Al-Wahid

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Al-Wahid is one of the names of God in Islamic theology, emphasizing His absolute oneness and uniqueness as the sole divine being.

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instanceOf Divine attribute in Islamic theology
Name of God in Islam
appearsIn Islamic devotional literature
appliesTo Allah
associatedWith Monotheism in Islam
category Name expressing God’s essence
contrastedWith Belief in multiple gods
denies Association of partners with God (shirk)
Polytheism
emphasizes Absolute oneness of God
God as the sole divine being
Uniqueness of God
etymologyRoot Arabic root w-ḥ-d
grammaticalForm Arabic active participle
hasMeaning The One
implies No division in God’s being
No equal or rival to God
isPartOf Asma ul Husna
surface form: Asma ul-Husna
language Arabic
notIdenticalTo Created beings
recitedIn Dhikr practices
Supplications (duʿa)
recognizedBy Shia Islam
Sufi traditions
Sunni Islam
relatedConcept Divine unity
Tawhid
stresses Indivisibility of God
Uniqueness of God’s essence
Uniqueness of God’s lordship
Uniqueness of God’s right to be worshipped
theologicalRole Affirmation of God’s unique divinity
Clarification of God’s oneness in number and kind
tradition Islamic theology
usedIn Islamic creed (aqidah)
Quranic exegesis

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Al-Ahad distinguishedFrom Al-Wahid