God is One

“Allah” is simply the Arabic word for God — the same word Arabic-speaking Christians and Jews use. Islam begins with one clear idea: there is only one God, the Creator of everything that exists.

He has no partner, no child and no equal. Nothing in creation is like Him. He is not part of His creation, and nothing in creation shares in His divinity. The Qur’an sums this up in a short chapter: “Say: He is Allah, the One. Allah, the Eternal Refuge. He neither begets nor is born, and there is none comparable to Him.” (112:1–4)

This God is not distant. He is the Most Merciful, the Most Kind, who hears every prayer in every language. You do not need a priest or an intermediary to speak to Him — you can turn to Him directly, at any moment.

Believing in one God frees the heart: you worship only the One who created you, and you are no longer a servant to money, fame, fear or other people’s opinions.