Monotheism 16item Is seeking help from other than Allah against Unity? Is asking other than God for intercession, a vain and baseless act and does it lead to polytheism? Does requesting intercession agree the fundamentals of monotheism? Is pilgrimage of tombs not considered as polytheism? Please name the branches of Monotheism and what is the Shia opinion on it? When the Almighty Allah is One, unique and peerless, and knows about His oneness, then why in the Holy Quran he uses the plural pronoun (We) for Himself? What is the criterion for distinguishing monotheism or the Unity of God (tawhīd) from polytheism (shirk)? Who is Allah? How atoms give us a lesson in Monotheism? Can you just tell me why do the Shia Muslims say: “Ya Ali madad”? Is this not shirk (polytheism)? You are seeking help from “Hazrat Ali Karam Allah Wajuh” (Nauzobillah) instead of from Allah, the Most Merciful and the Most Graceful. Please explain the intellectual and logical arguments that prove tawhid. (Why is it believed that there is one god?) If we say that Allah is capable of doing everything, is He capable of creating another God? And if we say that he is capable of doing so, then we will be denying His oneness and if we say that he is not, we will be denying his ability of doing everything. What is your answer? Please explain, presenting different arguments, why there can’t be more than one eternal being (meaning that a number of eternal beings could exist together)? What is Shirk? Does shirk have different degrees and levels? 12