Islamic monotheism comprises both the feelings in the heart as well as the deeds of the physical body

The feelings in

the heart include putting all of one’s trust and reliance in Him alone,

having utmost fear of Him alone, having utmost hope in Him alone,

having contentment with Him as God and Creator and so forth.

In fact, there are two aspects in particular that must be

combined in the worship of Allah. Al-Saadi further stated,

The spirit and actuality of worship i s by the

realization of love and submission to Allah.

Complete love and full submission to Allah is the

reality of worship. If the act of worship is missing

both or one of those components .

it is not truly an act of worship. For the reality of worship is found in submission and yielding to Allah. And that will only o ccur if there is complete and full love [for Allah] which dominates all other expressions of love .

From the above, it is clear that the belief in Allah as the only

object of worship actually has a number of corresponding corollaries

by which one must abide. In particular, there are a number of aspects

of life that must be solely “dedicated to” Allah. Without an

understanding of this fact, one has failed to grasp the reality of the

statement, “There is none worthy of worship except Allah.” A brief

explanation of these aspects should make this concept clearer.

First, all ritual acts of worship must be directed solely to Allah

alone. Prayers, fasting, pilgrimage, alms and so forth must be done

solely with the intent of pleasing Allah and as acts of worship

towards Him alone. Thus, for e xample, if anyone prays to anyone

other than Allah, he i s actually violating the principles of

worshipping no one other than Allah.

Second, all ultimate authority in life rests with Allah. In other

words, one must submit oneself only to the commands and revelation

coming from Allah. He is the Creator and He has the right to lay

down l egislation and laws for t he guidance of humankind. Intentionally ignoring or arrogantly superseding

the laws from God means that one is not truly submitting to God and,

thus, one is not taking Him as the only o bject of worship and

submission. In fact, Allah makes it clear that some of the previous

communities erred when it came to this very issue.

See you in the next blog to complete the book.

Sources :-

A book for calling people to Islam in English is the book .

"What is Islam?" by Jamal Zarbouzo.