The Oneness of God

THE LIFE WE WERE SEARCHING FOR In the current realm, monotheism appears to be a subject of contemplation. The world of the Hereafter will be a place where monotheism becomes an established reality. On that day, the Oneness of God will be an accepted and known reality, just as today, the sun is an accepted and well-known reality for all to see at the level of observation. If a person considers God one but does not accept that His unity will manifest in the Hereafter, then his concept of monotheism is flawed. He can be a philosophical monotheist, but it would not be correct in any way to call him an Islamic monotheist. ‘God is one’ is not just a matter of numerical unity; it is related to explaining all the realities of the universe, be they known or unknown. Be it the material world, the spiritual world, or the issues concerning this world or the other world in the Hereafter, all these things are incomprehensible until we find their relation to the Oneness of God. The discovery of God’s Oneness is the central unity behind all realities. Only through pure monotheism can the eternal meaning of all realities be explained. From the Islamic point of view, an ideology that does not explain the eternal meaningfulness of realities as one whole cannot be called ‘monotheism.’ Attaining the Oneness of God is complete only when it becomes synonymous with achieving the unity of humanity and the universe. This means that only one essence controls and governs the universe and humanity: the unparalleled God alone. All contradictions dissolve at this level, and only Oneness remains the ultimate reality. Even a person like Darwin accepted the existence of the Creator. But he could not discover the relationship between