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BASIC TENETS OF ISLAM

created by a single Creator, in other words Allah created
them. If there were other gods, that is, others capable of

similarly ordaining their will, disorder and confusion would
prevail. That there is no god but Him, and that no other being
in the universe has any similar power, is related in a verse of
the Qur'an as follows:
Allah has no son and there is no other god
accompanying Him, for then each god would have gone

off with what he created and one of them would have
been exalted above the other. Glory be to Allah above
what they describe. (Surat al-Muminun: 91)
As stated in the verse above, there is no other god beside
Him. He has no son. He is above such human attributes. We
clearly understand from this verse that those religions
claiming that Allah has a "son" are misguided. (Allah is

beyond that) The Oneness of Allah is further emphasized in
the Qur'an as follows:
Say: "He is Allah, Absolute Oneness, Allah, the
Everlasting Sustainer of all. He has not given birth and
was not born. And no one is comparable to Him."
(Surat al-Ikhlas: 1-4)

ALLAH ENCOMPASSES EVERYTHING

Some people think that Allah is found in a certain place.
The belief that Allah is up in the sky, in a remote corner of the

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