Chandogya Upanishad 6:2:1
"Ekam evādvitīyam" — "He is One only without a second." (Radhakrishnan, The Principal Upanishads, pp. 447–448)
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[112:1] Proclaim, "He is the One and only GOD.
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GOD is One, in every scripture
Every scripture that the project has so far examined contains, in its own words and its own language, the declaration that GOD is one, without a second, without parent or equal, and that He is called by many names but is one. The Quran's own touchstone is Sura 112: "Proclaim, 'He is the One and only GOD. The Absolute GOD. Never did He beget. Nor was He begotten. None equals Him.'" The Vedas and Upanishads say ekam evādvitīyam ("one only, without a second") and na tasya pratimā asti ("there is no likeness of Him"); the Torah says Shema Yisrael, Adonai Eloheinu, Adonai Eḥad and Jesus repeats it word for word as the first commandment; Isaiah says "I am God, and there is none else"; the Sikh Mul Mantra says One, True Name, Creator, unborn, self-existent. The name itself travels: Hebrew El/Eloah/Elohim, Aramaic Elah/Alaha (the word on Jesus' lips), Arabic Allah are one Semitic word, and the Quran says of every true name in every tongue, "Call Him GOD, or call Him Most Gracious; whichever name you use, to Him belongs the best names" (17:110). This is the first and the widest strand; the honest caveat, which the sources themselves make, is that the common ground is with the scriptures of each tradition, not always with its popular practice.
The witnesses 33 passages
Shvetashvatara Upanishad 6:9
"Na casya kascij janita na cadhipah" — "Of Him there are neither parents nor Lord." Full: "Of him there is no master in the world, no ruler, nor is there any mark of him. He is the cause, the lord of the lords of the sense organs; of him there is neither progenitor nor lord." (Radhakrishnan p. 745)
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[112:3] "Never did He beget. Nor was He begotten.
Shvetashvatara Upanishad 6:8
"Nor is there anything that is its equal or superior." (Ananda Wood, free verse); classical Sanskrit na tat-samaś cābhyadhikaś ca dṛśyate, "nothing is seen equal to or greater than Him"
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[112:4] "None equals Him."
Shvetashvatara 4:19 = Yajurveda 32:3
"Na tasya pratima asti yasya nama mahad yasah" — "There is no likeness of Him whose name is great glory." (Radhakrishnan pp. 736–737; Devi Chand, The Yajurveda p. 377: "There is no image of Him whose glory verily is great… As He is unborn, He deserves our worship.")
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[42:11] …There is nothing that equals Him. He is the Hearer, the Seer.
Shvetashvatara 4:20
"Na samdrse tisthati rupam asya, na caksusa pasyati kas canainam" — "His form is not to be seen; no one sees Him with the eye." (Radhakrishnan p. 737)
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[6:103] No visions can encompass Him, but He encompasses all visions. He is the Compassionate, the Cognizant.
Yajurveda 40:8 = Isha Upanishad 8
"He hath attained unto the Bright, Bodiless, Woundless, Sinewless, the Pure which evil hath not pierced. Far-sighted, wise, encompassing, he self-existent hath prescribed aims… unto the Everlasting Years." (Griffith, Yajurveda Samhita p. 538)
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[112:2] "The Absolute GOD. (also 57:3)
Isha Upanishad 1
"All this entire universe belongs to God: who lives in it, in every smallest bit of it… Whatever there may be to claim, to whom, in truth, does it belong?" (Ananda Wood)
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[2:255] …To Him belongs everything in the heavens and everything on earth…
Shvetashvatara 6:14 (Wood)
"The sun does not shine here, nor do the moon and stars, nor lightning from the sky, nor any alien fire. It shines alone, by its own light… All shines reflecting after it."
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[24:35] GOD is the light of the heavens and the earth… Light upon light…
Rigveda 1:164:46
"They have styled (Him, God or the sun) indra (the resplendent), mitra (the surveyor), varuna (the venerable), agni (the adorable)… for learned priests call one by many names as they speak of the adorable as yama (ordainer) and matarisvan (cosmic breath)." Sanskrit ekaṁ sad viprā bahudhā vadanti
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[17:110] Say, "Call Him GOD, or call Him Most Gracious; whichever name you use, to Him belongs the best names."… and [7:180] To GOD belongs the most beautiful names; call upon Him therewith, and disregard those who distort His names…
Rigveda 8:1:1
"Ma cid anyad vi sansata sakhayo… indram it stota" — "O friends, do not worship anybody but Him, the Divine One. Let no grief perturb you. Praise Him alone, the radiant, the showerer of benefits." (Satyaprakash Sarasvati & Vidyalankar, vol. IX pp. 1–2)
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[1:5] You alone we worship. You alone we ask for help.
Rigveda 6:45:16
"Ya eka ittamushtuhi" — "Praise Him who is the matchless and alone." (as Naik gives Griffith; Griffith's actual line: "Praise him who is alone the One, the lord of men…")
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[112:1] Proclaim, "He is the One and only GOD.
Rigveda 5:81:1
"…Verily, great is the glory of the Divine Creator." (Satyaprakash & Vidyalankar vol. 6 pp. 1802–1803)
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[1:2] Praise be to GOD, Lord of the universe.
Bhagavad Gita 7:20
"Those whose intelligence has been stolen by material desires surrender unto demigods and follow the particular rules and regulations of worship according to their own natures." (Prabhupada, Bhagavad-gita As It Is)
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[39:8] When the human being is afflicted, he implores his Lord, sincerely devoted to Him. But as soon as He blesses him, he forgets his previous imploring, sets up idols to rank with GOD…
Rigveda 10:71:4; Matthew 13:13 (KJV)
RV: "There may be someone who sees the words and yet indeed does not see them; may be another one who hears these words but indeed does not hear them." Matt: "Seeing they see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand."
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[2:18] Deaf, dumb, and blind; they fail to return. Also [7:179] …They have minds with which they do not understand, eyes with which they do not see, and ears with which they do not hear…
Guru Granth Sahib, Japji, Mul Mantra
"There exists but one God, who is called the True, the Creator, free from fear and hate, immortal, not begotten, self-existent, Great and Compassionate." (paraphrase as the IRF booklet gives it; Gurmukhi: Ik Onkar, Sat Nam, Karta Purakh, Nirbhau, Nirvair, Akal Murat, Ajuni, Saibhang, Gur Prasad)
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[112:1–4] (all four lines)
Kabir (dohas in the Granth)
"Dukh mein sumiran sab kare, sukh mein kare na koi. Jo sukh mein sumiran kare, to dukh kahe hoi." — "Everyone remembers God during trouble, no one remembers Him during peace and happiness. The one who remembers Him during peace and happiness, why should he have trouble?"
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[39:8] When the human being is afflicted, he implores his Lord, sincerely devoted to Him. But as soon as He blesses him, he forgets his previous imploring…
Gathas / Yasna 31:7, 31:11, 44:7, 50:11, 51:7 (Creator); 33:11, 45:6 (Most Mighty); 33:11, 48:3 (Beneficent); 43:4–15, 44:2, 45:5, 46:9, 48:3 (Bountiful, Spenta)
References only; no text quoted in the notes. "Ahura" = Lord, "Mazda" = Wise.
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[59:23–24] …The King, the Most Sacred, the Peace, the Most Faithful, the Supreme, the Almighty, the Most Powerful, the Most Dignified… the Creator, the Initiator, the Designer. To Him belong the most beautiful names…
Deuteronomy 6:4 (KJV; Hebrew Shema Yisrael, Adonai Eloheinu, Adonai Eḥad)
"Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord."
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[112:1] Proclaim, "He is the One and only GOD.
Isaiah 43:11 (KJV)
"I, even I, am the Lord; and beside me there is no saviour."
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[42:9] Did they find other lords beside Him? GOD is the only Lord and Master…
Isaiah 45:5 (KJV)
"I am the Lord, and there is none else, there is no God beside me."
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[112:1–4]
Isaiah 46:9 (KJV)
"I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me."
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[112:4] "None equals Him." and [42:11] …There is nothing that equals Him…
Isaiah 45:22 (KJV)
"Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else."
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[21:107] We have sent you out of mercy from us towards the whole world.
Isaiah 40:18 (KJV)
"To whom then will ye liken God? Or what likeness will ye compare unto Him?"
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[112:4]; [42:11]
Mark 12:29 (KJV)
"Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord." (Jesus, quoting Deut 6:4 as "the first of all the commandments")
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[5:72] …The Messiah himself said, "O Children of Israel, you shall worship GOD; my Lord and your Lord."…
John 17:3 (KJV)
"And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent."
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[4:171] …The Messiah, Jesus, the son of Mary, was a messenger of GOD, and His word that He had sent to Mary, and a revelation from Him…
Hebrew El / Eloah / Elohim; Aramaic Elah / Alaha; Arabic Allah; Scofield Reference Bible note on Genesis 1:1 ("Elohim (sometimes El or Elah)… alternatively spelled 'Alah'")
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[17:110] Say, "Call Him GOD, or call Him Most Gracious; whichever name you use, to Him belongs the best names."…
Matthew 27:46 / Mark 15:34 (KJV)
"ELI, ELI, LAMA SABACHTHANI?… My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?" / "ELOI, ELOI…"
The Tetragrammaton YHWH (6,823 occurrences; read Adonai; rendered "LORD"); never in the ~24,000 Greek NT manuscripts
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[20:14] "I am GOD; there is no other god beside Me. You shall worship Me alone…
The Quran never calls GOD "Father"; Abb is easier than Rabb, yet Rabb abounds.
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[112:3]; [19:88–92]; [5:18] The Jews and the Christians said, "We are GOD's children and His beloved." Say, "Why then does He punish you for your sins? You are just humans like the other humans He created."…
Zulu description of uMvelinqangi (Deedat's translation)
"Oh Sir! He is a pure and Holy Spirit, He does not beget and He is not begotten, and further there is nothing like Him." ("HAWU UMNIMZANI! UYENA, UMOYA OINGCWELE. AKAZALI YENA, FUTHI AKAZALWANGA; FUTHI, AKUKHO LUTHO OLUFANA NAYE")
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[112:3–4]
Zulu uNkulunkulu (Greatest of the Great), iNkosi phe-Zulu (Lord Above); Hindi Paramātmā; Sanskrit OM; Latin Deus; Phoenician Allon; Australoid Atnatu ("the one who eats not")
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[6:14] …He feeds but is not fed… (matched by Deedat to Atnatu)
Max Müller, Hibbert Lectures (quoted by Deedat)
"There never was a false god nor was there ever a false religion, unless you call a child a false man. All religion… were links in a chain which connects heaven and earth, and which held, and always was held, by one and the same hand."
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[35:24] …Every community must receive a warner.
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[21:22] If there were in them (the heavens and the earth) other gods beside GOD, there would have been chaos… [23:91] GOD has never begotten a son. Nor was there ever any other god besides Him. Otherwise, each god would have declared independence with his creations, and they would have competed with each other for dominance… [22:73] …the idols you set up beside GOD can never create a fly, even if they banded together to do so…
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To a Hindu listener, begin with the apostrophe-s: the common Hindu says "everything is God", the Quran says "everything is GOD's" (Isha 1 ↔ 2:255), and the learned Hindu already knows the Vedas say One without a second. Show Chandogya 6:2:1 and Shvetashvatara 6:8–9 in Radhakrishnan's translation (a Hindu's translation, not a Muslim's), then Rigveda 1:164:46 for the many names, then read Sura 112 and let the listener hear the same four lines. To a Jewish or Christian listener, begin with the Shema as Moses gave it and as Jesus repeated it, then Isaiah 46:9 and 40:18 beside 112:4, then John 17:3 beside 4:171. To a Sikh, read the Mul Mantra beside Sura 112 and Kabir beside 39:8. Do not open with the names-of-GOD etymologies; close with 17:110 — "whichever name you use, to Him belongs the best names" — so that the listener hears that the project is not asking them to change the word they already use for GOD. Never belittle the images or the deity-names the listener grew up with (6:108; R23); the point is that their own scripture already says what the Quran says.