"Tawheed" in the eyes of Dr. Ali Shariati
I saw this quote in someone's profile and thought it was interesting!
"But what I have in mind (when I use this term) is a world-view. So what I intend by the world view of Tawheed is perceiving the entire universe as a unity, instead of dividing it into this world and the thereafter, the physical and the metaphysical, substance and meaning, matter and spirit. It means percieving the whole of existence as a single form, a single, living and concious organism, possessing one will, intelligence, feeling and aim.... There are many people who believe in Tawheed, but only as a "religious-philosophical" theory: God is one, not more than one - that is all!! But I understand Tawheed as a world-view, just as I see shirk (polytheism) also from the same standpoint, that is, a world-view that regards the universe as an incoherent combination, full of division, contradiction and incongruity, possessing conflicting and independent poles, diverging movements, and disparate and disconnected essences, desires, caluculations, criteria, aims and wills. Tawheed sees the world as an empire; shirk as a feudal system."
Dr. Ali Shariati
"But what I have in mind (when I use this term) is a world-view. So what I intend by the world view of Tawheed is perceiving the entire universe as a unity, instead of dividing it into this world and the thereafter, the physical and the metaphysical, substance and meaning, matter and spirit. It means percieving the whole of existence as a single form, a single, living and concious organism, possessing one will, intelligence, feeling and aim.... There are many people who believe in Tawheed, but only as a "religious-philosophical" theory: God is one, not more than one - that is all!! But I understand Tawheed as a world-view, just as I see shirk (polytheism) also from the same standpoint, that is, a world-view that regards the universe as an incoherent combination, full of division, contradiction and incongruity, possessing conflicting and independent poles, diverging movements, and disparate and disconnected essences, desires, caluculations, criteria, aims and wills. Tawheed sees the world as an empire; shirk as a feudal system."
Dr. Ali Shariati
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