The Codes of the Belief in Oneness

 The Codes of the Belief in Oneness

​As many of us know, the foundation of Abrahamic religions speaks of the unity and omnipotence of the Creator. But have you ever wondered what the exact meaning of the name Al-Wahid (The One) is? What is it trying to tell us; what does it mean for all creations to unite within a single whole? What does it mean for the Creator to use the created as a vessel for His own mercy? Why were the verses in the Quran addressed to the Prophet, saying, "When you spoke, it was not you who spoke, but Allah caused you to speak," and "When you did that, it was not you who did it, but Allah caused you to do it," revealed? If Allah can control the actions of His servants so obviously, what is the reason for what appears to be disorder in the world? If Allah is the one making them do it, what could be the reason for punishing His servants with Hell? These are difficult questions to answer, but let me try to explain them based on the knowledge I have acquired:

​Let's look for answers to these questions one by one from the beginning:

​What the name Al-Wahid fundamentally conveys might actually be that Allah is entirely free from all entropic quantities and distant from the entropy of particles. When we combine this with the holistic inference of other verses, we can understand that all existence is actually made of parts of a single whole, and that Allah is actually the singularity that entirely encompasses the Multiverses. Since Allah is omnipotent, He might have divided His essence into various parts, granting meta-qualities to each. Allah, holistically, might actually be the very concept of existence itself. That is, those who deny the existence of Allah are actually trying to accept that the concept of Existence is a fiction; but in this case, they also reject the entire entity and, as a result, try to believe that nothing truly Exists. But in this scenario, they cannot take any worldly pleasure either, or even if they fall into the illusion that they do, they feel regret for being happy upon remembering that it isn't real. So in summary, Allah does not actually oppress His servants; rather, the servants themselves can choose oppression. In other words, it can be said that Hell is not actually a punishment from Allah, but rather the servants' inability to see the right path by punishing their own core selves.

​Now, coming to the verses addressed to the Prophet: "When you spoke, it was not you who spoke, but Allah caused you to speak," and "When you did that, it was not you who did it, but Allah caused you to do it." Regarding this, as I mentioned before, what we see as Existence might simply be a part of Allah's Existence, and the behaviors of our bodies in the Multiverses—controlled by the soul created by Allah—are largely predetermined behaviors. The part we control is a very small area of maneuver that we can change with our partial free will (cüz'i irade). This is where Allah's justice becomes apparent: He does not hold us responsible for outcomes we cannot change. The situation is the same for the other bodies in the Multiverses controlled by our soul; meaning, those bodies are also not responsible for the outcomes they cannot change.

​Therefore, the reason prophets are called prophets is that Allah shapes their behaviors in a much more obvious way. Nurturing much more respect for them and practicing their sunnah (traditions/practices) to the extent that we can is very important in this regard. Looking from this perspective, the answer to the question, "If the Quran were to come to the world in human form, what would it do during the events our Prophet (PBUH) experienced?" is present in the exalted sunnah (sünnet-i seniyye) of Hz. Muhammad Mustafa (PBUH).

​If you have any questions in mind, you can ask them in the comments.

​Written by: Emre Pelit