RE ILAM

• Surah 112 “he is god the one god the eternal”
• tawhid Is the belief in the oneness of god and the invisible unity of god
• how does the fact that god is one lead Muslims to believe in the supremacy of his will 


  gods will most supreme because nothing else can be close to it
• god will leads to idea that good and bad things only happen because god allows them too
• 2 ways oneness of god influence Muslims

  • helps give Muslims confidence when something goes wrong as it’s apart of gods plan
  • Muslims try live according to gods will in their everyday lives accepting that god knows best
• 99 names are given to god for Muslims to understand what he’s like
• the 99 names of god can be found the quran and hadith
• al-raheem means the merciful
• al-ahad is the soul one
• surah 1:2 “God is the most merciful”
• quran 7:180 “the most excellent names belong to him use them to go call on him
• 3 ways nature of god can influence Muslims

  • pray additional prayers if they feel he is close
  • may follow laws in the Quran as they are god word and he is almighty 
  • Muslims may aim to be more forgiving and merciful to those who have hurt them 
• transcendent means beyond and outside of earth
• immanent means god is present and involved in life of earth and the universe
• the two branches of Islam are Shia and Sunni
• Sunni Muslims believe rightful leader should be Abu Bakr ( Muhammads advicer)
• they are called Sunni Muslims as they believe that only the Quran and sunnah have authority to provide religious guidance
• Shia Muslims believe the rightful imam should be a descendant of Muhammad chosen by god
• Shia Muslims have accepted Ali Muhammad’s cousin
• Shai muslims believe that Imams have authority to provide religious guidance as well as Quran and sunnah
• Sunni’s disagree with Shia and say the quran is perfectly unrivalled word of god, so does not need imams
• the central beliefs of shai Muslims are the 5 roots of usul ad-Din
• 5 roots of usul ad-din

  • tawhid
  • prophethood
  • justice of god (adalat)
  • Imamate
  • resurrection
• Sunni‘s central beliefs are the 6 articles of faith
• 6 articles of faith

  • tawhid
  • angles
  • holy books
  • prophets
  • day of judgement
  • supremacy if gods will
• quran 9:51 “only what god has decreed will happen”
• predestination the idea that god knows or has determined what will happen
• Al-Qadr means predestination
• Sunni muslims believe that god has determined what will happen, sunni Muslims believe he created all things which truly show his omnipotence
• god has written every thing that will happen in the book of decrees
• shia Muslims believe that humans don’t have the free will to change the destiny or plan god has set for them but have free will over their decisions
• shai‘s believe that god knows what will happen but that doesn’t mean he determined them
• a criticism for Sunni judgement is that if god determines an action person does is it fair to judge them
• a criticism of Shia predestination is if god is does not decide what happens does it limit his power
• akhira means life after death
• the belief in akhira encourages Muslims to take responsibility for their actions as god will hold them accountable for them and they’ll either been rewarded or punished
• Jannah is paridise
• people who have kept faith will be rewarded with jannah
• quran 31:18 describes jannah as garden of pleasure
• jahannem is separation from god