TawheedMonotheism)(Islamic

only one Lord for all the universe, Who is its Creator, Organizer, Planner, Sustainer, and the Giver of security, etc, and that is Allah.

(B) Tawheed-al-Ibaadah – Maintaining The Oneness of worship of Allah. This is to believe convincingly that none has the right to be worshipped (e.g. praying, invoking, asking for help from the unseen, swearing, offering sacrifice, giving charity, fas ng, pilgrimage) but Allah.

(C) Tawheed-al-Asma’ wa Sifaat – Maintaining oneness of the Names and A ributes of Allah: This is to believe that: (1) We must not name or qualify Allah except with what He or His Messenger has named or qualified Him, (2) None can be named or qualified with the Names or Qualifica ons of Allah; e.g. Al-Kareem, (3) We must believe in all the quali es of Allah which, as stated in His book (the Quran) or men oned through His Messenger Muhammad, without changing their meaning or ignoring them completely or twis ng the meanings or likening them (giving resemblance) to any of the created things.

It is also essen al to follow Allah’s Messenger, Muhammad and it is a part of oneness of the worship of Allah. This is included in the meaning, “I tes fy that Muhammad is Allah’s Messenger and this means “None has the right to be followed a er