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THE BELIEF IN THE UNITY OF GOD
“The
Islamic concept of Unity also inculcates in man the realisation of the
oneness of the human species, and does away with all such barriers as
divide man into racial, ethnic and colour denominations. This gives
birth to the universal concept of equality in Islam, which is its
distinctive feature. Hence from the vantage point of God, all human
beings, wherever and in whichever age they were born, stand equal in
His sight. As will be demonstrated shortly, it is this fundamental
which gives rise to all other fundamental beliefs and doctrines in
Islam. As briefly mentioned before, Islam's doctrine of Unity is
absolute and unsplittable; it has no room for adding to the Godhead in
any form. He has neither a father nor a mother, nor has He a spouse.
For Him to give birth to sons and daughters is inconceivable.
Another
important aspect of Unity of God as presented by the Quran relates to
absolute harmony in His creation. It is this harmony concept which
appealed so strongly to Einstein. He was compelled to pay tribute to
the perfect symmetry in nature, which according to him required the
oneness of creator. He was a scientist, and his perception of that
harmony was limited to the material universe. But the Holy Quran
speaks of the harmony in creation in all its possible applications.
The Holy Quran claims that within nature, as created by God, and
within the divine books revealed by God, there is no disharmony; that
there is complete concurrence between one area of God's creation and
another, and between one book and the other.
It goes further
to declare that there is perfect consistency between the Word of God
and the Act of God, and that there can be no contradiction between
nature and the divine word as revealed to His prophets. This subject
is beautifully expressed in the first five verses of Surah Al-Mulk,
and is also taken up in many other verses of the Quran from various
angles.
Coming to individuals, the belief in Unity plays a very important role
in the education and upbringing of humans. It requires a consistency
between man's views and actions, a consistency between his
relationship with God and his fellow beings, thus binding creation in
a single chain of unbreakable unity. This can be better understood by
bringing to focus the practices of some so-called religious people,
who preach hatred for one section of human society against another in
the name of the one and only God. The principle of Unity of God is at
variance with this practice, and as such does not permit people to
create divisions between God and His creation and within the creation
of God.”
http://www.alislam.org/books/study-of-islam/unity.html
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