Tawhid in Qur'anic perspective
- Updated On Sunday, 27 July 2014
- Written by A group of writers
- Editor Kawther Rahmani
- Supervisor Sayyed Roohullah Musavi
- Published on Monday, 23 August 2010
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On the subject of tawhid, the Holy Quran never likens God and the creation to a builder and a house. The Quran identifies God as the Creator of the world, stating at the same time that His Holy Essence is everywhere and with everything: so whichever way you turn, there is the face of Allah!.... (2:115) ... And We are nearer to him than the jugular vein. (50:16) He is the First and the Last, the Outward and the Inward; .... (57:3) Evidently, these kinds of verses represent a call to the thinking minds to a conception of tawhid which goes beyond commonplace monotheism. A tradition of al-Kafi states that God revealed the opening verses of the Sura al-Hadid and the Sura al-'Ikhlas because He knew that in future generations there will emerge people who will think profoundly about tawhid.