What Quran Says About “One and Only” (Ahad)
Verily We have created man into toil and struggle. [90:4] Thinketh he, that none hath power over him? [90:5]
He may say (boastfully); Wealth have I squandered in abundance! [90:6] Thinketh he that none beholdeth him? [90:7]
Verily, (the ends) ye strive for are diverse. [92:4] So he who gives (in charity) and fears (Allah), [92:5] And (in all sincerity) testifies to the best,- [92:6] We will indeed make smooth for him the path to Bliss. [92:7] But he who is a greedy miser and thinks himself self-sufficient, [92:8] And gives the lie to the best,- [92:9] We will indeed make smooth for him the path to Misery; [92:10] Nor will his wealth profit him when he falls headlong (into the Pit). [92:11] Verily We take upon Ourselves to guide, [92:12] And verily unto Us (belong) the End and the Beginning. [92:13] Therefore do I warn you of a Fire blazing fiercely; [92:14] None shall reach it but those most unfortunate ones [92:15] Who give the lie to Truth and turn their backs. [92:16] But those most devoted to Allah shall be removed far from it,- [92:17] Those who spend their wealth for increase in self-purification, [92:18] And have in their minds no favour from anyone for which a reward is expected in return, [92:19]
Now, as for man, when his Lord trieth him, giving him honour and gifts, then saith he, (puffed up), "My Lord hath honoured me." [89:15] But when He trieth him, restricting his subsistence for him, then saith he (in despair), "My Lord hath humiliated me!" [89:16] Nay, nay! but ye honour not the orphans! [89:17] Nor do ye encourage one another to feed the poor!- [89:18] And ye devour inheritance - all with greed, [89:19] And ye love wealth with inordinate love! [89:20] Nay! When the earth is pounded to powder, [89:21] And thy Lord cometh, and His angels, rank upon rank, [89:22] And Hell, that Day, is brought (face to face),- on that Day will man remember, but how will that remembrance profit him? [89:23] He will say: "Ah! Would that I had sent forth (good deeds) for (this) my (Future) Life!" [89:24] For, that Day, His Chastisement will be such as none (else) can inflict, [89:25]
And His bonds will be such as none (other) can bind. [89:26]
It is Allah Who sustains the heavens and the earth, lest they cease (to function): and if they should fail, there is none - not one - can sustain them thereafter: Verily He is Most Forbearing, Oft-Forgiving. [35:41]
Say: He is Allah, the One and Only; [112:1] Allah, the Eternal, Absolute; [112:1]
He begetteth not, nor is He begotten; [112:3] And there is none like unto Him. [112:4]
Muhammad is not the father of any of your men, but (he is) the Messenger of Allah, and the Seal of the Prophets: and Allah has full knowledge of all things. [33:40]
The Messenger believeth in what hath been revealed to him from his Lord, as do the men of faith. Each one (of them) believeth in Allah, His angels, His books, and His apostles. "We make no distinction (they say) between one and another of His apostles." And they say: "We hear, and we obey: (We seek) Thy forgiveness, our Lord, and to Thee is the end of all journeys." [2:285]
Those who deny Allah and His apostles, and (those who) wish to separate Allah from His apostles, saying: "We believe in some but reject others": And (those who) wish to take a course midway,- [4:150] They are in truth (equally) unbelievers; and we have prepared for unbelievers a humiliating punishment. [4:151] To those who believe in Allah and His apostles and make no distinction between any of the apostles, we shall soon give their (due) rewards: for Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful. [4:152]
Say ye: "We believe in Allah, and the revelation given to us, and to Abraham, Isma'il, Isaac, Jacob, and the Tribes, and that given to Moses and Jesus, and that given to (all) prophets from their Lord: We make no difference between one and another of them: And we bow to Allah (in Islam)." [2:136]
"And believe no one unless he follows your religion." Say: "True guidance is the Guidance of Allah: (Fear ye) Lest a revelation be sent to someone (else) Like unto that which was sent unto you? or that those (Receiving such revelation) should engage you in argument before your Lord?" Say: "All bounties are in the hand of Allah: He granteth them to whom He pleaseth: And Allah careth for all, and He knoweth all things." [3:73]
Behold! ye were climbing up the high ground, without even casting a side glance at any one, and the Messenger in your rear was calling you back. There did Allah give you one distress after another by way of requital, to teach you not to grieve for (the booty) that had escaped you and for (the ill) that had befallen you. For Allah is well aware of all that ye do. [3:153]
That this is verily the word of an honoured apostle; [69:40] It is not the word of a poet: little it is ye believe! [69:41] Nor is it the word of a soothsayer: little admonition it is ye receive. [69:42] (This is) a Message sent down from the Lord of the Worlds. [69:43] And if the apostle were to invent any sayings in Our name, [69:44] We should certainly seize him by his right hand, [69:45] And We should certainly then cut off the artery of his heart: [69:46] Nor could any of you withhold him (from Our wrath). [69:47]
Say: "No one can deliver me from Allah (If I were to disobey Him), nor should I find refuge except in Him, [72:22]
Say: "We believe in Allah, and in what has been revealed to us and what was revealed to Abraham, Isma'il, Isaac, Jacob, and the Tribes, and in (the Books) given to Moses, Jesus, and the prophets, from their Lord: We make no distinction between one and another among them, and to Allah do we bow our will (in Islam)." [3:84]
O ye who believe! follow not Satan's footsteps: if any will follow the footsteps of Satan, he will (but) command what is shameful and wrong: and were it not for the grace and mercy of Allah on you, not one of you would ever have been pure: but Allah doth purify whom He pleases: and Allah is One Who hears and knows (all things). [24:21]
O Consorts of the Prophet! Ye are not like any of the (other) women: if ye do fear ((Allah)), be not too complacent of speech, lest one in whose heart is a disease should be moved with desire: but speak ye a speech (that is) just. [33:32]
O ye who believe! Approach not prayers with a mind befogged, until ye can understand all that ye say,- nor in a state of ceremonial impurity (Except when travelling on the road), until after washing your whole body. If ye are ill, or on a journey, or one of you cometh from offices of nature, or ye have been in contact with women, and ye find no water, then take for yourselves clean sand or earth, and rub therewith your faces and hands. For Allah doth blot out sins and forgive again and again. [4:43]
O ye who believe! when ye prepare for prayer, wash your faces, and your hands (and arms) to the elbows; Rub your heads (with water); and (wash) your feet to the ankles. If ye are in a state of ceremonial impurity, bathe your whole body. But if ye are ill, or on a journey, or one of you cometh from offices of nature, or ye have been in contact with women, and ye find no water, then take for yourselves clean sand or earth, and rub therewith your faces and hands, Allah doth not wish to place you in a difficulty, but to make you clean, and to complete his favour to you, that ye may be grateful. [5:6]
If one amongst the Pagans ask thee for asylum, grant it to him, so that he may hear the word of Allah; and then escort him to where he can be secure. That is because they are men without knowledge. [9:6]
O ye who believe! fight the unbelievers who gird you about, and let them find firmness in you: and know that Allah is with those who fear Him. [9:123] Whenever there cometh down a sura, some of them say: "Which of you has had His faith increased by it?" Yea, those who believe,- their faith is increased and they do rejoice. [9:124] But those in whose hearts is a disease,- it will add doubt to their doubt, and they will die in a state of Unbelief. [9:125] See they not that they are tried every year once or twice? Yet they turn not in repentance, and they take no heed. [9:126] Whenever there cometh down a Sura, they look at each other, (saying), "Doth anyone see you?" Then they turn aside: Allah hath turned their hearts (from the light); for they are a people that understand not. [9:127]
Those who were left behind (in the Tabuk expedition) rejoiced in their inaction behind the back of the Apostle of Allah: they hated to strive and fight, with their goods and their persons, in the cause of Allah: they said, "Go not forth in the heat." Say, "The fire of Hell is fiercer in heat." If only they could understand! [9:81] Let them laugh a little: much will they weep: a recompense for the (evil) that they do. [9:82] If, then, Allah bring thee back to any of them, and they ask thy permission to come out (with thee), say: "Never shall ye come out with me, nor fight an enemy with me: for ye preferred to sit inactive on the first occasion: Then sit ye (now) with those who lag behind." [9:83] Nor do thou ever pray for any of them that dies, nor stand at his grave; for they rejected Allah and His Apostle, and died in a state of perverse rebellion. [9:84]
And when there came to them an apostle from Allah, confirming what was with them, a party of the people of the Book threw away the Book of Allah behind their backs, as if (it had been something) they did not know! [2:101] They followed what the evil ones gave out (falsely) against the power of Solomon: the blasphemers Were, not Solomon, but the evil ones, teaching men Magic, and such things as came down at babylon to the angels Harut and Marut. But neither of these taught anyone (Such things) without saying: "We are only for trial; so do not blaspheme." They learned from them the means to sow discord between man and wife. But they could not thus harm anyone except by Allah's permission. And they learned what harmed them, not what profited them. And they knew that the buyers of (magic) would have no share in the happiness of the Hereafter. And vile was the price for which they did sell their souls, if they but knew! [2:102]
And We did try Solomon: We placed on his throne a body (without life); but he did turn (to Us in true devotion): [38:34] He said, "O my Lord! Forgive me, and grant me a kingdom which, (it may be), suits not another after me: for Thou art the Grantor of Bounties (without measure). [38:35]
We also (sent) Lut: He said to his people: "Do ye commit lewdness such as no people in creation (ever) committed before you? [7:80]
When Our messengers came to Lut, he was grieved on their account and felt himself powerless (to protect) them. He said: "This is a distressful day." [11:77] And his people came rushing towards him, and they had been long in the habit of practising abominations. He said: "O my people! Here are my daughters: they are purer for you (if ye marry)! Now fear Allah, and cover me not with shame about my guests! Is there not among you a single right-minded man?" [11:78] They said: "Well dost thou know we have no need of thy daughters: indeed thou knowest quite well what we want!" [11:79] He said: "Would that I had power to suppress you or that I could betake myself to some powerful support." [11:80] (The Messengers) said: "O Lut! We are Messengers from thy Lord! By no means shall they reach thee! now travel with thy family while yet a part of the night remains, and let not any of you look back: but thy wife (will remain behind): To her will happen what happens to the people. Morning is their time appointed: Is not the morning nigh?" [11:81]
"Then travel by night with thy household, when a portion of the night (yet remains), and do thou bring up the rear: let no one amongst you look back, but pass on whither ye are ordered."
[15:65]
And (remember) Lut: behold, he said to his people: "Ye do commit lewdness, such as no people in Creation (ever) committed before you. [29:28] "Do ye indeed approach men, and cut off the highway?- and practise wickedness (even) in your councils?" But his people gave no answer but this: they said: "Bring us the Wrath of Allah if thou tellest the truth." [29:29] He said: "O my Lord! help Thou me against people who do mischief!" [29:30]
But how many (countless) generations before them have We destroyed? Canst thou find a single one of them (now) or hear (so much as) a whisper of them? [19:98]