The Oneness of God

THE LIFE WE WERE SEARCHING FOR the belief that God manifests Himself through His creation. Philosophers initially accepted this concept as the unity of existence or the unity of being, which later came to be accepted in religions. This concept was developed when people saw the one universe filled with innumerable diverse things, from man to the stars, and they wanted to find unity in this diversity. And so, they said that the one Absolute God manifests Himself in different forms. In this way, the concept of God became like an abstract idea, a mere imagination devoid of any independent existence. It was accepted that everything emanates from it and, ultimately, after ending, merges back into it. It is this notion that produced the belief in ‘human gods.’ Salvation, in this concept, was that the creation merges with the Creator, usually after one’s death. However, there was also a belief that if one negates their worldly status through some spiritual practices, they could unite with God while still alive; this produced the concept of saints. However, all these concepts of God are mere hypothetical speculations. They have nothing to do with reality. Islam has kept the concept of God pure from all these hypothetical speculations. According to Islam, every such addition negates the pure concept of God. According to Islam, God is the One who possesses uniqueness in every aspect and is entirely pure from all forms of participation in His essence and attributes. This is the concept of tawheed or monotheism in Islam. In the Quran, this is stated thus: