The affirmation that God is the One

This is embodied in the Islamic concept of God’s oneness, the essence and most
fundamental principle of Islam. Much care has been devoted to establishing and
elucidating the affirmation that God is the One, absolute and transcendent Lord and
Master of all that exists. The other aspect of this concept to which Islam has given its
greatest attention is the definition of God’s attributes, which has been the cause of
much confusion, obfuscation and muddled religious and philosophical thinking
through the ages.