muslim life

• tawhid is belief in the oneness of allah
• malaikah is the belief in the existence of angels
• kutub is the belief in the holy books
• nubuwwah is belief in the prophets
• risalah is the messages from the prophets
• al qadr is belief in predestination
• ummah is the brotherhood of muslims
• what are sunni muslim beliefs?

  -allah is the one & only god

  -belief in angels

  -belief in holy books

  -beliefs in the prophets

  -belief in the day of judgement

  -belief in predestination
• what are shia muslim beliefs?

  -allah is the only god

  -belief in divine justice

  -belief in the prophets

  -belief in the imams

  -belief in the day of judgement
• The prophet Isa is Jesus in english
• The prophet Adam is Adam in english
• The prophet Ibrahim is Abraham in english
• The prophet Isma’il is Ishma’il in english
• The prophet Musa is Moses in english
• The prophet Dawud is David in english
• The prophet Muhammad is Muhammad in english
• ‘’ there are 99 names of Allah : he who commits them to memory will get into paradise ‘’
• what are Allahs characteristics?

  transcendent - above everything in the world

  immanent - close to humans & acts within the world

  beneficient - all loving & caring

  merciful - forgives everything

  just - judges people fairly
• Jibril ( the angel gabriel ) reveals messages from Allah to the prophets
• Izra’il blows a trumpet twice to symbolise the day of judgement the first of which ends all life & the second brings all humans back to life
• Mika’il is the angel of mercy and compassion.
• angels are created from light & have no physical body
• two angels are always present in human life writing down good & bad deeds
• the qur’an is the word of god revealed to muhammad & it’s written in arabic because if it was translated the original meaning would be lost
• the tawrat is the jewish holy book , muslims think its become unreliable over the years