Wani abu mai ban sha'awa na lura game da tsoffin wayewar kai
Kusan kowace al'umma ta dā, ko sun kasanta manoma, birane, mafarauta, ko makiyaya-ko da shekaru aru-aru kafin Musulunci-sun kasance suna da ra'ayi game da Babban Allah ko mahalicci. Wannan ya yi kama da yadda Larabawa a zamanin jahiliyya, kafin Annabi Muhammadu (SAW), suka yarda da Allah a matsayin allah mafi girma, kodayake sun kasance suna bauta wa wasu gumaka. Misali: A Ostiraliya, ƙungiyoyin 'yan asali kamar na kudu maso gabas suna magana game da Baiame (ko Biami) a matsayin babban mahalicci da Uban Sama a cikin labarun su na Mafarki. A cikin Amurkoki, 'yan asalin Amurka sau da yawa sun kasance suna gaskata da Babban Ruhu-wani babban, mai rai mai kowane wuri da ake ganinsa a matsayin tsakiyar mahalicci. Al'ummomin noma kamar Mayawa sun kasance suna bauta wa Itzamnā, wanda ake ganinsa a matsayin allahn mahalicci mafi girma. Shi ne ubangijin sammai kuma ya kawo ilimi kamar rubutu da magani ga mutane. A tsohuwar Levant (Palasdinu, Lebanon, Jordan, da Siriya), ƙungiyoyin Kan'ana daban-daban suna da 'Ēl ko 'Il, wanda ake kallo a matsayin allah mafi girma kuma uban dukkan halittu. A Kudancin Asiya, ko da a cikin addinin Hindu, ana ɗaukar Brahman a matsayin Babban Allah, kuma wasu masana suna ka'idar cewa addinin Hindu ya kasance gaba ɗaya tauhidi. A tsohuwar Masar, ana ganin Amun-Ra a matsayin 'Sarkin Gumaka' kuma mahaliccin duniya, musamman a lokacin Sabuwar Mulki. A Gabas ta Tsakiya kafin Musulunci, Allah (ma'ana 'Allah') an yarda da shi a matsayin allah mafi girma, sau da yawa ana kiran sa a lokacin wahala, yayin da ƙabilu kuma suke bauta wa ƙananan gumaka kamar Hubal ko Al-Lat. A Farisa, Ahura Mazda shine babban mahalicci a cikin Zoroastrianism, yana wakiltar haske da gaskiya, kuma an yi imani da cewa ya halicci duniya don yaƙi mugunta. A tsohuwar ƙasar Sin, ana bauta wa Shangdi a matsayin Babban Allah, sarkin gumaka. A cikin al'adun Yamnaya na filayen ciyayi, an yi imani cewa *Dyēws Ph₂tḗr shine mahalicci kuma 'Uban Sama'. A Somaliya kafin Musulunci, Waaq (ko Waaqa) ana girmama shi a matsayin babban allahn sama, mahalicci, kuma mai kula da komai, wanda ake ganinsa a matsayin tushen rayuwa da adalci. A Yammacin Afirka, al'adu kamar na Yoruba suna da Olodumare a matsayin babban mahalicci, kuma Akan suna da Nyame a matsayin babban allahn sama, tare da ƙananan alloli suna aiki a matsayin masu shiga tsakani. Yana da ban sha'awa yadda duk waɗannan suna bin tsari iri ɗaya: Babban Allah ɗaya wanda shine mahalicci kuma mai kula, wanda aka sanya sama da sauran gumaka. Ya sa ka yi tunani-watakila waɗannan ƙungiyoyin asalinsu sun kasance suna bin Allah ɗaya, sannan abubuwa suka ɓata a tsawon lokaci, kamar yadda ya faru da Larabawa ko mutanen Annabi Nuhu (AS). Wasu masu zindikanci da yawa suna iƙirarin cewa ɗan adam galibi sun kasance masu ruhaniya kuma tauhidi sabon ƙirƙira ne na ɗan adam don tsara manyan al'ummomi, amma wannan yana nuna cewa ba haka bane a zahiri.