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• The Arabic word for 'God'

  Allah
• Muslims who believe in the successorship of Abu Bakr after Muhammad's death

  Sunni Islam
• Muslims who believe in the Imamate, successorship of Ali

  Shi'a Islam
• The foundations of the faith in Sunni Islam

  Six articles of faith
• The foundations of the faith in Shi'a Islam

  The five roots of Usul ad-Din
• The oneness of God

  Tawhid
• All powerful

  Omnipotence
• The generosity that Allah shows to humans

  Beneficence
• Allah willingness to forgive the sins of those who repent


  Mercy
• Allah treating all humans equally and as they deserve

  Fairness
• The belief that Allah is close to humanity and involved in the world

  Immanence
• The belief that Allah is beyond all things

  Transcendence
• Spiritual beings created from elements of light

  Angels
• Belief that Allah shows his nature and will through the words of the Qur'an

  Revelation |
• Belief in a new stage of life after death

  Akhirah (life after death)
• The day when Allah will decide about individual deeds and on reward or punishment

  Day of Judgement
• Referred to as Paradise; Allah's reward after death to those who have been faithful and repented their sins

  Heaven
• It is a place of great suffering after death for those who have rejected the Qur'an's teachings and have led a wicked life

  Hell
• The belief that everyone must take responsibility or their actions and will be questioned about them on the Day of Judgement.

  Human accountability
• Humans have control over their thoughts, feelings and actions.

  Human freedom
• Humans are responsible for most of what they do because they have free will and so will be accountable on the Day of Judgement.

  Human responsibility
• Belief about the nature of God and one of Allah’s 99 Beautiful Names; God’s willingness to forgive the sins of those who repent.

  Mercy
• One of the Six Articles of Faith in Sunni Islam; the belief that everything that happens has been decided already by Allah.

  Predestination
• One of the Six Articles of Faith and Five Roots of Usul ad Din; belief that after death, all people will be raised from the dead to face judgement.

  Resurrection
• Having power and status. The Qur’an has supreme authority as the word of Allah, this means it must be believed and obeyed

  Authority
• Holy book /source of authority ; literally ‘good news’ and it is the good news about Isa (Jesus), who was a prophet of Islam

  The Gospel
• One of the prophets of Allah. He rebuilt the Ka’aba

  Ibrahim
• One of the Five Roots of Usul-ad-Din, ‘Leadership.’ Shia belief in the twelve imams who succeeded Muhammad as the leaders of Islam.

  The Imamate
• The last and greatest of the prophets. He received the Qur’an and his Sunnah and Hadiths are also important sources of authority.

  Muhammed
• Holy book/source of authority; sacred prayers and poems written by King Dawud (David), a prophet of Allah.

  The Psalms
• Holy Book and most important source of authority in Islam. It was revealed to the Prophet Muhammad and is the final revelation of God to humankind.

  The Qur'an
• One of the Six Articles of Faith and Five Roots of Usul ad Din; belief in the prophets as messengers sent by God to communicate to people.

  Risalah (Prophethood)
• Holy book/source of authority; individual revelations to Ibrahim that were written on parchment but have perished

  The scrolls of Abraham
• Holy book/source of authority; given by God to the prophet Musa (Moses) on Mount Sinai.

  The Torah