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TAUHEED
DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL STUDIES RIPHAH
INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY ISLAMABAD
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CONCEPT OF GOD IN WORLD RELIGIONS
JUDAISM
ONENESS OF GOD
CHRISTIANITY
TRINITY
TAUHEED

• ISLAM

HINDUISM
TRINITY
NO CLEAR CONCEPT OF GOD
BUDDHISM
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TAUHEED

• Literally Tawheed means "unification" (making
  something one) or "asserting oneness", and it
  comes from the Arabic verb (wahhada) which itself
  means to unite, unify or consolidate.
• However, when the term Tawheed is used in
  reference to Allah (i.e. Tawheedullah), it means
  the realizing and maintaining of Allah's unity in
  all of man's actions which directly or indirectly
  relate to Him.
• It is the belief that Allah is One, without
  partner in His dominion and His actions
  (Ruboobeeyah), One without similitude in His
  essence and attributes (Asmaa wa Sifaat), and One
  without rival in His divinity and in worship
  (Ulooheeyah/'Ebaadah).

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• CATEGORIES OF TAWHEED

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• Tawheed ar-Ruboobeeyah (Maintaining the unity of
  lordship)
• Tawheed al Asmaa was-Sifaat(Maintaining the
  Unity of Allahs names and Attributes).
  
• Tawheed al-Ebaadah (Maintaining The Unity of
  Worship)

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• Tawheed ar-Ruboobeeyah (Maintaining the unity of
  lordship)

• In Arabic the word used to describe this
  creator-sustainer quality is Ruboobeeyah which is
  derived from the root "Rabb" (Lord).

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• This category is based on the fundamental concept
  that Allah alone caused all things to exist when
  there was nothing
• He sustains and maintains creation without any
  need from it or for it and He is the sole Lord
  of the universe and its inhabitants without any
  real challenge to His sovereignty.

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• Evidence from Quran and Sunnah

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•  Allâh is the Creator of all things
• and He is the Wakîl (Trustee, Disposer of
  affairs, Guardian, etc.) over all things

• The Prophet (saws) further elaborated on this
  concept saying, "Be aware that if the whole of
  mankind gathered together in order to do
  something to help you, they would only be able to
  do something for you which Allah had already
  written for you. Likewise, if the whole of
  mankind gathered together to harm you, they would
  only be able to do something to harm you which
  Allah had already written to happen to you"

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• Tawheed al-Asmaa was-Sifaat (Maintaining Unity of
  Allah's Names and Attributes).

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• This category of Tawheed has some aspects
• For unity of Allah's names and attributes to be
  maintained in the first aspect.
• Allah must be referred to according to how He and
  His Prophet (saws) have described Him without
  explaining away His names and attributes by
  giving them meanings other than their obvious
  meanings.

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In the third aspect of Tawheed al-Asmaa
was-Sifaat Allah is referred to without giving
Him the attributes of His creation. For example,
it is claimed in the Bible and Torah that Allah
spent the first six days creating the universe
then slept on the seventh. For this reason, Jews
and Christians take either Saturday or Sunday as
a day of rest in which work is looked at as a
sin.
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Tawheed al-'Ebaadah (Maintaining The Unity of
Worship)

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  "If you
  asked them who created them, they would surely
  say, Allah (4387)
•  You (Alone) we worship, and You (Alone) we ask
  for help (for each and everything).
• All forms of worship must be directed only to
  Allah because He alone deserves worship, and it
  is He alone who can grant benefit to man as a
  result of His worship

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• Al Ikhlas

• 1.      Say (O Muhammad SAW)
• "He is Allâh, (the) One

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•    Allah,
• the Eternal, Absolute

"He begets not, nor was He begotten

• "And there is none co-equal or comparable unto
  Him."

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SHIRK(POLYTHEISM)
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• 48. Verily, Allâh forgives not that partners
  should be set up with him in worship,
• but He forgives except that (anything else) to
  whom He pleases,
• and whoever sets up partners with Allâh in
  worship, he has indeed invented a tremendous sin.

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• Verily, whosoever sets up partners in worship
  with Allâh, then Allâh has forbidden Paradise for
  him, and the Fire will be his abode. 

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TAUHEED BELIEF OF EVERY PROPHET
OF ALLAH
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• DAWAH OF NOAH(A.S)

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• O my people Worship Allâh! You have no other Ilâh
  (God) but Him. (Lâ ilâha ill-Allâh none has the
  right to be worshipped but Allâh). 

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• DAWAH OF HUD(A.S)

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• O my people Worship Allâh! You have no other Ilâh
  (God) but Him. (Lâ ilâha ill-Allâh none has the
  right to be worshipped but Allâh). 

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• DAWAH OF SALIH(A.S)

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• O my people Worship Allâh! You have no other Ilâh
  (God) but Him. (Lâ ilâha ill-Allâh none has the
  right to be worshipped but Allâh). 

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• DAWAH OF SHOIB(A.S)

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• O my people Worship Allâh! You have no other Ilâh
  (God) but Him. (Lâ ilâha ill-Allâh none has the
  right to be worshipped but Allâh). 

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• DAWAH OF MUHAMMAD(S.A.W)

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• Say (O Muhammad SAW)
• "I am commanded only to worship Allâh (Alone) and
  not to join partners with Him.

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• RATIONAL PROOF OF ALLAH

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• Had there been therein (in the heavens and the
  earth) gods besides Allâh, then verily both would
  have been ruined. Glorified be Allâh, the Lord of
  the Throne,
• (High is He) above what they attribute to Him!

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• each god would have taken away what he had
  created, and some would have tried to overcome
  others!

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  Say (O Muhammad SAW to these polytheists,
pagans, etc.) "If there had been other âliha
(gods) along with Him as they assert, then they
would certainly have sought out a way to the Lord
of the Throne (seeking His Pleasures and to be
near to Him).
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EFFECTS OF TAUHEED ON HUMAN LIFE
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BROADMINDEDNESS
A believer in this Kalimah can never be narrow in
outlook. He believes in a ALLAH Who is the
Creator of the heavens and the earth, the Master
of the East and the West and Sustainer of the
entire universe. After this belief he does not
regard anything in the world as a stranger to
himself. He looks on everything in the universe
as belonging to the same Lord he himself belongs
to. His sympathy, love and service are not
confined to any particular sphere or group. His
vision is enlarged, his intellectual horizon
widens, and his outlook becomes as liberal and as
boundless as is the Kingdom of God. How can this
width of vision and breadth of mind be achieved
by an atheist, a polytheist or one who believes
in a deity supposed to possess limited and
defective powers like a man?
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• self-respect and self esteem

This belief produces in man the highest degree of
self-respect and self esteem. The believer knows
that Allah alone is the Possessor of all power,
and that none besides Him can benefit or harm a
person, or provide for his needs, or give and
take away life or wield authority or influence.
This conviction makes him indifferent to, and
independent and fearless of, all powers other
than those of God. He never bows his head in
homage to any of Allah's creatures, nor does he
stretch out his hand before anyone else. He is
not overawed by anybody's greatness.
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Modesty and Humbleness
Along with self-respect this belief also
generates in man a sense of modesty and
humbleness. It makes him unostentatious and
unpretending. A believer never becomes proud,
haughty or arrogant. The boisterous pride of
power, wealth and worth can have no room in his
heart, because he knows that whatever he
possesses has been given to him by God, and that
ALLAH can take away just as He can give. In
contrast to this, an unbeliever, when he achieves
some worldly merit, becomes proud and conceited
because he believes that his merit is due to his
own worth.
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purity of soul and righteousness of behavior

• This belief makes man virtuous and upright. He
  has the conviction that there is no other means
  of success and salvation for him except purity of
  soul and righteousness of behavior. He has
  perfect faith in ALLAH Who is above all need, is
  related to none and is absolutely just. This
  belief creates in him the consciousness that,
  unless he lives rightly and acts justly, he
  cannot succeed. No influence or underhand
  activity can save him from ruin. As against this,
  the kafirs and the mushriks always live on false
  hopes

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satisfaction
The believer never becomes despondent. He has a
firm faith in ALLAH Who is Master of all the
treasures of the earth and the heavens, Whose
grace and bounty have no limit and Whose powers
are infinite. This faith imparts to his heart
extraordinary consolation, fills it with
satisfaction and keeps it filled with hope.
Although he may meet with rejection from all
sides in this world, faith in and dependence on
God never leave him, and on their strength he
goes on struggling. Such profound confidence can
result from no other belief than belief in one
ALLAH.
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Patience and trust in ALLAH

• This belief produces in man a very strong degree
  of determination, patient perseverance and trust
  in ALLAH. When he makes up his mind and devotes
  his resources to fulfilling the Divine Commands
  in order to secure Allah's pleasure, he is sure
  that he has the support and backing of the Lord
  of the universe. This certainty makes him firm
  and strong like a mountain, and no amount of
  difficulties, impediments and opposition can make
  him give up his resolution. Shirk, kufr and
  atheism have no such effect.

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Bravery

• This declaration inspires bravery in man. There
  are two things which make a man cowardly (i)
  fear of death and love of safety, and (ii) the
  idea that there is someone else besides God who
  can take away life and that man, by adopting
  certain devices, can ward off death. Belief in La
  ilaha illallah purges the mind of both these
  ideas. The first idea goes out of his mind
  because he knows that his life and his property
  and everything else really belong to God, and he
  becomes ready to sacrifice his all for His
  pleasure. He gets rid of the second idea because
  he knows that no weapon, no man or animal has the
  power of taking away his life God alone has the
  power to do so.

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contentment
The belief in La ilaha illallah creates an
attitude of peace and contentment, purges the
mind of jealousy, envy and greed and keeps away
the temptations of resorting to base and unfair
means for achieving success. The believer
understands that wealth is in God's hands, and He
apportions it out as He likes that honor, power,
reputation and authority - everything - is
subjected to His will, and He bestows them as He
will and that man's duty is only to Endeavour
and to struggle fairly. He knows that success and
failure depend on God's grace if He wills to
give, no power in the world can prevent Him from
so doing and if He does not will it, no power
can force Him to.
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Man obey and observe Allah's Law
The most important effect of La ilaha illallah
is that it makes man obey and observe God's Law.
One who has belief in it is sure that God knows
everything hidden or open and is nearer to him
than his own jugular vein. If he commits a sin in
a secluded corner and in the darkness of night,
He knows it He even knows our thoughts and
intentions, bad or good. We can hide from
everyone, but we cannot hide anything from ALLAH
we can evade everyone, but it is impossible to
evade Allah's grip.
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Questions and Answers
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