Important virtues of Tawheed

The first obligation ordered upon mankind was to fulfill the right of their Lord. For us to appreciate Tawheed, we must understand some its virtues and the importance it has in our lives which will inevitably bring us closer to our Creator, Allah.

Tawheed is the Sole Right of Allah
Everything in this world has a right, whether it is our parents, our friends, our colleagues, our neighbours, the plants, the trees or even the animals, but we forget that the greatest right is the right of the One who created all of these things. We must understand and act upon the fact that the right of Allah is that we worship Him alone and associate none with Him. If we fulfill this, then our right over Allah is that He does not punish us in the hereafter.


Tawheed is the Very Reason for our Creation
And We created not the heaven and the earth and all that is between them without purpose! That is the consideration of those who disbelieve! Then woe to those who disbelieve (in Islâmic Monotheism) from the Fire! [38:27]

If the consideration of the disbelievers is that they do not understand this purpose, our consideration should be to understand our purpose is to worship Allah alone.

Tawheed is Part of our Natural Disposition (fitra)
Without a doubt Allah does not oppress His slaves, rather we are oppressing ourselves by not recognizing Him. We should remember that all of mankind testified that Allah is our Lord, so on the Day of Judgement we will have no excuse.

Tawheed is the Reason Allah Sent the Messengers
And verily, We have sent among every Ummah a Messenger (proclaiming): ‘Worship Allâh (Alone), and avoid (or keep away from) Tâghût...’ [16:36]

Tawheed Necessitates Forgiveness
Even the one, who does the best of deeds, may not be safe from the punishment of Allah if he associates partners with his Lord.

Verily, Allâh forgives not that partners should be set up with him in worship, but He forgives except that (anything else) to whom He pleases, and whoever sets up partners with Allâh in worship, he has indeed invented a tremendous sin. [4:48]

Shirk is the opposite of Tawheed and provided a slave of Allah does not associate partners with Him, He may shower him with forgiveness, as He is Oft Forgiving, The Most Merciful.