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• 'Allah is closer to humans than their jugular vein'
• 'he is allah, the one and only, allah, the eternal'
• We send not the messenger except as bringer of good tidings and warners
• 'No prophet or messenger will come after me, and no new faith will emerge' Muhammed's last sermon
• 'we have already sent messengers before you and assigned to them wives and descendants'
• Prophet Isa - He was given the inji and he performed miracles. He will reappaer in the second coming when God judges the world
• Prophet Musa - Brought the Tarwat, led the israelites out of slavery from egypt to the promised land.
• Prophet Ibrahim - Father of the Arab people + prophets. He was hanif- a believer in one god. Devotion tested by allah telling him to sacrifice his first son. provided him a ram as an alternative sacrifice as the had shown willingness to do what allah asked. Father of monotheism.
• Prophet Adam - Created from clay in gods image. After he was disobedient allah sent him out of al-Jannah, paradise, to live on earth with allahs guidance. Muslims believe he was created as God's 'khalifah'
• Prophet Dawud - He was the israelites greatest King who made jerusalem into a holy place for muslims. He received the word of god in the zabur.
• Ummah - The collective community of Islamic peoples, which is thought to transcend ethnic and political boundaries.
• Shar'iah - a law code drawn up by Muslim scholars after Muhammad's death; it provided believers with a set of practical laws to regulate their daily lives
• Mosque - A place of 'prostration' for muslims; it is a communal place of worship for a muslim community.
• Immanence - Existing or operating within; inherent. God is always close by.
• 'Abraham was neither a jew nor a christian, but he was inclining towards truth.'
• Angels - A spiritual being believed to act as an attendant, agent, or messenger of God.
• Al-Qadr - Predestination of the will of Allah; the belief that Allah has decreed everything that is to happen in the universe
• Akhirah - The Islamic term for the afterlife. There are many references to it, and warnings about it, in the Qur'an
• Jihad - means "striving" can refer to an internal struggle against evil or an armed holy struggle against nonbelievers
• Transcendence -Beyond or above the range of normal or physical human experience. God is beyond all things, not limited by the rules of nature.
• Halal - Actions or things which are permitted within Islam, such as eating permitted foods
• Tawhid -'Oneness' in reference to God; the basic muslim belief in the oneness of Allah.
• Risalah - Prophethood, the term used of the messengers of God, beginning with Adam and ending with the Prophet Muhammad
• Haram -Any actions or things which are forbidden within Islam, such as eating forbidden foods.
• we gave moses the book and followed him up with a succession of apostles; we have jesus.. signs and strengthened him with the holy spirit
• isa - 'and they did not kill him, not did they crucify him, but another was made to resemble him to them'
• 'not once did i receive a revelation without thinking that my soul had been torn away' - muhammed
• i only follow that which is revealed to me, and i am not but a clear warner
• 'We make no distinction between any of his messenger' angels 1
• 'Glorify him tirelessly night and day' angels 2
• 'he may let them taste part of the conequence of what they have done' free wil
• 'know what you conceal and what you declare' al qadr
• 'god who knows the inmost secret of our hearts' al qadr