The word · Belief
تَوْحِيدُ الأُلُوهِيَّة
Tawhid al-Uluhiyyah
Oneness of worship: that prayer, vows, sacrifice, hope and fear are directed to Allah alone.
Also written · Uluhiyyah · Uloohiyyah · Ilahiyyah · Tawhid al-Ibadah · Tawheed al-Uluhiyyah · Oneness of worship · Uluhiyya
The meaning
What Tawhid al-Uluhiyyah means in Islam
This is the part the messengers were sent with, and the part people have always argued over. To believe Allah made you is one thing; to bring every act of worship to Him and to no one else is another. Its exact opposite is shirk.
Evidence · Editorial · Our own summary, drawn from the sources named
Read beside it
Words that sit beside it
- TawhidThe belief that Allah is one, without partner, without equal, and alone deserving of worship.التَّوْحِيد
- ShirkGiving to something other than Allah what belongs to Allah alone, above all worship.الشِّرْك
- Tawhid al-RububiyyahOneness of lordship: that Allah alone creates, owns, sustains and controls everything that exists.تَوْحِيدُ الرُّبُوبِيَّة
- IstighathahCalling for help, and the disputed question of whom a Muslim may call on when it is not Allah.الاِسْتِغَاثَة
More from Belief
- Adhab al-QabrThe punishment or ease a person meets in the grave, before the Day of Judgement arrives.عَذَابُ القَبْر
- AthariThe Sunni creed school that keeps to the wording of the texts and avoids theological speculation.الأَثَرِيَّة
- ImanFaith: belief in Allah, His angels, His books, His messengers, the Last Day, and the decree.الإِيمَان
- KutubThe scriptures Allah revealed, belief in them being one of the six articles of faith.الكُتُب
- Nuzul IsaThe descent of Isa near the end of time, to break the cross, kill the Dajjal, and rule with justice.نُزُولُ عِيسَى
- Shirk AsgharMinor shirk: acts like showing off in worship, which damage sincerity without putting a person outside Islam.الشِّرْكُ الأَصْغَر