IslamGod Humanity The mainstay of Islam is its monotheism— tawhid —that is, belief in the oneness of God in the complete sense of the word. God is One. He has no partner. He created all things and has complete control over the universe. We should serve Him and submit to Him alone. In Him should we repose our hopes and to Him should we pray. Though He cannot be seen, He is so close to us that He hears and answers us when we call upon Him. On the contrary, God in Islam is a Personality. He has a real and independent existence. He is alive and self-sustaining, self- perpetuating. He is near us; He cares for us; He hears and sees. He has knowledge. He takes decisions. He rewards and punishes. He is the Controller and Sustainer of human history (1/97). The signs of God: “And among His signs is the creation of the heavens and the earth, and the diversity of your tongues and colours. In that surely are signs for those who possess knowledge. (30:22) All the differences of race, community or tribe (49:13) are just for mutual introduction (Ta’aruf ) and not for discrimination. The differences of race, community or tribe are not meant for discrimination against one another. They exist rather for the purpose of knowing and appreciating one another. It is astonishing to note that the Quran had declared fifteen hundred years ago the biological unity of human beings, a fact which was scientifically established only during the sixties of the 20th century (Domenique Perri, Building Peace) The fifth chapter of the Quran begins with this proclamation: ‘O mankind, be conscious of your Sustainer, who has created you out of a single living soul and out of it created its mate. And out of the two spread on the earth a multitude of men and women... (4:1) It was the realization of this biological unity of the whole of mankind that made the Prophet say in his night prayers: “O God, I bear witness that all human beings are brothers.” (Nasai). According to a study of the Quran , two distinct entities emerge: the Creator and the created. God is the Creator and all of us are His creations. All of us are human beings and there is no third position. On the one hand, there is God, and on the other hand, there is God’s creation. This is a matter of fact. God is one and mankind is also one. Thus we have the Unity of God - Monotheism - and the Unity of mankind . This is the fundamental teaching of Islam. Maulana wahiduddin khan.
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