Allah.’

‘If you ask them who created the heavens and the earth, they will surely say, “The Almighty, the All-Knowing created them.”’”

He said:

“Even if they become heedless of this innate disposition in times of ease, they undoubtedly turn to it in times of hardship:

‘They call upon Allah, devoting their worship sincerely to Him.’

‘When harm befalls you at sea, all those you call upon are forgotten except Him.’

For this reason, people were not commanded to recognize the Creator’s existence; rather, they were commanded to recognize His oneness and deny that He has any partner:

‘I have been commanded to fight the people until they say, “There is no god but Allah.”’

‘So know that there is no god but Allah.’

Thus, the point of contention between the messengers and their peoples concerned Allah’s oneness and the denial of any partner to Him:

‘That is because, when Allah alone was invoked, you disbelieved; but if partners are associated with Him, you believe.’

‘When Allah alone is mentioned, the hearts of those who do not believe in the Hereafter recoil in aversion; but when those besides Him are mentioned, they rejoice.’

‘And when you mention your Lord in the Quran