This Attribute instills in the hearts of the faithful the sincere desire to treat others with
forgiveness, clemency, and patience. One should speak kindly to them, smile to them, and
remove the dissension from among them. He should spend his wealth for the good of the
poor, and he should be humble and kind to the weak among them. He should treat all people
as though they were his own family members and brethren.
- "Al-Wahid"
Allah has said, "And your Lord is One (and Only) Lord! There is no god but He" (Qura'n,
2:163). He has also said, "Say: He, Allah, is One" (Qura'n, 112:1).
Linguistically, "al-Wahid" means: the One Who does not socialize with people nor keeps
them company. To believe in Tahweed is to believe that there is no partner at all with Allah in
His authority, and that being One is a quality of His which nobody else shares with Him.
Tahweed means recognition of the Unity of the One Who alone manages the affairs of His
servants. None creates, nor sustains, nor grants, nor withholds, nor brings back to life, nor
causes death, nor manages the affairs of the domain outwardly or inwardly, except Allah.
Whatever He wills comes to be, and whatever He does not never will. Not even an atom
moves without His knowledge; nothing takes place without His will. No leaf falls down
without His knowledge. Nothing escapes His knowledge, not even as much as the weight of
an atom in the heavens or the earth, nor smaller than that nor bigger: His knowledge
encompasses everything. His might overwhelms everything. His will is effected regarding
everything. His wisdom dominates everything.
Tawhid, then, means that whatever comes to your mind of how He may be or anything which
you think is appropriate for Him..., He is contrary to and above it, Glory to Him.
The subject of Tawhid is beyond anyone's description, for if you discuss the Almighty, there
are too many views about Him to discuss, and there are too many ways to discuss Him
through Him [i.e. through His statements]. Reason recognizes Him, yet the tongue can never
describe Him.
Tawhid's meaning shatters any image and confuses all branches of knowledge, while Allah
remains just as He has always been and will always be. Glory to the One Who has made no
means for His creatures to really know Him except by proving to them that they can never
know Him. One who falls into the seas of Tawhid will day after day feel more and more