THE PRACTICAL RELEVANCE OF MONOTHEISM

~ 30 ~ philosophic standpoint, but cannot be unitarians in Islam. The fact that God is one is not just a matter of numbers; it is, in fact, the basis for an explanation of all known and unknown facts. All things; whether material or spiritual, of the present, past or future, of this world or the next, will defy comprehension unless we see in them a conceptual unity and discover in what way they relate to the unity of God. Discovery of the oneness of God is the discovery of the central unity of all things. Only that monotheism will be worth its name, which enlightens human beings as to the eternal significance of things and beings in this world, and in the world to come. Any philosophy or faith, which fails to uncover the significance of all things as one single whole, will not be true monotheism. Discovery of the oneness of God will only become absolute when synonymous with the discovery of unity between human beings and the universe, when a stage in thought is reached where contradictions cease to exist, yielding pride of place to unity as the final