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Islam: The second largest world religion...and growing.
What is Islam?:
Islam is a religion. The name of the religion Islam comes from and Arabic root,
the word Islam means “peace” and “submission”. An Islam believes in and
consciously follows:
•God
•The Angels
•The Prophets
•The Holy Qur’an
•Namaaz
•Ramadan
•The Day Of Judgement
Who is a Muslim?:
The religion is called Islam, and a person
who believes in and follows it is a Muslim.
As some of you already know, many people
believe in god. They believe he is the creator of
life and the earth.
Muslims believe in and worship one
God, Who has no son nor partner, and
that none has the right to be
worshipped but Him alone. He is the
true God, and every other deity is
false. They believe he is the creator of
life and everything around.
There are only few angels that we know by name. They are as follows:
Jibrreell (The spirit): The most beloved angel to Allah. He is the
messenger of god to all his human messengers, such as Jesus.
Meekaaeel: His job includes bring rain, plants and food for the creations
by the will of god.
Israfeel: He will blow the trump on the day of
Judgment.
Angles of death: They take the soul from the
body
Munkar and Nakeer: Angels that will question
us in the grave
A Muslim believe in the 25 prophets. They believe the prophet
Muhammad (Peace be upon him) is the youngest and most beloved
prophet and messenger of God.
Muhammad (PBUH):
•Born in 570 CE (Common Era) in the Arabian city of Mecca
•25th Prophet
•13 wives and 6 kids two Boys and 4 Girls
Musa (Moses)
•14th prophet
•1526BC - 1406BC (120 years)
•Moses was born into a family of Israelites living in Egypt
The ruling Pharaoh, on the advice of his soothsayers, ordered the killing of all new-born Israelite males. To protect her son, Moses' mother
put him in a basket and set him adrift on the Nile. He was discovered by the Pharaoh's wife, Asiya, who adopted him.
Isa (Jesus)
•Born in 0
•24th prophet
•Mother Maryam (Virgin Mary)
Why did God send prophets?
Allah sent messengers to every nation to guide them to Path of Allah
Messengers warn nations to follow Allah’s commands and gave them glad tidings
Allah explained that obedience to Him and His Messenger will earn paradise
And whosoever disobeys will earn Hell fire
Allah said that He will judge us only after we have received the Message from His
Messengers, and everyone will be judged based on his own actions
Thus, those who received His message will not have excuse of ignorance
The Qur’an is a holy book a Muslim follows. We
believe each sentence of the Qur’an was
revealed by the angel Jibrreel to the prophet
Muhammad (PBUH). It is said the fist sentence
was revealed to the prophet in the cave of
mount Hira.
Namaaz is basically praying to Allah. We pray to Allah
because this is his command. It is said praying 5 times a
day is one of the keys to heaven. We pray to communicate
to Allah and to ask him for forgiveness.
Namaaz is prayed 5 times a day.
•Fajr- Dawn to sun rise
•Zhuhr- After true noon
•Asr- Afternoon
•Magrib- After sun sets
•Esha- Dusk until dawn
•Jummah – Only on Fridays in the
afternoon (only for men)
The month of Ramadan is a very special and holy month. We fast for 30
days. The fasting starts when the sunrises and ends when the sun sets.
When a person fast they are not aloud to eat or drink anything. When the
whole fasting is over then we celebrate Eid.
The day of judgment is the day when the world will no longer exist and
everyone will be taken up and be judged. Individually everyone will be tested
and then it will be decided whether they should go to heaven or hell. This
test will be easy for the people who are piers and the believers but for the
non believers this will be very hard for example it is said in the Qur’an that
there will be a bridge that will appear thinner than a single strand of hair to
the non believers, whereas for the strong faithful believers, this bridge will
appear to be normal and they will be able to pass it with no difficulty.
What follows is a small sample of the signs which Prophet
Muhammad (peace be upon him) enumerated for us.
•People will beat others with whips like the
tails of oxen. The Slave Trade?
•The leader of a people will be the
worst of them. Hitler?
•Gains will be shared out only among the rich,
with no benefit to the poor.
•Female singers and musical
instruments will become popular.
•When singers become
common.
•When voices are raised in the mosque.
•People will believe in the stars.
•Good deeds will decrease.
•People will walk in the marketplace with their
thighs exposed.
•Earthquakes will increase.
•There will be attempts to make the deserts green. Dubai?
•Women will be naked in spite of being dressed.
•When people begin to compete with others in the
construction of taller buildings.
•Wild animals will be able to talk to humans.
•Men will begin to look like women and women
will begin to look like men. Sex Changes?
•Adultery and fornication will be performed in the open.
•The consumption of intoxicants will be widespread.
Drugs?
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People will be carrying on with their trade, but their will only be
a few trustworthy persons.