Aqeedah & Tawheed

Aqeedah is what the heart is firmly settled upon. Its foundation is tawheed: that Allah alone is Lord, alone deserves worship, and is unique in His names and attributes.

• Tawheed ar-Rububiyyah: Allah alone creates, sustains, gives life and death, and controls all affairs.
• Tawheed al-Uluhiyyah: worship — duʿāʾ, sacrifice, reliance, fear and hope — is directed to Allah alone.
• Tawheed al-Asma' wa-s-Sifat: we affirm the names and attributes Allah affirmed for Himself without distortion, denial, or likening Him to creation. 'There is nothing like Him, and He is the All-Hearing, the All-Seeing.' (42:11)
• Shirk is associating a partner with Allah in any of these — the one sin never forgiven if a person dies upon it (4:48).
• Lesser shirk includes showing off in worship (riyāʾ) and attributing effect to charms or objects.

• He is One, without partner, child or equal — Surah al-Ikhlas is a third of the Quran in meaning.
• He is eternal, all-knowing, all-powerful, perfectly just and infinitely merciful.
• Worship is built on loving Him, fearing His punishment and hoping in His mercy together.
• Knowing Allah through His names transforms behaviour: al-Raqib inspires watchfulness, al-Ghaffar inspires repentance.

• Created from light, they never disobey Allah and carry out His commands (66:6).
• Jibrīl brings revelation, Mīkāʾīl is charged with rain and provision, Isrāfīl with the Trumpet, and the Angel of Death takes souls.
• Two recording angels write every deed (50:17–18); others protect, and Munkar and Nakīr question in the grave.
• Believing in them is required even though they are unseen — belief in the unseen is the mark of the God-conscious (2:3).

• Allah revealed the Suhuf of Ibrahim, the Tawrat to Musa, the Zabur to Dawud, the Injil to ʿIsa and the Quran to Muhammad ﷺ.
• We believe all were true revelation in their time; earlier scriptures were altered and are no longer preserved in their original form.
• The Quran is the final revelation, preserved by Allah Himself (15:9), confirming and superseding what came before.
• Belief includes acting upon the Quran, not only affirming it.

• Every nation received a warner (35:24); twenty-five prophets are named in the Quran.
• The five of firm resolve (ulū al-ʿazm) are Nuh, Ibrahim, Musa, ʿIsa and Muhammad ﷺ.
• Prophets were human beings — they did not share in divinity — yet were protected in conveying the message.
• Muhammad ﷺ is the Seal of the Prophets (33:40); no prophet comes after him.
• We make no distinction between them in belief, while following the final revelation in practice (2:285).

• Death, the questioning of the grave, and barzakh precede the resurrection.
• The Trumpet will be blown, all will be raised, and deeds weighed on the Mīzān.
• Records are given in the right or left hand; the Ṣirāṭ is crossed; the Prophet's ﷺ intercession is granted by Allah's permission.
• Paradise is eternal reward and the Fire eternal punishment — both are real and already created.
• Belief in accountability produces sincerity, patience under injustice and urgency in repentance.

• Allah knows all things eternally; He wrote them, wills them and creates them.
• Human beings have real choice and are accountable — decree is never an excuse for sin or passivity.
• Take the means, then rely on Allah: 'Tie your camel and trust in Allah.' (Tirmidhi)
• Qadar brings contentment in hardship and humility in success, because both come from Him.