Muslim beliefs

Cards (26)

  • Tawhid is the oneness of god
  • Allah Has 99 names some of these names are
    •omnipotent
    •eternal
    •not begotten
    •justice
  • transcendent means beyond, not on earth, above the universe
  • Can not draw images if Allah as you can’t understand what Allah is as he is beyond us
  • Immanent means Allah is very important for human life
  • Muslims believe that you can physically see the impact Allah has on them
  • Sunni Muslims pray 5 times a day
  • Shia Muslims pray 3 times a day
  • Sunni Muslims believe in the six articles of faith with are
    •Tawhid
    •Angels
    •Holy books
    •Prophets
    •day of judgement
    •supremacy of gods will
  • Shia Muslims believe in the five roots which are:
    •Tawhid
    •prophethood
    •justice of god
    •Imamate
    •ressurection
  • The five pillars are
    salah
    shahada
    sawm
    hajj
    zakah
  • Greater jihad is the daily struggle inner spiritual living as a muslim
  • Lesser jihad is the daily struggle is physical or ‘holy war’ in defence of islam
  • shahadah Is the declaration of faith
  • jibril is the angel of revelation
  • Mika’il is the angel of mercy
  • muslims believe that angels act as messengers of God, they receive good words directly from him, and pass them on perfectly to the profits
  • The main qualities of god are omnipotent, merciful ,fair and just beneficent, eminent and transcendent
  • Predestination is that idea that God knows, or determines everything that will happen in the universe
  • muslims, who believe they have free willed to make their own choices, also believe that they will be judged by God or for these choices
  • They believe they’re on the day of judgement. God will judge them for everything they have done during their lives and reward or punish them as a result.
  • People who have kept their faith in God and done, good dies, will be warded with heaven (paradise)
  • people who have rejected God and done bad, things will be punished with hell, how is described as a place of fire and torment
  • After death, the state of waiting until the day of judgement is called Barkzakh which means a barrier people are unable to come back across the barrier to write wrongs or warn people
  • The belief in akhirah encourages Muslims to take responsibility for their actions, because they know God will hold them accountable for the actions and reward or punish them
  • Risalah is belief in the prophets, and they’re importance as messengers of God