The most important of all branches of knowledge is the proper `Aqidah (creed). It is the `Aqidah of Ahl-ul-Sunnah wal-Jama`ah (those adhering to the Sunnah and the Muslim main body), which is based on the Glorious Qur'an and the authentic Sunnah (whatever is reported from the trustworthy Prophet) and that was followed by the Sahabah (Companions of the Prophet) and those who followed them rightly. `Aqidah has thus to be explained to students and they have to be warned against all that opposes it. The proper `Aqidah is to believe in Tawhid-ul-Uluhiyyah (Oneness of Worship), Tawhid-ul-Rububiyyah (Oneness of Allah's Lordship), and Tawhid-ul-Asma' wal-Sifat (Oneness of Allah's Names and Attributes). It is to believe that Allah Alone (Glorified be He) is the One Who deserves to be worshiped apart from all His creatures. It is also to believe that Allah is the Only One Who has the Most Beautiful Names and Supreme Attributes; no one or thing is comparable to Him, equal to Him, or parallel to Him and that He (Exalted be He) is not like any of His creatures regarding any of His Attributes. He (Glorified and Exalted be He) says: There is nothing like Him; and He is the All-Hearer, the All-Seer. The foregoing points have to be fully clarified to seekers of knowledge. It has to be made clear to them that giving Ta'wil (allegorical interpretation) to Ayahs (Qur'anic verses) and Hadith on the Attributes of Allah as was done by some sects that ascribed themselves to Islam, is an impermissible attitude that may neither be followed nor acknowledged. Rather, people have to be made aware of the invalidity of such a trend and the fact that it opposes the texts of the Qur'an, Sunnah, and Ijma` (consensus of scholars) of Salaf (righteous predecessors).