Guide-to-Sound-Creed-A-Book-on-Muslim-Creed-and-Faith

12 <strong>Guide</strong> <strong>to</strong> <strong>Sound</strong> <strong>Creed</strong>
Ibnul-Qayyim adds saying:
"Most of the Suras of the Quri1n include the two types of Tawhid
(monotheism); thus the Quri1n sometimes talks about Allah. His Names
andAttributes; this is called the academic declarative Tawhid. Some other
times it calls people <strong>to</strong> worship AUah and believe that He is One and has
no partners and <strong>to</strong> abandon worshipping any other partners with Him;
this is called the volitional Tawhid. Still at other times, itgives orders and
prohibitions and urges people <strong>to</strong> commit themselves <strong>to</strong> the worship of
Allah; these are among the requirements ofTawhid. The Quri1n, at some
other times, refers <strong>to</strong> the favors AUah gives <strong>to</strong> the people of Tawhid in
this world and the final bliss He will give them in the Hereafter. Further,
it also sheds light on the suffering ofthe people ofshirk (polytheism) in
this world and the severe chastisement Allah will inflict on them in the
Hereafter; this is the punishment ofthose who abandon believing in the
Oneness ofAllah:'
In spite of the fact that the Qur'An assigns great attention <strong>to</strong> the Muslim
<strong>Creed</strong>, many ofthe people who recite the Qur'An do not understand the Muslim
<strong>Creed</strong> correctly, so they commit grave mistakes, for they follow the doctrines
they have seen their fathers adopting. They do not recite the Qur'iln with
reflection; 0 Allah, there is no power nor might except with You.