1255 - قيمَةُ التَّوحيدِ وَتَفسِيرُهُ‏

1255. THE VALUE OF THE BELIEF IN ALLAH’S DIVINE UNITY AND ITS EXPLANATION (TAWhiD)

4110.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : التَّوحيدُ نِصفُ الدِّينِ .¹

4110.The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘[Faith in] Allah’s divine Unity is half of religion.’²

4111.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : التَّوحيدُ حَياةُ النَّفسِ .³

4111.Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘[Faith in] Allah’s divine Unity is the life of the soul.’⁴

4112.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : التَّوحيدُ ألّا تَتَوَهَّمَهُ .⁵

4112.Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘[Faith in] Allah’s divine Unity is that you do not subject Him to the limitations of your imagination.’⁶

4113.الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام - لِرَجُلٍ - : أمَّا التَّوحيدُ فأن لا تُجوِّزَ عَلى‏ رَبِّكَ ماجازَ عَلَيكَ ، وأمَّا العَدلُ فأن لا تَنسِبَ إلى‏ خالِقِكَ ما لامَكَ عَلَيهِ .⁷

4113.Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘[Faith in] Allah’s divine Unity is that you do not deem applicable to your Lord that which applies to you, and [faith in] His divine Justice is that you do not blame Him for that which you are blameworthy.’⁸

4114.الإمامُ الرِّضا عليه السلام : أوَّلُ عِبادَةِ اللَّهِ مَعرِفتُهُ، وأصلُ مَعرِفةِ اللَّهِ جلَّ اسمُهُ تَوحيدُهُ ، ونِظامُ تَوحيدِهِ نَفيُ التَّحديدِ عَنهُ ؛ لِشَهادَةِ العُقولِ أنَّ كلَّ مَحدودٍ مَخلوقٌ .⁹

4114.Imam al-Rida (AS) said, ‘The very first step to Allah’s worship is to attain inner knowledge of Him, and the origin of attaining inner knowledge of Allah, Exalted be His Praise, is through His divine Unity. The very basis of His divine Unity is to negate any kind of limitation from Him, since the intellects are able to witness that every limited being is created.’¹⁰