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profligate. (6:141) upholding justice. There is no god but Him, the
And by it He makes crops grow for you and Almighty, the All-Wise. (3:18)
olives and dates and grapes and fruit of every Allah, there is no god but Him. He will gather
kind. There is certainly a Sign in that for people you to the Day of Rising about which there is no
who reflect. (16:11) doubt. And whose speech could be truer than
Allah is the Light of the heavens and the earth. Allah’s? (4:87)
The metaphor of His Light is that of a niche in Those who say that Allah is the third of three are
which is a lamp, the lamp inside a glass, the glass disbelievers. There is no god but One God. If
like a brilliant star, lit from a blessed tree, an they do not stop saying what they say, a painful
olive, neither of the east nor of the west, its oil all punishment will afflict those among them who
but giving off light even if no fire touches it. Light disbelieve. (5:73)
upon Light. Allah guides to His Light whoever He That is Allah, your Lord. There is no god but
wills and Allah makes metaphors for mankind Him, the Creator of everything. So worship Him.
and Allah has knowledge of all things. (24:35) He is responsible for everything. (6:102)
Then We make grain grow in it, and grapes and Follow what has been revealed to you from your
herbs and olives and dates, (80:27-29) Lord–there is no god but Him–and turn away
By the fig and the olive. (95:1) from the idolaters. (6:106)
Say: ‘Mankind! I am the Messenger of Allah to
ON FOOT you all, of Him to Whom the kingdom of the
If you are afraid, then perform prayer on foot or heavens and earth belongs. There is no god but
mounted. But when you are safe, remember Him. He gives life and causes to die.’ So believe
Allah in the way He taught you when previously in Allah and His Messenger, the Ummi, who be-
you did not know. (2:239) lieves in Allah and His words, and follow him so
Announce the Pilgrimage to mankind. They will that hopefully you will be guided.’ (7:158)
come to you on foot and on every sort of lean an- They have taken their rabbis and monks as lords
imal, coming by every distant road. (22:27) besides Allah, and also the Messiah, son of
Maryam. Yet they were commanded to worship
ONENESS OF ALLAH (TAWHID) only one God. There is no god but Him! Glory be
Your God is One God. There is no god but Him, to Him above anything they associate with Him!
the All-Merciful, the Most Merciful. (2:163) (9:31)
Allah, there is no god but Him, the Living, the Self- But if they turn away, say, ‘Allah is enough for
Sustaining. He is not subject to drowsiness or me. There is no god but Him. I have put my trust
sleep. Everything in the heavens and the earth be- in Him. He is the Lord of the Mighty Throne.’
longs to Him. Who can intercede with Him except (9:129)
by His permission? He knows what is before them We brought the tribe of Israel across the sea and
and what is behind them but they cannot grasp any Pharaoh and his troops pursued them out of
of His knowledge save what He wills. His tyranny and enmity. Then, when he was on the
Footstool encompasses the heavens and the earth point of drowning, he said, ‘I believe that there is
and their preservation does not tire Him. He is no god but Him in whom the tribe of Israel be-
the Most High, the Magnificent. (2:255) lieve. I am one of the Muslims.’ (10:90)
Allah, there is no god but Him, the Living, the If they do not respond to you then know that it
Self-Sustaining. (3:2) has been sent down with Allah’s knowledge and
It is He Who forms you in the womb however He that there is no god but Him. So will you not be-
wills. There is no god but Him, the Almighty, the come Muslims? (11:14)
All-Wise. (3:6) And to ‘Ad We sent their brother Hud. He said,
Allah bears witness that there is no god but Him, ‘My people! Worship Allah. You have no god apart
as do the angels and the people of knowledge, from Him. You are merely fabricators.’ (11:50)
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