Abstract

Oneness is a fundamental principle in all divine religions; however, neither do all monotheists have the same perception of oneness, nor do all divine religions present the same picture of the reality of oneness. The Holy Qur'an has introduced oneness in its most sublime and extensive sense of the word. One of the Qur'anic verses descended in this regard is the noble verse 18 in chapter al-Imran. According to it, Almighty God Himself testifies to His Oneness. This noble verse has inspired many Islamic scholars in the presentation of various interpretations and explanations of the quality of God's testimony to His Oneness. A study of these interpretations and explanations some of which are compatible with a theological approach, some with a philosophical approach, and some with a gnosic approach, on the one hand, represent the hierarch of the perception of the truth of oneness and, on the other, are based on the meanings of the exterior, interior, and interior of the interior of the Noble Qur'an so that each perception corresponds with a specific level of meaning. This paper is a study of the various interpretation of verse 18 in Chapter al-Imran based on the above approaches