#aswj

"If we were able to uncover the wisdom of Allah embedded in His creation and His decrees, we would find not merely hundreds, but thousands of wisdoms. Yet our intellects are extremely limited, our knowledge is very little, and the knowledge of all created beings is insignificant when compared to the knowledge of Allah — just as the light of a lamp becomes meaningless beneath the radiance of the sun. Even this is only an illustration ; the reality is far greater than what this comparison can convey."

There’s no deity worthy of worship but Allah*

“Allah” comes from the stem word “ilaah” + Alif laam

ال+اله=الله

Roughly translating to “the ilaah” (the worshipped)

In Arabic:

أله، يأله، الها

He worshipped, worships, a worshipped enity

Claiming Allah is One without claiming that He is worthy of worship will not save one from His wrath.

The word ya’lahu (to worship) itself carries many meanings, from them being “turning to” “showing reverence to” “trusting” “relying on” etc, and those are all forms of worship to Allah subhanahu wa ta’ala! سبحان الله.

Many of today’s mushrikin believe Allah is One, and that there is none with exactly similar power to Him; yet they still sought others in worship (du’a for example) therefore becoming mushrikin and making Jahannam their eternal abode.

Tawhīd is three parts, two of them lead to the Tawhīd of “worship” or Tawhīd al Uluhiyyah, for the fact that Allah is the Rabb (from tawhīd al rubūbiyyah) and the fact that we acknowledge His names and attributes (asma’ and sifaat) makes Him worthy to he worshipped!

For the Rabb (the sustainer the creator the owner etc etc) and the owner of those great names and attributes with which He showers us in blessings and rules upon us with qist (justice) and Rahma, such entity surely deserves to be worshipped, and this is known by fitra! Therefore, if you acknowledge Tawhid al ruboobiyyah and Tawhid al Asmaa wa al Sifaat you will automatically find yourself leaning towards Allah in worship (towards tawhīd al Uluhiyyah)

And the other way around too, when you say “there’s no deity worthy of worship besides Allah” (tawhīd al Uluhiyyah) you are just with these counted words saying that you also believe in His rubūbiyyah and His asmaa and sifaat (so you’re a believer unless you commit a nullifier) for you would not worship Him unless He were the creator and the sustainer and the most merciful and compassionate etc etc, in easier terms, you would not worship Him if you did not believe in His rubūbiyyah and Asmaa and Sifaat (obviously unless you have a shubha or flawed ta’wil but this isn’t our point here)

‎“I continued dragging my soul to Allah whilst it cried, until it finally surrendered itself and came with me to Allah smiling.”

The Salaf used to say:

A sin that leads you to sincere repentance is better than a good deed that leads you to pride.

“O Abu Salamah! Do you think Allah will forgive someone like me?”

Hamad replied :

“By Allah, if I were given the choice between being held accountable by Allah or by my parents, I would choose to be held accountable by Allah because He is more merciful to me than my parents.”

"Do not wish to be like anyone except in two cases : 1) A person whom Allah has given wealth and he spends it righteously, 2) and the one whom Allah has given wisdom and he acts according to it and teaches it to others."