Tawheed and its kinds

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awheed (Islamic Monotheism) is to single out Allah the Almighty alone by that which exclusively belongs to Him, and in all types of acts of worship due to Him. It is the greatest obligation Allah has imposed as He said,

Say: He is Allah, the One!” [Al-Ikhlas: 1]

The Almighty said,

“And I did not create the jinn and humankind except to worship Me.” [Adh-Dhariyat: 56]

“Worship Allah and associate nothing with Him.” [An-Nisa: 36]

Tawheed is of three kinds: Tawheed ArRuboobiyyah, Tawheed Al-Uloohiyyah and Tawheed Al-Asmaa Was-Sifaat.

First: Tawheed Ar-Ruboobiyyah

It is to single out Allah the Almighty alone for the act of creating, managing and directing this universe and for being the Sustainer and Bestower of life and death. To Him belongs the sovereignty of the heavens and earth. He – the Most High – said,

“Is there any creator other than Allah who provides for you from the sky and the earth? There is no deity worthy of worship save Him. So how are you deluded?” [Fatir: 3]

Allah the Most Perfect also said,

“Blessed is He in Whose Hand is the Sovereignty, and He is Able to do all things.” [Al-Mulk: 1].

Allah's Sovereignty is an all-encompassing one, which includes everything in the universe, and He conducts it as He wishes. Concerning the affirmation that to Allah alone belongs the act of managing and directing, Allah the Almighty, indeed, exclusively and solely controls the affairs of the creation as He said,

“Verily, His is the creation and the command.” [Al-A'raaf: 54]

This is a comprehensive management of all of creation.

Only very few stubborn human beings have denied this kind of tawheed. Although they deny it in appearence, they inwardly acknowledge it. Allah the Most High has said,

“And they denied them, though their souls acknowledged them, for spite and arrogance.” [An-Naml: 14]

However, ordinary oral acknowledgement of this kind of tawheed will not profit one, because it was of no benefit to the polytheists when they merely acknowledged it. Allah said regarding them:

“And if you were to ask them: Who created the heavens and the earth, and subjected the sun and the moon?

They would say:

Allah. How then are they turned away?” [Al'Ankabut: 61]

The first episode