Impacts of Monotheism It has been shown in previous chapters that monotheism is not merely an academic reality. Instead, it is a very important practical reality. It impacts human life, whether indivi...
Spiritual Arguments for Monotheism Summary of Previous Discussions We present a summary of the discussion in the earlier three chapters so that the key points that have been staggered so far are easil...
Spiritual Arguments for Monotheism Arguments in line with those accepted by addressees In the two previous chapters, we have explained the arguments of divinity and monotheism that may be considered t...
Spiritual Arguments for Tawhid Man looks first at the external and the visible, and when he develops maturity and wisdom, at his internal and invisible self : the soul. This is a postponement only unt...
General Arguments for Tawhid Arguments from the World around Human Beings This world that spreads out before us is witness to a Creator based on many aspects, including that of cause and effect. This...
Preamble Prior to deliberating upon the arguments for tawhid, it is important to keep some matters before us as preamble. First Addressees of the Qur’an As mentioned in the “Essence of Polytheism”, no...
The Real Cause In the previous chapter, we have explained in detail that the love for a real benign Being and praise and gratitude for Him is the most ancient and sincere emotion that exists within th...
Is Polytheism a Demand of Human Nature? In current times, every research in scholarly fields and the arts is believed to have originated from the theory of evolution. Whether it is history or law, eco...
(7) Assessment of the current Situation of Muslims The previous chapter detailed the situation of groups which do not claim being enemies of shirk . Now we must look at the group that was created prim...
A Cursory Assessment of the World Today Now we possess the light which we can use to look at the world and observe the situation of existing nations, specifically the “developed” ones with respect to...
Summary of Previous Discussion The purpose of this whole long debate and detail was to demonstrate that while it is easy to deny another deity and accept God as the only god verbally, when its require...
Polytheism of the Hypocrites The hypocrites were Muslims for all obvious intents and purposes. They professed belief in all the requirements of faith. They believed in the prophethood of the Prophet (...
Polytheism of People of the Book The two groups of People of the Book mentioned in the Qur’an are the Jews and Christians. They accepted all basics which the Qur’an invited them to believe in, includi...
Worship of the Jinn Similar to the angels, the Arabs also considered the jinn to be above the status of worshippers and a group belonging to the realm of the divine. The Qur’ān refers to this assumpti...
Introduction The sin of polytheism (shirk) is so severe that, in comparison to other sins, no Muslim tolerates its most minor association with him. The most ordinary Muslim would bear any accusation,...
Belief in the Hereafter is one of the most important tenets of Islam. It occupies the central position in the preaching mission of prophets. It is on the foundation of this belief that the pillars of...
الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ فَاطِرِ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ جَاعِلِ الْمَلَائِكَةِ رُسُلًا أُولِي أَجْنِحَةٍ مَّثْنَى وَثُلَاثَ وَرُبَاعَ يَزِيدُ فِي الْخَلْقِ مَا يَشَاء إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِ...
The dealings of God with His servants and the manner in which He deals with them are called sunnatullah by the Qur’an. The Almighty says that these practices are permanent and unalterable. Consequentl...
Contrary to the person of God, His attributes can be comprehended to some extent by a human being. The reason is that man himself finds some of these attributes within him, though at a very small scal...
هُوَ اللَّهُ الَّذِي لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ عَالِمُ الْغَيْبِ وَالشَّهَادَةِ هُوَ الرَّحْمَنُ الرَّحِيمُ هُوَ اللَّهُ الَّذِي لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ الْمَلِكُ الْقُدُّوسُ السَّلَامُ الْمُؤْمِنُ الْمُه...
