Allah is not like His creation All Prophets called to the THE ONENESS OF

God
Similar to how Islam forbids attributing Allah’s divine attributes
to His creation, Islam also rejects the notion of attributing
Oneness of God
And certainly We raised in every nation a messenger (saying):
human qualities and limitations to Allah.
Serve Allah and avoid false gods. - Qur’an 16:36
An example of this is how some religions claim that “God
Muslims believe in all the Prophets that Allah sent to every
rested on the 7th day” after He created everything. Allah does
nation. They all came with the same message – the Oneness
not need rest and to believe so is to attribute imperfection

in Islam
of God. Below we see some examples:
to Allah:
Islam makes a clear distinction Noah (peace be upon him) said [Qur’an 7:59],
between the imperfection of “O my people! Worship Allah!
creation and the perfection You have no other gods besides Him.”
of Allah. He is far above any
imperfections that His creation Abraham (peace be upon him) said [Qur’an 21:66],
has described Him with.
“Do you worship besides Allah,
Some religions however, believe things that can neither be of any good
that Allah fashioned Himself into a to you nor do you harm?”
human body and was both fully God
and fully man at the same time. We should consider that God Moses (peace be upon him) said [Qur’an 7:140],
has attributes of perfection such as being All-Knowing, All- “What! Shall I seek for you a god
Powerful and Immortal. Man however, has imperfect attributes.
other than Allah while He has made
Man has limited knowledge, limited power and is mortal.
you excel (all) created things?”
Muslims are saved from having to ponder over this illogical
concept (that God became man or any aspect of His creation) Jesus (peace be upon him) said [Qur’an 43:64],
due to the pure and comprehensive Islamic concept of God. “For Allah, He is my Lord and your Lord:
so worship Him: this is the Straight Way.”
Allah is worshipped directly Muhammad (peace be upon him) was
There is nothing to prevent a person from calling directly upon commanded to say [Qur’an 18:110],
Allah and asking for His help and forgiveness. Say: He, Allah, is One.
“I am only a man like you.It has been revealed
Allah hears all who praise and call upon Him. to me that your God is One God. So whoever Allah is He on Whom all depend.
There is no “middle man” in Islam;
everyone has uninterrupted
expects to meet his Lord then let him do good He begets not, nor is He begotten.
deeds and associate none as a partner in
and direct access to God. Surely pure religion the worship of his Lord.”
Muslims are required (Worship and obedience) is And none is like Him.
The foundation of the Islamic faith is belief in the Oneness
to maintain a direct for Allah only.
and Uniqueness of Almighty God, and as we have seen,
relationship with God. And those who take protectors
Islam discards any concept which leads to the denial of
Worshipping Allah besides Him (say): “We worship Qur’an 112:1-4
Allah’s Oneness. There is One God, and none has the right
indirectly (e.g. through them only that they may bring us
to be worshipped but He.
an idol, statue or other closer to Allah” … Truly Allah

intermediaries) is viewed
as compromising Allah’s
Oneness and contaminating
the purity of worship that Allah
surely deserves.
learn
guides not him who is a
“Allah has promised those who believe and do good deeds that
liar and a disbeliever.
for them there is forgiveness and a mighty reward.” Qur’an 5:9
Qur’an 39:3 the
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THE ONENESS OF There is nothing that exists except that it is completely The Qur’an reminds us of the falsity of all alleged gods as

God in Islam
subservient to Him follows:

No one can withhold what Allah provides and no one can
provide what Allah withholds Do you
worship what you have
Surely those
Allah alone can benefit or harm
carved yourself? But Allah you call upon besides
has created you and what Allah, are only slaves
The teaching of God’s complete Oneness is the essence of
Islam. All other laws, beliefs and commands of Islam are built
Allah has no equals you make. like yourselves.
Qur’an 7:194
on this foundation. Take it away, and there is nothing left of the Are many lords differing among themselves better, or Qur’an 37:95-96
religion. Allah, the One, the Supreme? - Qur’an 12:39
Muslims believe that the existence of the One True, Unique,
God’s name is unique Supreme, Almighty God, is the only logical concept of God.
There cannot be, for example, two Absolutely Powerful
The creation does not share in
“Allah” is the proper and personal name applied to The One
True God. Nothing else can be called Allah. The term has no
Creators, and a moment’s thought shows that this is not
feasible.
Allah’s Perfect attributes
plural or gender unlike the English word “God” which can be And there is nothing like Him. - Qur’an 112:4
made both plural and feminine (i.e. gods/goddess). No son Islam teaches that no part of Allah is present in anyone or
If there were more than one
God it would surely lead to (or offspring) did Allah anything (although His knowledge encompasses everything).
The unique usage of “Allah” as a personal name of God is a
reflection of Islam’s emphasis on the purity of the belief in one confusion, disorder, beget, nor is there any god along The idea of any created object or being possessing any of
God. chaos and destruction with Him. (If there had been many Allah’s perfect attributes is completely rejected in Islam. To
in the universe. The gods) then each god would have taken give a created thing attributes or powers only befitting the
universe however, away what he had created, and some Creator is to elevate the creation to a level of partnership with
There is no god And your god is One is in complete would have tried to overcome others! the Creator.

except Allah He. - Qur’an 2:163

God. There is no god but
harmony. The Qur’an Glorified be Allah above all
summarises this in the For example, the belief that good-luck charms, amulets and
that they attribute to Him.
following verse: superstitions, such as rabbits’ feet, horse shoes and the
The Oneness of God in Islam is a comprehensive teaching Qur’an 23:91
number 13, have the ability to bring benefit or harm
and can be further understood through the following attributes
is effectively making partners with
of Allah:

Allah has no partners, no equals and no rivals Allah alone is And worship Allah and
associate none with Him.
Allah. This is because He alone is
All-Powerful, and therefore He
And do not call
besides Allah on that
Allah has no father, mother, sons, daughters or wives worthy of worship Qur’an 4:36
alone is able to harm or benefit:
which can neither benefit you
Allah is worshipped directly without anyone or anything From the Islamic standpoint, believing in the Oneness of God Other examples include nor harm you, for if you do then
acting as an intermediary means to realise that all prayer and acts of worship should be fortune telling and astrology. surely you will be amongst the
exclusively to God. Whoever claims to know the wrong-doers.
Allah is not in need of anyone’s worship
future is Qur’an 10:106
Allah is not answerable to anyone None have the right to be invoked, supplicated, sworn attributing
upon or prayed to but God alone. Nothing else is worthy of He alone to himself/
Allah is not dependant on any person or thing, but all worship: not statues, crosses, tombs, the sun, the moon, has the keys of the herself one of the
persons and things are dependant on Him stars, temples, animals, Prophets, Messengers, saints, Unseen, none knows attributes of Allah, i.e. the only
Allah created everything without any assistance priests or religious scholars. All of these things are created Knower of the unseen and
them but He.
and limited, hence imperfect - they are not worthy of worship hidden things.
There is nothing above or comparable to Allah Qur’an 6:59
in Islam, whereas Allah is perfect.