Image and Void: A Philosophical Analysis on the Narrative of Tawhid

Abstract

Tawhid in the Qur'anic discourse foregrounds itself as the destruction of the images of god(s) which were common in the period of Qur'anic revelation and re-construction of original understanding of the Creator. While the faith of tawhid was becoming the center of social dialogue on the one hand, it was pointing to void or empty space within the imaginary architects of god constructed historically by non-Islamic beliefs on the other. In final analysis, image and void appears to be two aspects of the same object. For a believer of Islam, the most essential point in the narrative of tawhid is the event of historical attainment of divine revelation or divine call to human being.