What is the response to one who says that this tawhid [tawhid al-uluhiyyah] was brought by Shaykh Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab?
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The questioner : What do we respond to him with, and what do we guide him to?
The Shaykh : We respond to him by saying: Was Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab al-Najdi before the Qur'an or after the Qur'an?
The questioner : After the Qur'an.
The Shaykh : He will say, "After the Qur'an, of course." The entire Qur'an is filled with establishing tawhid al-uluhiyyah[Ali 'Imran 3:18] [Al-Baqarah 2:21] [Al-Anbya 21:25] [An-Nahl 16:36]
And there are many verses on this; the Qur'an is full of them. So was Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab before the Qur'an or after it? He will say, "After it." Therefore, it is the Qur'an that called to tawhid al-uluhiyyah, made it obligatory, and obligated people to it.
The Shaykh : We respond to him by saying: Was Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab al-Najdi before the Qur'an or after the Qur'an?
The questioner : After the Qur'an.
The Shaykh : He will say, "After the Qur'an, of course." The entire Qur'an is filled with establishing tawhid al-uluhiyyah
Allah witnesses that there is no deity except Him, and [so do] the angels and those of knowledge - [that He is] maintaining [creation] in justice. There is no deity except Him, the Exalted in Might, the Wise.
شَهِدَ اللَّهُ أَنَّهُ لا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ وَالْمَلائِكَةُ وَأُولُو الْعِلْمِ قَائِماً بِالْقِسْطِ لا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الْحَكِيمُO mankind, worship your Lord, who created you and those before you, that you may become righteous -
يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ اعْبُدُوا رَبَّكُمُ الَّذِي خَلَقَكُمْ وَالَّذِينَ مِنْ قَبْلِكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَّقُونَAnd We sent not before you any messenger except that We revealed to him that, "There is no deity except Me, so worship Me."
وَمَا أَرْسَلْنَا مِنْ قَبْلِكَ مِنْ رَسُولٍ إِلَّا نُوحِي إِلَيْهِ أَنَّهُ لا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنَا فَاعْبُدُونِAnd We certainly sent into every nation a messenger, [saying], "Worship Allah and avoid Taghut."
وَلَقَدْ بَعَثْنَا فِي كُلِّ أُمَّةٍ رَسُولاً أَنِ اعْبُدُوا اللَّهَ وَاجْتَنِبُوا الطَّاغُوتَAnd there are many verses on this; the Qur'an is full of them. So was Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab before the Qur'an or after it? He will say, "After it." Therefore, it is the Qur'an that called to tawhid al-uluhiyyah, made it obligatory, and obligated people to it.