Tawhidthe unicity of God

Pairs and Opposites• Jalal• Tanzih• Black• Heterosexual• Feminine• Male• Rich• Lay-persons• Citizens• Non-Muslim

• Self

• Jamal• Tashbih• White• Non-heterosexual• Masculine• Female• Poor• Scholar• Ruler• Muslim

• Other

St. Augustine said:

Imagine:

God “ is a circle. The center of which is

EVERYWHERE…”

“the circumference of which is

N O W H E R E … ”

Tawhid

• from the tri-lateral root W-H-D: one

• (in this form) to be made one• first principle of Islam.• the “unicity” of Allah:

– Allah is one– Allah is unique– Allah is a unity– Allah unites all in the universe