‘Your God is the one God: there is no god except Him, the Lord of Mercy,
the Giver of Mercy. In the creation of the heavens and earth; in the
alternation of night and day; in the ships that sail the seas with goods for
people; in the water which God sends down from the sky to give life to the
earth when it has been barren, scattering all kinds of creatures over it; in
the changing of the winds and clouds that run their appointed courses between
the sky and earth: there are signs in all these for those who use their minds.’ (2: 164 -165)
Islam privileges an uncompromising belief in the
unicity of God as the true religion of people. In the Islamic tradition, the
personal name of God is ‘Allah’, and in the Arabic language, ‘Allah’ has no
plural, masculine or feminine form; the expression is never used for any other
object or being. ‘He is Lord of the heavens and earth and everything in between so
worship Him: be steadfast in worshipping Him. Do you know of anyone equal to
Him?’ (19:66)
‘Say, ‘He is God the One, God the eternal. He begot no one nor was He begotten. No one is comparable to Him.’ (112: 2-5)
Many other Qur’anic verses also testify to the Lord’s awe-inspiring presence: ‘Allah is He besides Whom there is no god, the
Ever-living, the Self-subsisting by Whom all subsist; slumber does not overtake
Him nor sleep; whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth is His;
who is he that can intercede with Him but by His permission? He knows what is
before them and what is behind them, and they cannot comprehend anything out of
His knowledge except what He pleases, His knowledge extends over the heavens
and the earth, and the preservation of them both tires Him not, and He is the
Most High, the Great.’ (2:256)