Tawheed

[Tawheed](http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/fundamentals/tawheed/abdulwahab/index.html) (*http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/fundamentals/tawheed/abdulwahab/index.html*) is considered the foundation upon which the ‘five [pillars](http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/fundamentals/pillars/) (*http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/fundamentals/pillars/*)’ of Islam are built. An indepth analysis of the subject is dealt with by Abu Ameenah Bilal Philips in his english work ‘The Fundamentals of [Tawheed](http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/fundamentals/tawheed/abutaw/abutaw_1.html) (*http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/fundamentals/tawheed/abutaw/abutaw_1.html*) (Islamic Monotheism)’. and may be considered crucial when considering the 99 names of God and thus Islamic Godforms.

References

• Al-Sadi, Allamah ‘Abd al-Rahman al-Sadi, 2003, *An Explanation of Muhammad Ibn ‘Adb al Wahhab’s Kitab al-Tawhid*, Al-Hidayah Publishing, Birmingham, UK.
• Philips, Abu Ameenah Bilal, 1997, *The Fundamentals of Tawheed (Islamic Monotheism)*, International Islamic Publishing House, Riyadh, KSA.
• Al Ghazali, Abu Hamid, 1992, *The Ninety-Nine Names of God*, translated by Burrel, D. B., and Daher, N., Islamic Texts Society, Cambridge, UK.