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1) The Belief in Allah

The Belief in Allah is the faith and the certain dogma that He is the Lord, Owner, and Creator all of what exists. And it is to believe that He is the only One who deserves to be worshipped, and He is the One who has the Perfect Descriptions which is far above defects and deficiency in addition to adherence to it in word and deed.

Belief in Allah includes four subjects:

First: the belief in His Existence
  Human nature, mind, Shari’a, and common sense prove this fact.

• Evidence of human nature on the Existence of Allah: every creature is created in a pattern that he has a Creator without any previous planning or learning. And no one is ever distorted from this pattern except those who were subjected to effecting incidents. For the Prophet says, “ãÇ ãä ãæáæÏ ÅáÇ íæáÏ Úáì ÇáÝØÑÉ ” - meaning – “No child is born except on Al-Fitrah (Islam) and then his parents make him Jewish, Christian or Magian.”
• Evidence of human mind on the Existence of Allah: this is illustrated in the fact that all of these creatures -preceding and succeeding- must have a Creator in order to exist, because they can not create themselves and they can not be created by chance as well. And what Allah said assures it, “Ãóãú ÎõáöÞõæÇ ãöäú ÛóíúÑö ÔóíúÁò Ãóãú åõãú ÇáúÎóÇáöÞõæäó ” - meaning – {TawhidWere they created of nothing, or were they themselves the creators?}.
• Evidence of Islamic Legislation on the Existence of Allah. This is because all Holy Books confirm this fact, and the Divine Laws which have been descended including the best advantage to the creation is the strongest evidence that it descended from an All-Wise All-Knower Lord Who knows best about their benefits. Moreover, all what we see and hear about these universal signs is a true evidence that it came from a Lord Who is Able to do anything He told about.
• Evidence of the common sense on the Existence of Allah is illustrated in two ways:

First one: we often see and hear the response to those who invoke and call upon Allah for help, the matter that proves certainly His Existence. This is mentioned clearly in the Quran: Tawhid“(Remember) Nuh (Noah), when he cried (to Us) aforetime: We listened to his (prayer)”. And in the Sunnah we know the story of the Bedouin man who asked the Messenger of Allah r call Allah to them for rain.

Second one: signs of Prophets which are called Miracles have been perceived by so many people, this proves as well the Existence of their Sender (Allah) because these are supernatural phenomena gifted to those Prophets for support and aid. Such us,

• Musa (Moses) who stroke the sea with his rod so it was divided.
• Jesus who raised the dead.
• Muhammad r who pointed to the moon so it was divided into two.

Second, The Belief in His Rububiah (Lordship)
This means that He is the only Lord and He has no partner and no supporter. (Tawhid Ar-Rububiah). Ar-Rub (Lord) is the One Who has the Creation, the Ownership, and the Commandment, Allah I said, "TawhidEverything is governed by laws under His Command."

Third: The Belief in His Worship
This means that no one has the right to be worshipped but Allah with no other partner. (Tawhid Al-Uluhiah). Al-Ilah (God) is the One who should be worshipped with love and glorification, Allah I said, "TawhidAnd your God is One God: there is no god but He, Most Compassionate, Most Merciful.".

Fourth: The Belief in His Names and Qualities.
This means that we should confirm and belief in what Allah has stated in His Book (the Quran) or mentioned through His Messenger (Muhammad r) without changing their meaning or ignoring their meaning or ignoring them completely or twisting the meaning or likening them (giving resemblance). Allah I said, "TawhidThe most beautiful Names belong to Allah: so call on Him by them", and He said, “TawhidThere is nothing whatever like unto Him, and He is the One that hears and sees (all things)”. (Tawhid Al-Asma’ Was-Sifat).

The belief in Allah brings forth to the believer so many significant benefits, like

1. First: the fulfillment of the Oneness of Allah in a matter that no one else is called for help, and no one else is feared or hoped for.
2. Second: the perfection of His love and His glorification on the basis of His Best Names and Supreme Qualities.
3. Third: the fulfillment of His worship by doing what He decreed and avoid what He banned.
4. Fourth: achieving happiness in this life and in Thereafter.