One of the important branches of Oneness of deeds is the Oneness of Rulership, whether it is through causes or directs the rulership belongs to God only. The rest of the rulership is temporary. It can be explained by the two kinds of rulership, the rulership through causes and the rulership by right.
The real ruler is he who has both the dominance through causes or through external means but the rulership through right and dominance is that through which the laws are promulgated. Man has the rulership over his slaves and servants.
To the monotheists in both the manner of rulership the first one is special because He has the rulership of everything that exists in this world because all beings are his creations and they attain the grace of life from Him only. They are dependent and subservient to Him. His rulership is established through all means.
His is the manifest rule and the rule through His laws because He is the creator of all that exists in this universe, even those things that we supposedly create because it his material that we use. He is the real owner and ruler of everything though He lends some things to us temporarily.
After this brief introduction we now turn to the Qura’n and study the following verses:
1. Surah Al Imran Verse 26:
“Say, “O God! Possessor of the kingdom. You give the kingdom to who You will and take the kingdom from who You will; You bestow honor on who You will and humiliate who You will. In your hand is the good. You are able to do all things.
2. Surah Baqarah Verse 107:
Know you not that it is God to whom belong the kingdom of the heavens and the earth?
You have no guardian or protector besides God.
3. Surah Zumar verse 6:
Such is Lord your God. His is the kingdom (None has the right to be worshipped but Him). How then do you turn away?
4. Surah Baqarah Verse 247:
And God grants His kingdom to whom He wills; and God is all sufficient for His creatures’ needs; all-knower.
5. Surah Fatir Verse 13:
Such is your Lord; his is the kingdom; and those whom you invoke and call upon instead of Him own not even a Qitmer.
6. Surah Saba Verse 22:
Say, “Call upon those you assert besides God; they possess not even the weight of an atom either in the heavens or on neither earth; nor have they share in either, now is there any harm for Him is there from among them anyone to help?
Explanations from Mafuradat
“Mulk” as has been defined in Maqayis ol Loghata means to have power over something and this is why the word “Tamleek” is used to denote power. And later the word used to denote the ownership of man of anything because he has the power over it. The water carried by the traveler is called “Malik” because the water (especially in ancient times of traveling through barren lands) carried by the traveler is for his use. “Malik” is the term used for the ruler or king because he has power in his land. “Malakoot” means respect and rulership. “Imlaak” means has been used for ‘Tazweej” because they used to consider their wives as their properties. The word “Mamlikat’ in Arabic dictionary means respect and rulership and it has been used for water and soil or rivers and land under a king’s rule.
1. There are various verses similar to the above in the Qura’n like verses 17,18,40, and 120 of Surah Maidah, 158 of Surah A’raf, 116 of Surah Taubah, 111 of Surah Isra, 42 of Surah Noor, 2 of Surah Furqaan, 10 of Surah Saad, 44 of Surah Zumar, 49 of Surah Shura, 85 of Surah Zukhruf and others.
