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Islam
is
a
religion
of
firm
monotheism,
teaching mankind to believe in and worship All
to be the final revelation sent to humanity,
This Monotheism (or Tawheed in Arabic) is the
Allah says about Himself:
foundation of the religion of Islam. The most
Mighty God alone and none other than Him∗.
Muslims
(followers
of
Islam)
hold
severe sin is that which opposes it: believing in
with
conviction that God is the All Powerful Creator
and Sustainer of the universe alone and none
rivals Him in any way. He is completely perfect
and there is nothing comparable to Him, He is
free from any deficiencies, dependencies or
evils.
Muslims refer to God as Allah, which comes
from the Arabic language.
Arabic speaking
Christians and Jews use the name Allah as well.
The actual name Allah is a word encompassing
all his attributes and that which he refers to
Himself by, such as The Unique, The Most
Merciful, The One who has infinite knowledge
and wisdom.
Furthermore, the name Allah is
even more fitting because the word has neither
gender nor plural. Allah is not the God of just
Muslims and Arabs but of all of mankind and
the universe. Allah is the same one true God
who
sent
the
Prophets,
such
as
Noah,
Abraham, Jesus and Moses.
The
Muslim
emotions
or
creed
did
deductions,
not
evolve
rather
it
from
is
an
affirmation of that which Allah has confirmed
and informed mankind about Himself. He has
done so in the best of manners by sending
Scriptures
and
Prophets
to
the
different
nations. In the Quran, the book Muslims hold
{He is Allah (God), besides Whom none has the
right to be worshipped except Him, The Knower
of hidden and the apparent. He is the Most
Beneficent, the Most Merciful. He is Allah,
besides Whom there is none that has the right
to be worshipped except Him, the King, the Holy,
the One Free from all defects, the Giver of
security, the Watcher over His creation, the
Almighty, the Compeller, the Supreme. Glory be
to Allah! He is above all that they associate as
partners with Him. He is Allah, the Creator,
the Inventor of all things, The Bestower of
form. To Him belong the Finest Names. All that
is in the heavens and the earth glorifies Him.
And He is the Almighty, the Most Wise.}
(Chapter 59: 22-24)
contemplating over the splendour and harmony
of the universe which He created.
However
they should only affirm that which Allah has
about
Himself,
because
mans
intellect is prone to error while that which Allah
has sent down is the infallible truth.
others
besides
Allah.
reliance upon idols or ‘saints’; believing that
‘lucky charms’ can provide sustenance and
protection; seeking forgiveness of sins from
religious
leaders;
and
fearing
baseless
superstitions such as breaking a mirror.
In
actuality these beliefs do not make logical
sense; for how can an idol help an individual if
it can not even stop flies from landing on it?
How can someone’s fate be changed by
crossing fingers, or by a piece of iron that was
nailed to a pony’s hoof?
Is it not rational to
seek help from The One who has complete,
In Islam, it is not sufficient to just believe in
God; a person must combine their belief with
the sincere worship of Allah alone.
This
worship is not limited to praising and praying
only, but every inward and outward action that
is pleasing to Allah.
A Muslim confidently believes that there is no
might or power except with Allah so when they
are in danger they turn to Allah first for their
protection.
When they do wrong they fear
Allah because they know that they can never
hide what they have done from Him; when they
have a need they ask from Allah first and have
An example of this is
encouraging good and preventing evil; such as
giving continuous charity and visiting the sick;
or shunning discrimination and oppression.
hope and reliance that He will give them what
they ask for or better than it.
In accordance with Allah’s commands, Muslims
do not draw similarities between The Creator
and the created. Allah has informed mankind
about attributes He has such as His sight and
hearing, however His seeing and hearing are
incomparable to those of any created being.
His are not weak or limited, rather there is
nothing that He can not see or hear, He can see
∗
The pro-nouns ‘Him/He’ have been used, but they are not
inciting that Allah has a gender.
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worshipping
Examples of this are: praying to and having
unshared control over everything?
Mankind can also come to know Allah by
conveyed
and
into hearts and hear all thoughts.
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In most religions there is a revered individual
elderly white man with a white beard sitting on
who is given a divine status, such as Jesus or
a cloud in the sky.
Gautama Buddha, and acts of worship are
accepted that these blemished portrayals of
directed towards them, for example seeking
God are His reality. However, instinctively, they
blessings, sustenance, protection, forgiveness
have rejected the defamations, and believe in
and
the true reality of God as Islam affirms; the All-
intersession
from
them.
Prophet
Muhammad is also held in great esteem
They have mistakenly
Powerful, Righteous and Unequalled Creator.
amongst the Muslims however contrary to the
practice amongst many religions, Muslims do
This Islamic monotheistic faith and worship is
not worship him in anyway, rather they believe
the natural and inborn belief that every person
he was a Messenger sent by Allah as an
was born upon, and it will be the only belief
example to all of Mankind. If a Muslim was to
that will be accepted to die upon.
worship
Prophet
Muhammad,
for
instance
supplicating towards him, it would nullify their
Islam due to the severity of its confliction and
contradiction
with
the
ethics
of
Islamic
monotheism.
Allah is completely Unique and
has ordered Mankind to worship Him alone
without any partner, so no matter how raised
the status an individual has they do not share
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in Allah’s dominion and they can not be
worshipped.
It is prohibited in Islam to attribute things to
Allah that do not befit His magnificence and
perfection.
Some examples of these things
include: Him being dependent upon creation,
tiring, being unjust, having to battle with an
adversary such as the devil, resembling a
Written & Compiled by
Graeme Mujaahid Paterson
[email protected]
Third Edition
August 2011
human being or incarnating Himself as one, all
of which are totally unacceptable to Allah and
those who truly know their Lord.
Nowadays it is becoming more common that
people claim not to believe in God, instead,
declaring faith in a ‘Higher Power’.
This
outcome
and
is
due
to
this
belittling
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