Summary

We can possibly summarise the primary factors inherent in this lesson into the following points:

• It has been made evident that absorption and unity perceive the Truth-All Glorious and Exalted He be-is
  dissolved in all creation and united with all things. If one of them was to look upon any cosmic phenomena
  he would believe that he is looking upon Allah the Most Magnificent. If they were asked regarding this
  universe they say: nothing exists except Allah and that the first to have claimed such beliefs is
  Ibn Arabi the Sufi.

• That this is a vile belief prescribed to by some of the wayward extremist Sufis preoccupied with philosophy,
  the knowledge of signs and the knowledge of the ancients. What causes this belief to be vile-Allah is
  all Exalted above what they prescribe- that He is dissolved in creation and one with it. And that absorption
  and unity is either general or specific and that the heads of the extremists holding such beliefs are:
  Ibn Arabi, al-Hallaj and Ibn al-Farid.

• It has been made clear to you dear student the falsity of their beliefs and that it leads to disbelief may Allah
  protect us. This is because it causes the Creator to be the essence of creation and dissolves the
  difference between the living that dies and the Living that does not die. We may say that it negates the
  existence of the Lord-All Blessed All Exalted He be-and makes man god as has been explicitly claimed
  by some of the extremist philosophical Sufis.

Summary

• You have become aware that the preferred opinion held by the majority of scholars is that Tawheed
  precedes shirk. This is supported by many evidences in addition to practical realities. Allah the All Exalted,
  after sending Adam (PBUH) and Eve from Heaven to Earth they both began reproducing increasing the
  Adam's (PBUH) progeny. After his progeny had increased Allah the All Exalted sent to every nation
  a messenger. The first appearance of shirk was in the people of Noah (PBUH), so when they began
  worshipping idols Allah sent Noah (PBUH) to guide and warn them, thus he (PBUH) is the first
  Messenger Allah sent to the inhabitants of Earth.

• The most infamously known personality for his arrogance and obliviousness in his rejection of the Creator is
  none other than Pharaoh who was internally certain of the existence of the Creator. Although shirk exists
  in the world those who completely deny the existence of the Creator are few and rare even the polytheist
  pre-Islamic Arabs with their rampant polytheism and idol worship didn't deny the existence of the Creator.
  They worshipped their idols like 'Hubal' and 'al-Laat' and 'al-Uzzah' and 'Manaat' claiming
  them to by deities that draw them closer to Allah the All Exalted.

Summary

• Those claiming multiplicity of deities and their collective polytheism have not claimed that the world has two creators
  perfectly alike in attributes and actions, and that there must necessarily be a distinctive quality of one
  which distinguished it from the other. With this their claim of another divinity is destroyed like the dualist
  claims of the Magians and the Manicheans claiming two origins: light and darkness, along with the Christians
  and their trinity. With this it has been made clear the defeat of those claiming a multiplicity of deities and the
  falsehood of their envisioning two gods enacting in existence. We are left with no option except to return to the truth.