Al-Tawḥīd
The Book of Divine Unity
By: Shaykh Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Ṣaduq
Translator: Sayed Ali Raza Rizvi
al-Tawḥīd is an esteemed work authored by the revered early Shīʿī scholar Shaykh al-Ṣadūq. This work explores an array of theological themes concerning God's nature and the relationship between God and the Creation. Rather than crafting a dialectic theological or Kalām text, Shaykh al-Ṣadūq has uniquely drawn from the Ḥadīths— the reported sayings of the Prophet (s) and the Imams (as)— to grapple with profound subjects such as God's Oneness, the conundrum of free will versus predestination, the nature of the Qurʾān, the nature of God’s attributes and the impact of revelation. This approach underscores the notable, yet often overlooked, role that the Ḥadīths of the Imams have played in shaping early Muslim theology.
1 | Introduction
Section 2
Chapter 1
Reward for the Monotheists and Gnostics
Chapter 2
Divine Unity and Negation of Anthropomorphism
Chapter 3
The Definition of One, Divine Unity, and the Believer in Divine Unity
Chapter 4
The Commentary of Chapter 112 the Unity [al-Tawhid]
Chapter 5
The Meaning of Divine Unity and Divine Justice
Chapter 6
The Mighty and High is Devoid of both Body and Image
Chapter 7
The Blessed and Exalted is a Thing
Chapter 8
What is Related Regarding the Vision
Chapter 9
Omnipotence
Chapter 10
Knowledge
Chapter 11
Attributes of Essence and Attributes of Actions
Chapter 12
The Commentary of verse 88 of Chapter 28 the Narrative [al-Qasas] Everything is perishable but He.
Chapter 13
The Commentary of Verse 75 of Chapter 38 Sad O Iblis! What prevented you that you should do obeisance to him whom I created with My Two Hands?
Chapter 14
The Commentary of Verse 42 of Chapter 68 Qalam - On the Day when there shall be a severe affliction, and they shall be called upon to make obeisance
Chapter 15
The Commentary of Verse 35 of Chapter 24 the Light [al-Nur]
Chapter 16
The Commentary of Verse 67 of Chapter 9 the Repentance [al-Tawbah] They have forsaken Allah, so He has forsaken them.
Chapter 17
The Commentary of Verse 67 of Chapter 39 the Companies [al-Zumar] And the whole Earth shall be in His Grip on the Day of Resurrection and the Heavens rolled up in his Right Hand.
Chapter 18
The Commentary of Verse 15 of Chapter 83 the Defrauders [al-Mutaffifin] Nay! Most surely they shall on that day be debarred from their Lord.
Chapter 19
The Commentary of Verse 22 of Chapter 89 the Daybreak [al-Fajr] And your Lord comes and (also) the angels in ranks.
Chapter 20
The Commentary of Verse 210 of Chapter 2 the Cow [al-Baqarah] They do not wait aught but that Allah should come to them in the shadow of clouds along with the angels.
Chapter 21
Meaning of Scoffing, Mockery, Planning and Deception of Allah
Chapter 22
The Meaning of Allah’s Side
Chapter 23
The Meaning of the Waistband
Chapter 24
Meaning of the Eye, the Ear, and the Tongue of Allah
Chapter 25
The Meaning of Allah’s Hand is Tied Up
Chapter 26
The Meaning of His Pleasure and His Anger
Chapter 27
The Meaning of Allah’s Breathing of Spirit And I breathed into him of My Sprit.
Chapter 28
Negation of Space, Time, Stillness, Motion, Descending, Ascending, and Transference from Allah
Chapter 29
The Names of Allah, the Exalted, and the Difference between their Meanings and the Meaning of the Names of Creation
Chapter 30
What is the Qur’an?
Chapter 31
The Meaning of “In the Name of Allah, the Most Compassionate, the Most Merciful”
Chapter 32
The Explanation of the Letters of the Alphabet.
Chapter 33
The Explanation of the Letters of the Alphabet According to Their Numerical Value
Chapter 34
The Explanation of the Words of the Calls to Prayer
Chapter 35
The Commentary of Guidance, Misguidance, Direction, and Forsaking is from Allah, the Exalted
Chapter 36
The Refutation of the Dualists & the Atheists
Chapter 37
There is no god but the One God
Chapter 38
The Remembrance of Allah’s Greatness, Mighty be His Glory
Chapter 39
The Subtlety of Allah, the Blessed, the Exalted
Chapter 40
The Least Required for Recognizing Diving Unity
Chapter 41
He, the Mighty and High, in not Recognized, Except by Himself.
Chapter 42
The Assertion of the Emergence of the Universe
Chapter 43
The Tradition of Dhi`lib.
Chapter 44
The Tradition of Subakht, the Jewish Man
Chapter 45
The Meaning of “Glory be to Allah” [Subhan Allah]
Chapter 46
The Meaning of Allah is the Greatest [Allahu Akbar]
Chapter 47
The Meaning of the First and the Last
Chapter 48
the Most Compassionate is Firm on the Empyrean.
Chapter 49
His Empyrean was on the Water
Chapter 50
The Empyrean and Its Description
Chapter 51
The Empyrean was Created in Quarters
Chapter 52
The Meaning of `His Knowledge Extend over the Heavens and the Earth’
Chapter 53
Allah made the Nature of the Creation upon Divine Unity
Chapter 54
The Appearance [Al-Bada’]
Chapter 55
The Will and the Intent
Chapter 56
Capability
Chapter 57
The Trial and the Test
Chapter 58
Privilege and Adversity
Chapter 59
The Negation of Determinism and Relinquishment
Chapter 60
Predestination, Divine Decree, Trials, Means of Sustenance Rates, and Restricted Powers
Chapter 61
Children and Allah’s Justice Concerning Them
Chapter 62
Allah Only Des What is Best for His Servants
Chapter 63
Command, Prohibition, Promise and Threat
Chapter 64
Recognition, Explanation, Evidence, and Guidance
Chapter 65
A Session of al-Ridha (AS) with Theologians from Among the Rhetoricians and Various Religions about Unity in the presence of al-Ma`mun
Chapter 66
A Session of al-Ridha 
with Sulayman al-Marwazi, the Theologian of Khurasan, in the Presece of al-Ma`mun concerning the Subject of Divine Unity.
with Sulayman al-Marwazi, the Theologian of Khurasan, in the Presece of al-Ma`mun concerning the Subject of Divine Unity.Chapter 67
The Prohibition of Discussing, Debating, and Arguing about Allah
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