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The Oneness and Unity of God (Tawhid)
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THE ONENESS and UNITY of GOD (TAWHID)
Question:
What are these three fundamental beliefs?
Answer:
Firstly, the faith that this world has an omniscient, omnipotent, wise, all-hearing and all-seeing God, who has no beginning or end and who possesses all qualities of perfection and is free from any fault or deficiency. This God is One and has no partner, and none of His creation resembles Him, and there is absolutely no possibility of seeing Him, either in this world or in the hereafter. The oneness of God can be proved.
Question:
What is the meaning of oneness?
Answer:
The oneness of God can be considered to have four aspects:
1-Oneness of Essence:
This means that God is one and has no partners. He is not like man who consists of several parts for God does not possess any parts at all.
2-Oneness of Attributes:
This means that God’s attributes are identical to His essence: hence there is no duality between His attributes and His essence. In other words, God is not like man whose knowledge is separated from his essence and whose strength is something separate from him, but in fact the essence of God, His knowledge, His power and so on are one and the same thing.
3-Oneness of His Works:
This means that everything in the universe is of His creation.
4-Oneness of Worship:
This means that only God Almighty has the right to be worshipped.
