Transcript The Six Beliefs of Islam - Heckmondwike Grammar School

The Six Beliefs of Islam
Islam & Muslim
• Islam means submission.
• A Muslim is one who submits to Allah
The Six Beliefs
• The Hadith - sayings of the Prophet - says:
• You must believe in Allah,
• his angels,
• his holy books,
• his messengers,
• in the Last Day
• and life after death."
These beliefs can be reduced to three.
The Three Beliefs
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Tahwid
Risalah
Akirah
Some add Jihad & al'Qad'r.
Tahwid
"Truly, your god is truly One!"
[Qur'ann 37:4]
"Say, He is Allah, the One.
Allah is Eternal and Absolute.
None is born of Him, nor is He born.
And there is none like Him."
Allah
• The Arabic word for God is "illah".
• "Allah" is in fact a conjunction of two
words (i.e. Al-Ilah):
• "Al" which means "The"
• "Illah" which means "God"
Why Allah
The reasons for using the term "Allah" in favour of
"God" are threefold:
1. "Allah" has no gender. God can be male/female
i.e. God/Goddess
2. "Allah" is ONE and literally means THE GOD .
God may be singular and plural
i.e. God/Gods and Goddess/Goddesses
3. "Allah" is the personal name of God as used in the
Holy Qur'an
ALLAH is the Supreme Being
• Allah is the same God as that worshipped by the
Jews and Christians
• Arabic-speaking Christians also use this name
when referring to God.
• God has always been in existence and will always
be so.
• Christians have it wrong for Muslims with the idea
of the Trinity.
• The ideas of Arabian polytheists were wrong.
Allah is the One and only God.
• He wasn’t born of anyone, therefore He has
no mother and no father.
• Allah doesn’t give birth to anyone, therefore
He has no son and no daughter.
• Allah has no equal. Therefore, He has
neither a partner, a brother nor a sister.
• He is eternal. He was, is and will always be.
Shirkto attribute Allah's qualities to someone else.
• Shirk because Allah's qualities are unequalled by
any of His creatures, be they:
• angels,
• prophets,
• martyrs,
• Imam or other devoted person.
• Their qualities cannot match that of Allah.
• No pictures in the Mosque because of Tahwid.
• Many Muslims reject capitalism as it can lead to
shirk.
The Shahada at birth and before
death
"I bare witness that there is
no god but Allah,
and that Muhammad is the
Messenger of Allah."
Muslims believe that God created
the world..
Problems
with evolution as do
fundamentalists of Christianity
& Judaism
The Power of God
• God is "All Powerful", “
• The Absolute".
• The ideas about the power of God can be
sub-divided:
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self-subsistent
omnipotent
plan for the world + the power
omniscient - knows everything
can change things
infinite - no beginning / end but contains possibility
God's control of the End of the
World.
• “Master of the Day of Judgement” Sura 1
God's Immanence
As well as transcendent God is
also close to us - immanence
The Mercy and Compassion of
God
• God put man on earth as a vice-regent
• Does not just leave them.
• Part of God's compassion was the sending
of the prophets.
• This idea leads to risalah. God is merciful
and will forgive Muslims who try their best.
The Ninety-nine Names of God
• The names of God in the Qur'an.
• Used as part of meditation.
• What are the implications of Tawhid?
Risalah
• Because God is so great he cannot
communicate directly with humans but
because he is compassionate and merciful
he cannot just leave them
• As vice-regents they need help.
• Angels
Angels
• God's first creation.
• They are immortal and do nothing against
the will of God.
• No free will and without sin.
• Communicate with man as they are not as
holy as God but they are able to enter the
presence of God.
• By implication they are male with wings.
they praise God and are guardians of hell.