Discussion of Negative Tawhid and Its Previous Divisions
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The Shaykh : In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
We have previously discussed negative tawhid (the oneness of Allah). Negative tawhid is of two types: connected and disconnected. The connected type is what does not extend beyond the Essence of Allah (Mighty and Majestic), such as negating death, sleep, slumber, injustice, heedlessness, and the like. The disconnected type is what is external to Him, such as a wife, a child, an equal, or a counterpart, and the like. We have also previously stated that the connected type has two categories: the first is the negation of all defects, and the second is the negation of likening Allah to creation (tashbih). Similarly, the negation of denial of the divine attributes (ta'til) and the negation of disbelief fall under negative tawhid. In reality, the negation of likening Allah to creation returns to the negation of deficiency, because likening Allah to creation is a deficiency; for associating the Perfect with the deficient makes Him deficient.
We have previously discussed negative tawhid (the oneness of Allah). Negative tawhid is of two types: connected and disconnected. The connected type is what does not extend beyond the Essence of Allah (Mighty and Majestic), such as negating death, sleep, slumber, injustice, heedlessness, and the like. The disconnected type is what is external to Him, such as a wife, a child, an equal, or a counterpart, and the like. We have also previously stated that the connected type has two categories: the first is the negation of all defects, and the second is the negation of likening Allah to creation (tashbih). Similarly, the negation of denial of the divine attributes (ta'til) and the negation of disbelief fall under negative tawhid. In reality, the negation of likening Allah to creation returns to the negation of deficiency, because likening Allah to creation is a deficiency; for associating the Perfect with the deficient makes Him deficient.