your face toward the religion as one devoted to pure faith—the fitrah (innate disposition) of Allah upon which He has fashioned all people. [al-Rūm 30:30] This is the religion of Islam, the religion of pure monotheism. Islam, in essence, is the very monotheism brought by the messengers; it means worshipping Allah alone, without partner. That is the perfectly upright way.

Alongside this innate disposition, Allah erected manifest proofs of His lordship. People behold them within themselves—in the marvelous way they were created and in the extraordinary signs embedded in their very being, all of which point to the Creator, exalted is He. He also set before them the heavens, the earth, and every created thing that bears witness to its Maker. These creatures must have a Creator; they did not come into existence by sheer accident, nor did they bring themselves into existence.

“Were they created out of nothing? Or are they their own creators? Or did they create the heavens and the earth? Rather, they are uncertain.” [al-Ṭūr 52:35-36]

How astonishing that the Almighty should be disobeyed, or that anyone should deny Him,
when in every single thing there is a sign
pointing clearly to His oneness:

“In every thing a token shines so bright,
Bearing witness that He alone has right.”

Everything that stands before you proclaims Allah’s oneness and testifies that He alone originated all created things: “Those whom you invoke besides Allah will never create…"