Principles of Islam
54. Tawheed
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nourishing our world, in short, of governing all the
happenings in the heavens and on earth; all of these
are directly managed by God. No representative or
deputy of God has any power-either independent
or delegated – over the events of the universe: “He
throws the veil of night over the day. Swiftly they
follow one another. It was He who created the sun,
the moon and the stars and made them subservient
to His will. His is the creation, His the command.
Blessed be God, the Lord of all creatures.” (7:54)
The divisibility of the divine attributes is totally
alien to Islam. Just as God is alone in His being, so
is He alone in His attributes. In recognition of His
uniqueness, the Qur’an opens with the following
invocation: “Praise be to God, Lord of the universe,
the Compassionate, the Merciful, Sovereign of the
Day of Judgement. You alone we worship, and to
You alone we turn for help. Guide us to the straight
path, the path of those whom You have favoured,
not of those who have incurred Your wrath, nor of
those who have gone astray.” (1:1-7)
