Abstract
The concept of tawhid excludes man’s commitment to anyone other than Allah
(SWT). Also a rejection of all sources of value other than will of Allah (SWT), all
authority but His, and a refusal to accept any idea, command, or injunction from
anyone, as man does from Allah (SWT), on the basis of its having not come from
Him. Love or reverence, worship or submission, and a sense of obligation, all are
directed towards Allah (SWT) alone and no one else deserves them in the ultimate,
full sense of these attitudes. In the human context it means emancipation and
restoration of man’s essential freedom from all human bondages before the
commitment to Allah (SWT). Man is under no obligation to submit to any authority or
commit to anyone’s will. He owes nothing to any being other than Allah (SWT). He
has no superiors except Him. A lot has been written on the topic of tawhid by
different scholars but a concise paper which would analyze different perspectives of
different scholars on the issue of tawhid has been long awaited. To fill the gap this
paper attempts to provide the reader with such information; highlightens the richness
in thought and contents with respect to the concept of tawhid and the distinctive
views on the same by some prominent Muslim scholars both from the classical and
modern era.
Asma Kounsar. (2016) THE CONCEPT OF TAWHID IN ISLAM: IN THE LIGHT OF PERSPECTIVES OF PROMINENT MUSLIM SCHOLARS, Journal of Islamic Thought and Civilization, Volume VI, Issue 2.
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