Perhaps one of the funniest things that one encounters when muslims open their mouths to talk about Christianity is their belief that the Trinity was made up and it does not exist in the Bible.

What makes this claim rather ironic and moronic is that the very term, which Muslim scholars coined to describe the oneness or singularity of their god, namely tawhid, never appears in either the Quran or the traditions attributed to Muhammad!

To make matters worse, tawhid does not even bear the meaning of singleness, solitariness, unitary etc. Rather, its literal meaning is unification, to unify or consolidate, and/or to make something one!

This is a fact that Muslim scholars and polemicists themselves recognize and admit, including Zakir Naik himself:

Meaning of Tawhid

The word Tawhid comes from the verb wahhad which literally means TO UNITE. In Islamic terminology, it means to realize and maintain the unity of Allah in one’s actions (inwardly and outwardly). The actual word tawhid does not occur in the Quran or Sunnah though the present tense of the verb (from which tawhid is derived) is used in Sunnah.The Prophet sent Muadh ibn Jabal as governor of Yemen in 9 A.H. He told him, “You will going to the people of the book, so first invite yuwahhidu Allah [them to the assertion of the oneness of Allah]”.

In order words, if one is to go by the true meaning of the word tawhid and not the false meaning muslims attach to it, it means that allah is composed of many smaller gods who united to become one god called allah.

Allah is not one!

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Allah SWT said:

"Say, [O Muhammad], If there had been with Him [other] gods, as they say, then they [each] would have sought to the Owner of the Throne a way."
(QS. Al-Israa 17: Verse 42)

"Exalted is He and high above what they say by great sublimity."
(QS. Al-Israa 17: Verse 43)


Allah himself said he is the one whatever you say doesn't matter you won't be the first neither will you be the last to say this exalted is he high above what you say.

Two questions:

Where is the word tawhid used in the Koran or Hadith?

Is it not the case that since the word tawhid means "unification" allah doesn't need to have any gods beside him, because he himself is a unification of several smaller gods?

Tawhid means unification not oneness!

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haekymbahd:
Allah SWT said:

"Say, [O Muhammad], If there had been with Him [other] gods, as they say, then they [each] would have sought to the Owner of the Throne a way."
(QS. Al-Israa 17: Verse 42)

"Exalted is He and high above what they say by great sublimity."
(QS. Al-Israa 17: Verse 43)


Allah himself said he is the one whatever you say doesn't matter you won't be the first neither will you be the last to say this exalted is he high above what you say.

TAWHID = (QURAAN 38:5) Has he made the gods one single God? This is truly astounding.”

Allah = the amalgamation of 360 idols.

GreatAxeMan:
Two questions:

Where is the word tawhid used in the Koran or Hadith?

Is it not the case that since the word tawhid means "unification" allah doesn't need to have any gods beside him, because he himself is a unification of several smaller gods?

Tawhid means unification not oneness!

Unification of God means asserting oneness of God or beleiving God is one
It means (Muslims) worshipping to Allah as the One and Only God. Strongly believing that He is the lord and He is divine. Believing in His names, and His attributes as mentioned in the Qur’an and the Sunnah.


If Allah is solely one or made up of several smaller Gods depends on what he says about himself..

Allah SWT said:

"Say, He is Allah, [who is] One,"
(QS. Al-Ikhlaas 112: Verse 1)

"He neither begets nor is born,"
(QS. Al-Ikhlaas 112: Verse 3)

"Nor is there to Him any equivalent."
(QS. Al-Ikhlaas 112: Verse 4)

"Had there been within the heavens and earth gods besides Allah, they both would have been ruined. So exalted is Allah, Lord of the Throne, above what they describe."
(QS. Al-Anbiyaa 21: Verse 22)


Allah claims he is solely one.

If you claim Allah is more than one then which of them is sitting on the throne or are the all sitting on the throne at once?

haekymbahd:
Unification of God means asserting oneness of God or beleiving God is one
It means (Muslims) worshipping to Allah as the One and Only God. Strongly believing that He is the lord and He is divine. Believing in His names, and His attributes as mentioned in the Qur’an and the Sunnah.


If Allah is solely one or made up of several smaller Gods depends on what he says about himself..

Allah SWT said:

"Say, He is Allah, [who is] One,"
(QS. Al-Ikhlaas 112: Verse 1)

"He neither begets nor is born,"
(QS. Al-Ikhlaas 112: Verse 3)

"Nor is there to Him any equivalent."
(QS. Al-Ikhlaas 112: Verse 4)

"Had there been within the heavens and earth gods besides Allah, they both would have been ruined. So exalted is Allah, Lord of the Throne, above what they describe."
(QS. Al-Anbiyaa 21: Verse 22)


Allah claims he is solely one.

If you claim Allah is more than one then which of them is sitting on the throne or are the all sitting on the throne at once?

Allah was unified into one! Initially Allah's bits and pieces were scattered throughout the universe, until one day, SOMEBODY gathered up the pieces and moulded it into the allah of TAWHID UNIFICATION!

haekymbahd:
Unification of God means asserting oneness of God or beleiving God is one]

unification
/ˌjuːnɪfɪˈkeɪʃ(ə)n/
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the process of being united or made into a whole.
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Allah is the unification of different gods (TAWHID)

true2god:
unification
/ˌjuːnɪfɪˈkeɪʃ(ə)n/
Learn to pronounce
noun
the process of being united or made into a whole.
Synonyms:
Similar:
union
merger
fusion
fusing
amalgamation
integration
coalition

Allah is the unification of different gods (TAWHID)

Saying There is no other god/illah but God/Allah isn't this unification of God...

It means that even though humans worship several gods there is still only one God the creator.

Muslims don't beleive that any other gods exist except God the creator even though people worship them (false gods) that is what Islam entails.

For one to beleive that no other god exist e.g Sango, Jesus, Zeus e.t.c except God the creator isn't that unification of God making God to be one meaning all other beings claiming God as title are false gods.



Allah SWT said:

"This [Qur'an] is notification for the people that they may be warned thereby and that they may know that He is but one God and that those of understanding will be reminded."
(QS. Ibrahim 14: Verse 52)


You are a Christian and you beleive there are several gods but Jesus is the true God.

In Islam we beleive no god exist at all even though they have worshippers exist except God the creator that is the difference between Islam and Christianity.

The koran itself testifies that one god called allah was created out of the unification of several smaller gods.

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The word for oneness in Arabic is Wahid, while the word for unification in Arabic is Tawhid.

So when muslims use Tawhid they are admitting that allah is a unified god.


ONENESS IN ARABIC
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UNIFICATION IN ARABIC
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haekymbahd:
Saying There is no other god/illah but God/Allah isn't this unification of God...

It means that even though humans worship several gods there is still only one God the creator.

Muslims don't beleive that any other gods exist except God the creator even though people worship them (false gods) that is what Islam entails.

For one to beleive that no other god exist e.g Sango, Jesus, Zeus e.t.c except God the creator isn't that unification of God making God to be one meaning all other beings claiming God as title are false gods.



Allah SWT said:

"This [Qur'an] is notification for the people that they may be warned thereby and that they may know that He is but one God and that those of understanding will be reminded."
(QS. Ibrahim 14: Verse 52)


You are a Christian and you beleive there are several gods but Jesus is the true God.

In Islam we beleive no god exist at all even though they have worshippers exist except God the creator that is the difference between Islam and Christianity.

GreatAxeMan:
Two questions:

Where is the word tawhid used in the Koran or Hadith?

Is it not the case that since the word tawhid means "unification" allah doesn't need to have any gods beside him, because he himself is a unification of several smaller gods?

Tawhid means unification not oneness!

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Tawhid (Arabic: توحيد, tawḥīd, meaning "unification or oneness of God as per Islam (Allāh)"; is the indivisible oneness concept of monotheism in Islam.Tawhid is the religion's central and single most important concept, upon which a Muslim's entire religious adherence rests. It unequivocally holds that God as per Islam (Arabic: الله Allāh) is One (Al-ʾAḥad) and Single (Al-Wāḥid).


Tawhid constitutes the foremost article of the Muslim profession of submission. The first part of the shahada (the Islamic declaration of faith) is the declaration of belief in the oneness of God. To attribute divinity to anything or anyone else, is shirk – an unpardonable sin according to the Qur'an, if repentance is not sought afterwards. Muslims believe that the entirety of the Islamic teaching rests on the principle of Tawhid.

From an Islamic standpoint, there is an uncompromising monotheism at the heart of the Islamic beliefs (aqidah) which is seen as distinguishing Islam from other major religions. Moreover, Tawhid requires Muslims not only to avoid worshiping multiple gods, but also to relinquish striving for money, social status or egoism.

The Qur'an asserts the existence of a single and absolute truth that transcends the world; a unique, independent and indivisible being, who is independent of the entire creation. God, according to Islam, is a universal God, rather than a local, tribal, or parochial one—God is an absolute, who integrates all affirmative values and brooks no evil.

The classical definition of tawhid was limited to declaring or preferring belief in one God and the unity of God. Although the monotheistic definition has persisted into modern Arabic, it is now more generally used to connote "unification, union, combination, fusion; standardization, regularization; consolidation, amalgamation, merger".

Chapter 112 of the Quran, titled Al-'Ikhlās (The Sincerity) reads:

Say: "He is Allah, [who is] One.
Allah, the Eternal Refuge.
He neither begets nor is born,
Nor is there to Him any equivalent."
difference.

What is tawhid?
Tawhid in Arabic means attributing Oneness to Allah and describing Him as being One and Unique, with no partner or peer in His Essence and Attributes.

Shar’i definition of Tawhid
With regard to the Shar’i definition of Tawhid, it means believing in Allah Alone as God and Lord and attributing to Him Alone all the attributes of Lordship and divinity.

It may be defined as follows: Believing that Allah is One with no partner or associate in His Lordship (rububiyyah), divinity (uluhiyyah) or names and attributes (al-asma wa’l-sifat).

This word (Tawhid) and its derivatives are used with this meaning in the Quran and Sunnah. For example:

Al-Baqarah 2:163

And your Allah is One Allah: There is no god but He, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.


“Surely, disbelievers are those who said: ‘Allah is the third of the three (in a Trinity).’ But there is no Ilah (god) (none who has the right to be worshipped) but One Ilah [ilahun wahidun] (God —Allah). And if they cease not from what they say, verily, a painful torment will befall on the disbelievers among them” [al-Maidah 5:73]


The Arabs say wahid, ahad and wahid, all meaning one. Allah is Wahid, meaning that He has no rivals or peers in any way. So Tawhid means knowing Allah is One, with none like unto Him. Whoever does not acknowledge Allah in these terms and does not describe Him as being One with no partner or associate does not believe in Tawhid.

In Sahih al-Bukhari (7372) and Sahih Muslim (19) it is narrated that Ibn ‘Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) said: When the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) sent Mu’adh ibn Jabal to Yemen, he said to him: “You are going to people from among the People of the Book, so let the first thing to which you call them be belief in Allah alone (Tawhid). If they accept that, then tell them that Allah has enjoined on them five prayers every day and night. If they pray then tell them that Allah has enjoined on them zakah from their wealth to be taken from their rich and given to their poor. If they agree to that then take it from them but avoid the best of people’s wealth.”


Tawhid is a concept

mhmsadyq:


Tawhid (Arabic: توحيد, tawḥīd, meaning "unification or oneness of God as per Islam (Allāh)"; is the indivisible oneness concept of monotheism in Islam.Tawhid is the religion's central and single most important concept, upon which a Muslim's entire religious adherence rests. It unequivocally holds that God as per Islam (Arabic: الله Allāh) is One (Al-ʾAḥad) and Single (Al-Wāḥid).


Tawhid constitutes the foremost article of the Muslim profession of submission. The first part of the shahada (the Islamic declaration of faith) is the declaration of belief in the oneness of God. To attribute divinity to anything or anyone else, is shirk – an unpardonable sin according to the Qur'an, if repentance is not sought afterwards. Muslims believe that the entirety of the Islamic teaching rests on the principle of Tawhid.

From an Islamic standpoint, there is an uncompromising monotheism at the heart of the Islamic beliefs (aqidah) which is seen as distinguishing Islam from other major religions. Moreover, Tawhid requires Muslims not only to avoid worshiping multiple gods, but also to relinquish striving for money, social status or egoism.

The Qur'an asserts the existence of a single and absolute truth that transcends the world; a unique, independent and indivisible being, who is independent of the entire creation. God, according to Islam, is a universal God, rather than a local, tribal, or parochial one—God is an absolute, who integrates all affirmative values and brooks no evil.

The classical definition of tawhid was limited to declaring or preferring belief in one God and the unity of God. Although the monotheistic definition has persisted into modern Arabic, it is now more generally used to connote "unification, union, combination, fusion; standardization, regularization; consolidation, amalgamation, merger".

Chapter 112 of the Quran, titled Al-'Ikhlās (The Sincerity) reads:

Say: "He is Allah, [who is] One.
Allah, the Eternal Refuge.
He neither begets nor is born,
Nor is there to Him any equivalent."
difference.

What is tawhid?
Tawhid in Arabic means attributing Oneness to Allah and describing Him as being One and Unique, with no partner or peer in His Essence and Attributes.

Shar’i definition of Tawhid
With regard to the Shar’i definition of Tawhid, it means believing in Allah Alone as God and Lord and attributing to Him Alone all the attributes of Lordship and divinity.

It may be defined as follows: Believing that Allah is One with no partner or associate in His Lordship (rububiyyah), divinity (uluhiyyah) or names and attributes (al-asma wa’l-sifat).

This word (Tawhid) and its derivatives are used with this meaning in the Quran and Sunnah. For example:

Al-Baqarah 2:163

And your Allah is One Allah: There is no god but He, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.


“Surely, disbelievers are those who said: ‘Allah is the third of the three (in a Trinity).’ But there is no Ilah (god) (none who has the right to be worshipped) but One Ilah [ilahun wahidun] (God —Allah). And if they cease not from what they say, verily, a painful torment will befall on the disbelievers among them” [al-Maidah 5:73]


The Arabs say wahid, ahad and wahid, all meaning one. Allah is Wahid, meaning that He has no rivals or peers in any way. So Tawhid means knowing Allah is One, with none like unto Him. Whoever does not acknowledge Allah in these terms and does not describe Him as being One with no partner or associate does not believe in Tawhid.

In Sahih al-Bukhari (7372) and Sahih Muslim (19) it is narrated that Ibn ‘Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) said: When the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) sent Mu’adh ibn Jabal to Yemen, he said to him: “You are going to people from among the People of the Book, so let the first thing to which you call them be belief in Allah alone (Tawhid). If they accept that, then tell them that Allah has enjoined on them five prayers every day and night. If they pray then tell them that Allah has enjoined on them zakah from their wealth to be taken from their rich and given to their poor. If they agree to that then take it from them but avoid the best of people’s wealth.”


Tawhid is a concept

How can you claim pure monotheism if you prophet said touching the blackstone will be for the atonement of sins:

It was narrated that Ibn ‘Umar said: I heard the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) say: “Touching them both [the Black Stone and al-Rukn al-Yamani] is an expiation for sins.”
(Narrated by al-Tirmidhi, 959. This hadeeth was classed as hasan by al-Tirmidhi and as saheeh by al-Haakim (1/664). Al-Dhahabi agreed with him).
How can you claim pure monotheism when Mohammed said the earth belongs to allah and his messenger?

Narrated Abu Huraira:
While we were in the mosque, Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) came out to us and said, "Let us proceed to the Jews." So we went along with him till we reached Bait-al-Midras (a place where the Torah used to be recited and all the Jews of the town used to gather). The Prophet (ﷺ) stood up and addressed them, "O Assembly of Jews! Embrace Islam and you will be safe!" The Jews replied, "O Aba-l-Qasim! You have conveyed Allah's message to us." The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "That is what I want (from you)." He repeated his first statement for the second time, and they said, "You have conveyed Allah's message, O Aba-l- Qasim."

Then he said it for the third time and added, You should Know that the earth belongs to Allah and His Apostle

, and I want to exile you fro,,, this land, so whoever among you owns some property, can sell it, otherwise you should know that the Earth belongs to Allah and His Apostle." (See Hadith No. 392, Vol. 4)

true2god:
How can you claim pure monotheism if you prophet said touching the blackstone will be for the atonement of sins:

It was narrated that Ibn ‘Umar said: I heard the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) say: “Touching them both [the Black Stone and al-Rukn al-Yamani] is an expiation for sins.”
(Narrated by al-Tirmidhi, 959. This hadeeth was classed as hasan by al-Tirmidhi and as saheeh by al-Haakim (1/664). Al-Dhahabi agreed with him).
How can you claim pure monotheism when Mohammed said the earth belongs to allah and his messenger?

Narrated Abu Huraira:
While we were in the mosque, Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) came out to us and said, "Let us proceed to the Jews." So we went along with him till we reached Bait-al-Midras (a place where the Torah used to be recited and all the Jews of the town used to gather). The Prophet (ﷺ) stood up and addressed them, "O Assembly of Jews! Embrace Islam and you will be safe!" The Jews replied, "O Aba-l-Qasim! You have conveyed Allah's message to us." The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "That is what I want (from you)." He repeated his first statement for the second time, and they said, "You have conveyed Allah's message, O Aba-l- Qasim."

Then he said it for the third time and added, You should Know that the earth belongs to Allah and His Apostle

, and I want to exile you fro,,, this land, so whoever among you owns some property, can sell it, otherwise you should know that the Earth belongs to Allah and His Apostle." (See Hadith No. 392, Vol. 4)

These are the meanings ascribed by unbelievers.