Islam belief and teaching

• Allah Akbar means


  God is great
• immanent


  Existing and operating within nature.
• transcendent


  going beyond the limits of ordinary experience
• omnipotent


  all-powerful
• Adalt


  justice
• Qur'an 57:4


  He is with you wherever you are
• Predestination


  the belief that what happens in human life has already been determined by some higher power
• Qur'an 13:11

  "God does not change the condition of a people [for the worse] unless they change what is in themselves"
• Akirah


  Belief in life after death
• Barzah

  state of waiting once dead for judgement day
• Book of Deeds in right hand

  you will go to heaven ( jannah )
• book of deeds in left hand

  your going to hell (jahannam )
• Importance of Akhirah


  For muslims to take responsibility for their actions, gives hope to muslims who suffer
• Prophethood ( Risalah)


  Channel of communication with God.( Three prophets are being studied:

  Adam, Abraham and Muhammad).
• Adam (Islam)


  Prophet of the children, father of all
• ibis

  satan
• Why is Adam important to Muslims?


  God gave him knowledge that he passed on to the rest of the human race, he was the first person to plant seeds, harvest crops and cook food, God revealed the food Muslims can eat, how to repent and how to bury the dead to Adam
• Why is Ibrahim important to Muslims?

  - He fulfilled all the tests and commands given to him by God.

  - he showed great faith in God.

  - he is a good role model for Muslims

  - Muhammad was one of his descendants through his son, Ishmael

  - he proclaimed belief in the only one God at a time when people worshipped many different gods and idols

  -Almost gave up his son

  -Re-built the ka'baka'ba
• Id-ul-Adha


  a Muslim festival that celebrates the prophet Ibrahim's willingness to sacrifice his son for God
• Ka'ba


  the stone cubical structure in the courtyard of the Great Mosque of Mecca, believed to have been built by Abraham and regarded by Muslims as the sacred center of the earth
• Muhammad


  Arab prophet; founder of religion of Islam.
• Ummah (Umma)


  Muslim community
• Shia Muslims

  believe that Ali was the proper successor of Muhammad; believe that the leader of Islam must be of this bloodline.
• Sunni Muslims

  Majority of the Muslims; believe successor of Muhammad can be an elected caliph.
• Oneness of God (Tawhid)

  It refers to the unity of Allah. Islam is a monotheistic (one God) religion.
• Qur'an 112:1-4

  "Say, 'He is God the One, God the eternal. He begot no one nor was He begotten. No one is comparable to Him'."
• The five roots of 'Usul ad-Din in Shi'a Islam


  1. The justice of God (Adalat)

  2. Tawhid (one God)

  3. The Imamate (12 imams are leaders and guard the truth of religion without error)

  4. Resurrection (to be judged)

  5. The Prophets (Muhammad is last prophet)
• Six Articles of Faith


  The foundations of the faith in Sunni Islam; six key beliefs: Tawhid (the Oneness of God), Angels, Holy Books, Prophethood, Akhirah, Predestination.
• Holy book of Islam

  Quran
• Whoever has health and wealth bring Him to Hajj
• If someone doesn’t go on Hajj their called a “kaafir” unbeliever
• “ zakah is for bringing heart together” Quran
• ” pilgrimage to the house is a duty towards God“
• “ this is the scripture in which their is no doubt “ Qur’an 2:2
• “ Falsehood shall never come to it“
• “… we have made the Qur’an easy for direction and guidance“ Qur’an 54:17
• “ they will dwell in a garden of happiness“ Qur’an 22:23
• “ those who believe, do good deeds, and establish prayer and give Zakat will enter Paradise“ Qur’an 2:257
• “ scorching winds scalding water “
• “ the most excellent names belong to God use them to call on him“