter . He speaks to people as He spoke in the past. All His attributes are Ever Lasting .

Islam is the total submission of Allah and the implementation laws in our life as human being distinguish the form of belief that the principles of its cree and simple in the way they a human mind, so people can l follow them with knowledge a conviction.

You know before the creation of the Throne, and before the creation of the heavens and the earth, and before the creation of directions, there was Allah, may He be exalted, and there was nothing before Him, nothing after Him, and nothing besides Him, as al-Bukhaari (7418) narrated that ‘Imraan ibn Husayn (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I was with the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) when some people from Banu Tameem came to him and he said: “O Banu Tameem, accept the good news.” They said: You have given us the good news; now give us something. Then some people from Yemen came in and he said: “Accept the good news, O people of Yemen, for Banu Tameem did not accept it.” They said: We accept it, for we have come to you to learn about the religion and to ask you how the matter was from the very beginning. He said: “There was Allah and nothing existed before Him, and His Throne was on the water. Then He created the heavens and the earth, and He wrote all things in al-Lawh al-Mahfooz.”

Those who have been shown the Light are very fortunate as their hearts and minds are very receptive to His Words, and they readily accept the Reality as it comes. This power of guidance lies with Allah alone as He says: "Allah guided whom He will to a path that is straight." [Surah al-Baqarah 2:213]

There is no one worthy of worship but Allah.