The Importance Of Allah's Omnipotence In Islam
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The verse that binds a person to Islam and triggers the rebirth of him as a Muslim is it itself conclusive enough to set the priority of a believer. Allah is the one and only god and that is the first thing a person brings faith upon, and that is the one thing, if overlooked or violated; renders the person a non-Muslim.
The act of staining the belief in the oneness of Allah is known as “shirk”. It can be understood through the word polytheism, which refers to worshipping other beings or objects along with Allah. Vastly it implies attributing divine characteristics to any other besides Allah and associating partners in worship with Allah. Another way to put it which is most frequently seen or practiced among Muslims is the belief that the source of power, harm or blessings is from others besides Allah. Since it violates the belief that forms the basis of religion Islam it is the one sin that Allah has rendered unforgivable and promised retribution
It only makes sense that the act of denying Allah’s omnipotence has been mentioned frequently in the Quran to instill the significance of this belief among his followers.
The focus here is on many obligations placed upon a Muslim being yet it shows that belief in His omnipotence is inseparable from the religion to the extent that it appears this often in the Quran. It also lines up with the fact that shirk is the biggest of sins which should be avoided at all costs for which the Quran has a lot to say to motivate believers to