Observation

The candidates that went for this question displayed their knowledge of the first pillar of Islam but could not point out its significance reasonably. In their responses, they failed to mention some vital points like Allah is the only Being with real or absolute existence; He is alone in His Being and in a class of  His own; creation is the handiwork of Allah; creation takes place with a command from Allah; the first pillar of Islam negates polytheism (shirk) which is the greatest sin in the sight of Allah and the utterance of Kalimatush-Shahādah by a Muslim at death signifies a glorious exit from this world.