The Fundamentals of Religion (The Book of Divine Unity)

Question: What is the meaning of your statement, “Allah is a thing unlike [other] things”? If Allah is a thing unlike [other] things, then must He not have a place, first of all? And if this “thing” is neither a...

Question: The theologians have differed regarding “Owner” (Mālik) and “Lord” (Rabb): are they attributes of the Essence or attributes of action? Each side has relied on a proof. Which of the two statements is more correct, and what is the...

Question: What is the practical consequence of the disagreement regarding the two attributes “Forbearing” (Ḥalīm) and “All-Forgiving” (Ghafūr)? Are they attributes of negation or attributes of affirmation?

Question: The scholars and the theologians mention “the attribute of the Essence,” and they say: “knowing by His Essence, powerful by His Essence,” and so on; and it is difficult for most of the morally responsible people to understand this....

Question: What are the Names of Allah, exalted is He, and His attributes that the legally responsible person must know and have knowledge of?

Question: If a man studies the differences between the Islamic schools of thought and then chooses for himself the school of the Jabrīs [those who say people are compelled] or the Mushabbihah [anthropo-morphists], and so on, how is it then...

Question: What is the reason for people’s turning away from obeying Allah, exalted is He, and their turning away from His religion, since most of the children of Adam are disbelievers and polytheists, and the fewer are Muslims, and most...

Question: What is the proof for the origination (createdness) of the world?

Question: Our Imams (Peace be upon them) said: “O Allah, indeed the first thing Allah created was the air, which is a place that is not in a place.” They said: because if it had a place, this would lead...

Question: What is the meaning of “Do not curse Time, for Time is Allah”… etc.?