The slides are an introduction to Unity of God , Monotheism in Islam. It could be good source for teaching students of Secondary class.

1. What is the Theme of The
Quran?
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2. Tawheed
Belief that Allah is the one and only
God
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3. Meaning
• Literally means to make something one or
to call it one
• Islamically means to believe that Allah is
the one and only God and all of the things
we do to please Him
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4. Sections
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5. Shirk
Associating Partners to Allah
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6. Meaning
• Literally means partnership, sharing or
associating
• Islamically means to assign partners to
Allah in whatever form it may take
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7. Sections
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8. Sections
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9. Unity of Lordship
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10. Unity of Lordship
• Allah
–Gave the mind to think
–The body able to do it
–Put his idea into practice
We should
not say
that Allah
caused him
to do evil ,
because
man
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11. Unity of Lordship
Allah controls all that happens,
good or bad. When we want to
avoid some misfortune or get
some good fortune we should
only turn to Allah and seek His
help
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13. Sections
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14. Shirk in Unity of Lordship
Shirk by Association Shirk by Negation
Allah’s existence is completely
denied
People believe in most of the qualities
and powers of God , but they say that
God has parts
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15. Sections
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16. Unity of Allah’s Names and Attributes
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17. Unity of Allah’s Names and Attributes
‘Allah there is no God but
He, to Him belong the
Most Beautiful Names’
{ Surah Taha 20:8 }
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18. Unity of Allah’s Names and Attributes
• Each name of Allah describes a certain
attribute which only belongs to Him
Al-Awwal
The First
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19. Sections
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20. Shirk in Unity of Allah’s Names and Attributes
Shirk by Humanization
Allah is given form and
qualities of Human being
Shirk by Deification
• Created beings or things
are given Allah’s names and
attributes
False Prophet
Rahman Energy can
neither be
created nor
be destroyed
God
Repents
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21. Sections
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22. Unity of Worship
• We direct all our prayers only to Allah,
because He is the only one who is able to
answer our prayers
– Eg: School- you approach the principal via
the Teacher ( The Saint intermediates
between us and Allah)
– Surah Ghafir 40:60
“ And your Lord said, “ Call on Me (in prayer)
and I will answer you.”
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23. Unity of Worship
• Worshipping is not only by directing ones
prayers but also making things Halal or
Haram
– Surah Tawbah 9:31
“ They have taken their Rabbis and Monks as
Lords along with Allah.”
- eg: Adi bin Hatim (RA)
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24. Sections
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25. Shirk in Unity of Allah’s Worship
Ash-Shirk al-Akbar (Major Shirk)
• Idolatry – The Prophets
were specifically sent by
Allah to eliminate idol
worship
– Surah Nahl 16:36
“Surely We have sent to
every nation a messenger
saying avoid Taghut.”
 Taghut means anything which is
worshipped along with Allah or
instead of Allah
Ash-Shirk al-Asghar (Minor Shirk)
• The Prophet feared for his
ummah
• Riya is the practice of
performing any of the
various forms of worship in
order to be seen and
praised by people
Rock
Human nature - to love
praise and leadership
Forces are very strong
Therefore Bismillah and
Dua before and after
performing certain acts
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26. Allahumma inna na’adhu
bika an Nushrika bika
shayan na Lamu wa
nastaghfiruka lima la na
lamuh
O Allah, we seek refuge in You from
Knowingly committing Shirk with You
and we ask Your forgiveness for what we
do not know about.
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27. Jazakallahukha
ir
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