Introduction to Monotheism in Islam

[Mostafa]

 

Dear all, peace be with you. Today I would like to extensively  proceed on discussing the concept of monotheism from our Islamic perspective. Christians assert that they are monotheists but, how credible their proclamation is. The Christian theism is essentially based on temporal portraits and personations. They constantly personify the divine being, they describe it as something that belongs to temporalty. God in Christianity is constantly  embodied in physical forms. For us as Muslims, Allah glory be to Him does not befit in such temporal beings. He is much greater than that. For them, he resembles temporally structured incarnation. That is plainly blasphemous and it explicitly involves infidelity for us. As Muslims, we believe in the oneness of Allah in a predominantly singular manner. It is the oneness which cannot be added to or subtracted from. The oneness of the Christian God can only be made when addition and subtraction are taken into consideration because of its triune conceptualization. It does not really matter how much they will attempt to convince their lay people to believe in otherwise. The Trinity will always be what it is. The Trinity is essentially based on the concept of accession. The father plus the son, plus the holy spirit, and that  equals the Trinity. That is a concept which demands temporal portraiture and  summation. It consists out of temporal elements and thus, it perfectly disaffiliates with divine concepts. Islam believes in Allah as the one and only. We have a concise chapter in the Noble Koran that comprehensively summarizes the concept of monotheism in Islam. It renders as follows. Say He is Allah the unique in oneness. Allah is Self-sufficient. He does not beget and He is not begotten. And no one is comparable to Him. Do we all agree on the description above about Allah glory be to Him? I illustrated the meaning of these Koranic verses before but, we may reflect a bit further on their enormous significance. These are four distinctive Koranic verses. Each one of them states a major factor that relates to the divinity of Allah glory be to Him. The initial verse unambiguously states the singularity of Allah glory be to Him. It is the robustly divine wholeness which cannot either be added to or subtracted from. Allah is Self-sufficient. It means He glory be to Him is Self-sustaining, He is able to provide for His creation without any secondary discretion. If He is not able to provide for Himself, and He needs Jesus to shed his blood in order to forgive, how He then will be able to provide for His creation independently? Furthermore, He is all Omnipotent to atone or penalize without any intervention of third parties. Consequently, we as Muslims decline to recognize the divinity of Christ as Christians regard it. We do so because it massively intercepts with the concept of monotheism in Islam and it plainly destructs the Transcendent Omnipotence of Allah glory be to Him. He does not beget and He is not begotten. It basically negates any offspring procreations from or within Allah, whether that is giving to or coming from. We previously discussed the three types of sonship. The sonship of lineage, the metaphorical sonship and the sonship of adoption. None of these can appositely  be attributed to Allah glory be to Him. And no one is comparable to Him. Allah glory be to Him is matchless and He is utterly incomparable. For Muslims, it is totally unbearable to portray the divine being into any temporal parameters. We consider such portrayals a radical desecration to Allah glory be to Him. The concept of monotheism in Islam is quite simple and straightforward. It does not need any philosophical complications to illustrate its essence. It just needs open-mindedness and clarity to sedately approve the testimony of truthfulness. What is the testimony of truthfulness? It is the acceptance of the genuine monotheism just as it is. Christian theism  is gravely dissatisfying. I am afraid but I really cannot endorse its doctrinal tenets. I cannot flatter its fundamentals fallaciously. The principles of the Christian faith are quite ungrasped. They excessively sanctify Jesus Christ whilst they expect him to tolerate that. Jesus peace and blessings be upon him will certainly defy and repudiate their marvellous profanation. Christian apologists are incredibly deluded concerning Jesus Christ. They prejudicially assume that the doctrines of Crucifixion and Redemption are sufficient to fulfill the salvation. Well ostensibly, it may look so lovely but inwardly, it is dazzlingly problematic. On the surface, it might be appealing to the emotion, someone sacrificed himself to save the man. Significantly though, it has many ordeals. First of all, it describes Allah glory be to Him as imperfect because He needed to sacrifice someone in order to forgive. So if Jesus wasn’t crucified, the forgiveness would have not been offered. Second, the concept of original sin which is believed to be supposedly endowed to the human nature. Well, if it’s so, then all newly born babies are sinful while they haven’t even spoken a word. That’s tremendously preposterous. Well at this point, Christian theology has been conceded. It is a flawless victory to the simple logic of Islam. No one should carry on his shoulders the sins of others and everyone is held accountable for his own acts. This statement is contested by Christian apologists that God is all loving and He sacrificed his son for the atonement of humanity. That is quite scattered and beyond accepted logicality. Why? There are five reasons why this is not accepted. 1. Allah glory be to Him is not made into temporal parameters. He is not physically structured despite the intemperately reprobated depiction in the churchman which whom he conveys to lay Christians. The tale of the Crucifixion, Redemption and Resurrection is forged at the Church to attach lay Christians to its wall. It is all about the priesthood and its influential stateliness. Allah glory be to Him is the Creator, the Sustainer and the Maintainer of both terrestrial and celestial realms and thus, He glory be to Him doesn’t belong to neither one. Christianity is extraordinarily filled with mythological assumptions. So for instance, the Creator doesn’t feel exhausted after completeing the task of founding the world as in Genesis. This is heavily hilarious. Is that the one who created this universe? May Allah’s wrath and damnation be on those who think so. Furthermore, the Creator doesn’t need to slay a lamb to atone. Allah glory be to Him doesn’t need to forfeit either the shell, the blood or the flesh to forgive. This is deadly absurd and beyond common sense. Thus far, Christians demand to desperately redress this enormous nonsensicality. Allah glory be to Him is eminently transcendent and His incredible Majesty superceeds every perceivable being in this vastly spacious universe. I stridently repudiate both Trinitarians and Unitarians. For me, they equally resemble the similar fallacy and herecy. It is quite difficult to fathom. It is quite unusual. How the Creator needs to be paid in order to forgive? That could be possibly tolerated if we are talking about a mortal monarch. No, we are talking about the divine Sovereign whom the dominion of this whole universe belongs to His glorious Majesty. I hope they recognize that. I look forward to hearing from either a pastor or a minister, clarifying or explaining the matter a bit further. I won’t respond to repetitions though, I look forward to receiving a thoroughly theological satiation. Mostafa Almahdy, a graduate of Al-Azhar University and a competently certified theologian.

 

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