The monotheism preached by Islam is called ‘Tauheed’,which says that ‘there is no God but Allah’ and He is theCreator and Sustainer of the worlds. The Islamic way of life hasbeen framed on the basis of one principle i.e. ‘there is no Godbut Allah’...

The monotheism preached by Islam is called ‘Tauheed’,which says that ‘there is no God but Allah’ and He is theCreator and Sustainer of the worlds. The Islamic way of life hasbeen framed on the basis of one principle i.e. ‘there is no Godbut Allah’ so that this monotheism is reflected in worship,thought, conduct, activities etc. of its followers and Al-Qur’anis the Holy Book where this way of life has been described.The Islamic monotheism is uncompromising and absolute andforbids attributing even the slightest divinity on any object, nordoes it allow unification of the Creator and creation under anycircumstances.This book compiled by Dr. A. Rahman entitled IslamicMonotheism (Tauheed) is pleasantly readable because he haselucidated many difficult concepts of Tauheed contained in theHoly Qur’an. The book is divided into seven chapters. Whilethe first two chapters are introductory, the author goes deeperinto the faith of monotheism in the third and fourth chapters andseeks to assert monotheism by discussing ‘Shirk’ i.e.commission of the utmost blasphemy of associating creationwith the Creator. In the fourth chapter he has effectively dealtwith even such common human weaknesses as belief inastrology, talisman, spells of charm, etc. The fifth chapter dealswith Mysticism and Sufism in the context of monotheism. Thisis an area that has been probed widely and in depth by thescholars both in the oriental and western worlds because of themystic ideas it holds out. The sixth and seventh chapters haveelaborated some more topics on Islamic Monotheism. Dr.Rahman has collected views and theories from different sourcesand presented them systematically to make them easy tounderstand. Besides, he has drawn conclusions on them fromthe Islamic point of view.The author’s effort is an onerous one. He has deliberatedupon the topics with such scholarship, that those who want toknow the essence of Islamic monotheism will surely benefit.