What you must believe about your Creator - Kalamullah.Com

Shaikh Saleh al-Fawzan writes in Mujmal Aqeedah as-Salaf,"Tawheed al-Uluhiyyah has (always) been the dispute between theMessengers and their nations. Every Messenger was sentsummoning his nation, 'O my nation, worship Allah, there is no deityworthy of being worshiped except Him.' The Messengers did notsummon their nations saying, 'O my people, verily Allah is your Lord'because all the nations believed in the Lordship of Allah.The Messengers called their nation to worship their Lord alone forwhom they affirmed Lordship and confessed that He is the SoleCreator, the Sole Sustainer and the One who runs the affairs of theuniverse. The Messengers called their nations to single out Allah justlike they single out Him in Creation and the running of affairs. So theMessengers argued with their people based upon what they alreadyaffirmed.The Qur'an mentions Tawheed ar-Rububiyah as an argument againstthe disbelievers and invites them to adhere to the necessaryrequirement of their belief. Oh disbelievers, if you accept that Allah isthe Sole Creator, the Sole Provider and He Alone saves you from harmand destruction – then why do you turn towards others besides Him,those who have no authority in anything - neither creation, provisionnor running the affairs of the universe, "Is then He, Who creates asone who creates not? Will you not then remember?" [(16): 17] SoTawheed al-Uluhiyyah is that which the Messengers called to.There still exists dispute concerning Tawheed al-Uluhiyyah betweenthe people of Tawheed and the people of misguidance. Those whoposses the sound Aqeedah call those who have been misguided fromTawheed al-Uluhiyyah and returned to the Deen of the Mushrikeenby worshiping the graves and tombs, venerating saints andapproving for them attributes of Lordship - that they should return- 35 -