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Figure of Islam
Allah.
The one God — no partner, no likeness, no image. Ninety-nine names describe; none contain.
Names & titlesAllah — and the ninety-nine beautiful names: the Merciful, the Just, the Subtle
DomainAll that is
Depicted asNever — calligraphy stands where images cannot
StandingWorshipped alone; associating partners is the one unforgivable thing
Understanding it — context, not catechism: how this passage is held
Islamic theology is strict negative space: Allah has no image, no partner, no offspring, no likeness. The ninety-nine names — the Merciful, the Just, the Subtle — describe attributes without capturing essence. Calligraphy fills the mosques because no picture could.
From the sources — the passages this rests on; concise renderings, cited
God — there is no god but He, the Living, the Self-Subsisting. Neither slumber overtakes Him nor sleep. To Him belongs whatever is in the heavens and the earth.
Quran 2:255 — the Throne VerseThe most recited verse in the Quran; our concise rendering.
The same ground, other faiths
claims that share this one's ideas
God is one, indivisible, and engaged with history.
Judaism · core tenet
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God is one, beyond form.
Sikhism · core tenet
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God's name is Jehovah, and he is one person.
Jehovah's Witnesses · core tenet
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God is One, beyond every description.
The Druze Faith · core tenet
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Shiva — a point of light that is never born.
The Brahma Kumaris
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Shangdi is the one God, and the idols are demons.
The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom · core tenet
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