[Pooya/Ali Commentary 21:24] The Quran proves the unity in the diversity of creation and the unity in Godhead. This is the message of Islam ("those with me"), and this was the message of all prophets who came before the Holy Prophet ("those before me"), and the line of prophets was closed with the Holy Prophet. The message given to every people in all ages by the prophets of Allah was that of unity of Allah as the fundamental basis of order and design (material, moral and spiritual) in the universe. When the Holy Prophet was sent in this world, taught by Allah Himself and endowed with divine wisdom, there was paganism and heathenism all around him. The Jews and the Christians who were worshipping their prophets as sons of God were not in a position to proclaim the unity of Allah although in their scriptures the truth was present in clear words. It was the Holy Prophet who established the truth and destroyed the belief in false gods and sons and daughters of God for ever. OLD TESTAMENT: "You have had sure proof that the Lord is God; there is no other." (Deuteronomy 4: 35) "Hear, O Israel, the Lord is our God, one Lord" (Deuteronomy 6: 4) "There is none so holy as the Lord, there is none save Thee." (I Samuel 2: 2) "I am the Lord, there is no other; there is no god beside Me." (Isaiah 45: 5) NEW TESTAMENT: "Well then, about eating this consecrated food: of course, as you say, 'a false god has no existence in the real world. There is no god but one.'" "Yet for us there is one God, the Father." (I Corinthians 8: 4 and 6) "One God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all." (Ephesians 4: 6) "For there is one God, and also one mediator between God and men, Christ Jesus, himself man." (I Timothy 2: 5) "You have faith enough to believe that there is one God ." (James 2: 19) GITA: "I am the Father of this universe, the mother, the supporter, the grandsire. I am the holy "One" to be known" (2: 7) "I am the Soul O Arjuna, seated in the hearts of all creatures. I am the beginning, the middle and the end of all things" "Why should they not bow down to you O mighty One who is the creator of them all, the primal cause even of Brahma; O infinite being, Lord of gods, above the world, you are imperishable." (11: 37)