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What is Tawhid

Tawhid (Arabic: توحيد tawḥīd) "doctrine of Oneness [of GOD ]"; also transliterated Tawheed and Tauheed) is the concept of monotheism in Islam. It holds GOD (Arabic: Allah) is one (wāḥid) and unique (ahad). The Qur'an asserts the existence of a single and absolute truth that transcends the world; a unique and indivisible being, who is independent of the entire creation. The indivisibility of God implies the indivisibility of God's sovereignty which, in turn, leads to the concept of a just, moral and coherent universe, rather than an existential and moral chaos.

Similarly, the Qur'an rejects such ideas as the duality of God arguing that both good and evil generate from God's creative act and asserting that the evil forces have no power to create anything. The Qur'an also rejects the concept of Trinity as prevalent in Christianity. God in Islam is a universal god, rather than a local, tribal or parochial one—is an absolute, who integrates all affirmative values and brooks no evil.

Tawhid constitutes the foremost article of the Muslim profession. The first part of the Shahada is the declaration of belief in the oneness of God. To attribute divinity to a created entity is the only unpardonable sin mentioned in the Qur'an. Muslims believe that the entirety of the Islamic teaching rests on the principle of Tawhid. There is an uncompromising monotheism at the heart of the Islamic beliefs which distinguishes Islam from some other religions.

Five Pillars of Islam

The Five Pillars of Islam (Arabic: أركان الإسلام) is the term given to the five duties incumbent on every Muslim. These duties are Shahada (Profession of Faith), Salah (prayers), Zakah (Giving of Alms), Saum (Fasting during the month of Ramadhan) and Hajj (pilgrimage to Mecca). These five practices are essential to Sunni Islam.

Prophets of Islam

Muslim regard as prophets of Islam (Arabic: نبي‎) those non-divine humans chose by Allah (the standard Arabic language word for 'God') as prophets. Each prophet brought the same basic ideas of Islam, including belief in a single God and the avoidance of idolatry and sin. Each came to preach Islam and told of the coming of the final law-bearing prophet and messenger of God: Mohammad. Each prophet direct target-audience. These variations constitute applications of Islam: main stream Muslims do not consider them discrete versions of Islam.

Islamic tradition holds that God sent messengers to every nation. Muslims believe that God sent only Muhammad to convey the diving message to the whole world, whereas he sent other messengers (Rasul’s) to convey their message to a specific group of people or to an individual nation.

Muslims regard Adam as the first prophet and Mohammad as the last prophet; hence Muhammad's title Seal of the Prophets. Islam regards Jesus as a nabi because he received wahi (revelation) from God, through which God revealed the Injil (Gospel) to him.