The Oneness of God
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The foundation of the Islamic faith is belief in the Oneness of
Almighty God - the God of Abraham, Noah, Moses and Jesus. Islam
teaches that a pure belief in One God is intuitive in human beings and
thus fulfills the natural inclination of the soul. As such, Islam's
concept of God is straightforward, unambiguous and easy to understand.
Islam teaches that the hearts, minds and souls of human beings are
fitting receptacles for clear divine revelation, and that God's
revelations to man are not clouded by self-contradictory mysteries or
irrational ideas. As such, Islam teaches that even though God cannot
be fully comprehended and grasped by our finite human minds, He also
does not expect us to accept absurd or demonstrably false beliefs
about Him. According to the teachings of Islam, Almighty God is
absolutely One and His Oneness should never be compromised by
associating partners with Him - neither in worship nor in belief. Due
to this, Muslims are required to maintain a direct relationship with
God, and therefore all intermediaries are absolutely forbidden. From
the Islamic standpoint, believing in the Oneness of God means to
realize that all prayer and worship should be exclusively for God, and
that He alone deserves such titles as "Lord" and "Savior". Some
religions, even though they believe on "One God", do not make all of
their worship and prayers for Him alone. Also, they also give the
title of "Lord" to beings that are not All-Knowing, All-Powerful and
Un-Changing - even according to their own scriptures. Suffice it to
say that according to Islam, it is not enough that people believe that
"God is One", but they must actualize this belief by proper conduct.
In short, in the Islamic concept of God, which is completely based on
Divine Revelation, there is no ambiguity in divinity - God is God and
man is man. Since God is the only Creator and continual Sustainer of
the Universe, He is transcendent above His creation - the Creator and
the creature never mix. Islam teaches that God has a unique nature and
that He is free from gender, human weaknesses and beyond anything
which human beings can imagine. The Qur'an teaches that the signs and
proofs of God's wisdom, power and existence are evident in the world
around us. As such, God calls on man to ponder over the creation in
order to build a better understanding of his Creator. Muslims believe
that God is Loving, Compassionate and Merciful, and that He is
concerned with the daily affairs of human beings. In this, Islam
strikes a unique balance between false religious and philosophical
extremes. Some religions and philosophies portray God as just an
impersonal "Higher Power" who is uninterested, or unaware, of the life
of each individual human. Other religions tend to give God human
qualities and teach that He is present in His creation, by being
incarnate in someone, something - or even everything. In Islam,
however, Almighty God has clarified the truth by letting mankind know
that He is "Compassionate", "Merciful", "Loving" and the "Answerer of
Prayers". But He as also emphasized strongly that "there is nothing
like unto Him", and that He is high above time, space and His
creation. Finally, it should be mentioned that the God that Muslims
worship is the same God that Jews and Christians worship - because
there is only one God. It is unfortunate that some people mistakenly
believe that Muslims worship a different God than Jews and Christians,
and that "Allah" is just the "god of the Arabs". This myth, which has
been propagated by the enemies of Islam, is completely false since the
word "Allah" is simply the Arabic name for Almighty God. It is the
same word for God which is used by Arabic-speaking Jews and
Christians. However, it should be clarified that even though Muslims
worship the same God as Jews and Christian, their concept of Him
differs somewhat from the beliefs of other religions - mainly because
it is based completely on Divine Revelation from God. For example,
Muslims reject the Christian belief that God is a Trinity, not only
becaue the Qur'an rejects it, but also because if this was God's true
nature, He would have clearly revealed it to Abraham, Noah, Jesus and
all of the other prophets.
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