Surah Al-'Ankabut 29:61

Evidences of Tawhid

Allah states that there is no God but He. The idolators who worshipped others besides Him recognized that He was the sole creator of the heavens and earth, the sun and the moon, alternating the night and day. They acknowledged that He was the Creator Who provided for His servants and decreed how long they should live. He made them and their provision different, so that some were rich and some were poor, and He knew best what was suitable for each of them, who deserved to be rich and who deserved to be poor. So, Allah stated that He has alone created everything, and that He alone is controlling them -- if this is how it is, then why worship anyone else Why put one's trust in anyone else Since dominion is His Alone, then let worship be for Him Alone. Allah often establishes His divinity by referring to their acknowledgement of His Unique Lordship, because the idolators used to acknowledge His Lordship, as they said in their Talbiyah (during Hajj and `Umrah: "At Your service, You have no partner, except the partner that You have, and You possess him and whatever he has."

Ayat ini menerangkan bahwa kaum musyrik mengakui bahwa yang menciptakan langit dan bumi itu adalah Allah Yang Maha Esa. Dialah yang menundukkan matahari dan bulan untuk kepentingan manusia. Pengakuan mereka itu adalah suatu hal yang wajar karena pada mulanya nenek moyang mereka beragama tauhid, yaitu, Nabi Ibrahim dan Nabi Ismail. Pada mulanya mereka bangga dengan agama tauhid itu, sehingga mereka tidak tertarik dengan agama Yahudi dan Nasrani yang berkembang di Jazirah Arab. Seiring dengan berlalunya masa dan bergantinya generasi, tanpa mereka sadari agama tauhid yang murni itu sedikit demi sedikit telah dimasuki oleh unsur-unsur syirik. Karena memperturutkan perasaan dan hawa nafsu, mereka makin lama makin jauh menyimpang dari dasar semula. Akhirnya, mereka menyembah patung, jin, dan benda-benda lain di samping menyembah Allah.

Sekalipun kepercayaan yang mereka anut telah jauh menyimpang dari agama tauhid, namun mereka masih tetap mengakui bahwa mereka menganut agama Ibrahim. Kalau ditanyakan kepada mereka tentang siapakah yang menciptakan langit dan bumi serta menundukkan matahari dan bulan, mereka menjawab, "Yang menciptakan ialah Allah dan Allah-lah yang menguasainya."