SIX ARTICLES OF FAITH: Basic Islamic Beliefs • Tawheed: Believe in one God, ( Islamic Monotheism) • His Angels, • His Messengers, • His revealed Books, • The Day of Resurrection • Al –Qadar (Divine Preordainments i.e. whatever Allaah has ordained must come to pass). 1)Tawheed: Believe in one God (Islamic Monotheism) Allaah says: “Say: He is Allaah, the One; Allaah, the Eternal, Absolute; to whom the creatures turn for their needs. He begets not, nor was He begotten; and there is none like Him.” (Qur’an, Surah No.112, Verses 1-4) Muslims believe in one , unique, incomparable Allaah, who has no son nor partner, and that none has the right to be worshipped but him alone.That means, no one has the right to be invoked, supplicated, prayed to, or shown any act of worship, but Allaah alone. The Arabic word Allaah occurs in the Qur’an more than 2150 times. In Aramaic, a language related closely to Arabic and the language that Jesus (Isaa (A S)) habitually spoke, God is also referred to as Allaah. 1) Tawheed (Islamic Monotheism) has three aspects: • Oneness of the Lorship of Allaah; Tawheed-ar-Ruboobiya: To believe that there is only one Lord for the entire universe, its creator, Organizer, Planner, Sustainer, and the Giver of security, etc., and that is Allaah. • Oneness of the worship of Allaah; Tawheed-al-Uloohiya: To believe that none has right to be worshipped [e.g. praying, invoking, asking for help (from the unseen), swearing, slaughtering sacrifices, giving charity, fasting, pilgrimage, etc.] but Allaah. • Oneness of the names and qualities of Allaah: Tawheed-al-Asma’was-Sifat: To Believe that: We must not name or Qualify Allaah except with what He or His Messenger (SAW) has named or Qualified him; None can be named or Qualified with the names or Qualifications of Allaah; E.g. Al-Karim; • We must confirm all of Allaah’s Qualifications with Allaah has stated in his Book(the Qur’an) or mentioned through His Messenger Muhammed (SAW) without changing them or ignoring them completely or twisting the meanings or giving resemblance to any of the created things( e.g. Allaah is present over his throne as mentioned in the Qur’an. These three aspects of Tawheed are included in the meaning of “La ilaha illa Allaah, Muhammadur rasoolu Allaah.” 2) Belief in the Angels Belief in the Angels is one of the articles of Faith. Muslims believe in the existence of the angels and that they are honored creatures. The angels worship Allaah Subahanu Wa T’ala alone, obey Him, and act only by His command. Among the angels is Jibreel (A S), who brought down the Qur’an to Muhammad (SAW). 1. Allaah has created Angels out of light and gave them various duties to perform. 2. They are not visible to us. 3. They do not commit any sins nor do they disobey Allaah. 4. They do what Allaah has ordered. 5. We do not know their exact number. 6. We know of four famous Angels. They are: - • Hazrat Jibreel Alayhis Salaam. • Hazrat Michaeel Alayhis Salaam. • Hazrat Izraaeel Alayhis Salaam. • Hazrat Israfeel Alayhis Salaam. 7. Hazrat Jibreel (A.S.) brought Allaah’s Books, Orders and messages to all the Prophets. He was also sent to help the Prophets at times and fight against their enemies. 8. Hazrat Michaaeel (A.S.) is in charge of food and rain. Other Angels work under him, who is in charge of clouds, the seas, the rivers and the winds. He gets the order from Allaah. He then orders the others under his command. 9. Hazrat Izraaeel (A.S.) takes away life with the order of Allaah. He is in charge of death. Numerous Angels work under him. Some take away the lives of good persons whilst others looking very fearful, take away the lives of sinners and disbelievers. 10. Hazrat Israafeel (A.S.) will blow the Soor (Trumpet) on the Day of Judgment. The sound will destroy and kill everything that is on earth and in the skies. When he blows for the second time, all will come to life with the order of Allaah. 11. There are two Angels that are always with every person. One writes all his Good Deeds whilst the other enters all his Bad Deeds. They are known as: - Kiraaman-Kaatibeen. 12. The MUNKAR and NAKEER question a person when he dies. 13. Some Angels are in charge of Heaven, some of Hell, some of looking after children, the old, the weak and others whom Allaah wishes to protect. 14. From the QUR’AN and HADITH we come to know that various other angels are in charge of various other duties. 3) Belief in Allaah’s revealed Books Muslims believe that Allaah revealed books to His messengers as proof for mankind and as guidance for them. Among these books is the Qur’an, which Allaah revealed to his Prophet Muhammad (SAW). Allaah has guaranteed the Qur’an’s protection from any corruption or distortion. Allaah has said: “Indeed, We have sent down the Qur’an, and surely We will guard it (from corruption).”(Qur’an, 15:9) Other books are: Books of Abraham (Ibrahim (A S)), the Torah of Moses (Musa (A S)), Zabur (Psalms) of David (Dawood (A S)), and the Injil (Gospel) of Jesus Christ (Isa (A S)). The Books of Abraham are extinct and not traceable in the existing world literature. Except Qur’an, other books are corrupted, which have been altered over many centuries and are still being changed. The Qur’an on the other hand, is fully preserved and not a syllable has been changed or left out of it. 4) Belief in the Messengers of God (Allaah) Belief in the Messengers is one of the articles of Faith. The Qur’an says about the prophets: “The Messenger believes in what has been revealed to him from his Lord, as do the men of faith. Each one of them believes in God, His angels, His books, and His Messengers. They say: ‘We make no distinction between one and another of His Messengers.’ And they say: ‘We hear, and we obey. We seek Thy forgiveness, Our Lord, and to Thee is the end of all journeys.’” (Al-Baqarah, 2:285) Which are the prophets mentioned in the Qur’an? There are 25 prophets mentioned by name in the Qur’an, although Muslims believe that there were many more in different times and places. Among the prophets that Muslims honor are: Adam Alayhis Salaam, Idris Alayhis Salaam (Enoch), Nuh Alayhis Salaam (Noah), Hud Alayhis Salaam, Saleh Alayhis Salaam, Ibrahim Alayhis Salaam (Abraham), Isma’il Alayhis Salaam (Ishmael), Is’haq Alayhis Salaam (Isaac), Lut Alayhis Salaam (Lot), Ya’qub Alayhis Salaam (Jacob), Yousef Alayhis Salaam (Joseph), Shu’aib Alayhis Salaam, Ayyub Alayhis Salaam (Job), Musa Alayhis Salaam (Moses), Harun Alayhis Salaam (Aaron), Dhu’l-kifl Alayhis Salaam (Ezekiel), Dawood Alayhis Salaam (David), Suleiman Alayhis Salaam (Solomon), Ilias Alayhis Salaam (Elias), Al-Yasa Alayhis Salaam (Elisha), Yunus Alayhis Salaam (Jonah), Zakariyya Alayhis Salaam (Zechariah), Yahya Alayhis Salaam (John), ‘Isa Alayhis Salaam (Jesus), Muhammad (SallAllaah u Alaihi Wa Sallam) . 5) Belief in the Day of Judgment Muslims believe in the ‘Qiyamah’ (The Last Day) and the ‘Hashr’ the Day of Judgment (the Day of Resurrection). On the day of judgement, all people will be resurrected for Allaah’s judgment according to their beliefs and deeds. 6) Belief in Al-Qadar Muslims believe in Al-Qadar, which is Divine Predestination, but this belief in Divine Predestination does not mean that human beings do not have freewill. Rather, Muslims believe that Allaah has given human beings freewill. This means that they can choose right or wrong and that they are responsible for their choices. The belief in Divine Predestination includes belief in four things: 1) Allaah knows everything. He knows what has happened and what will happen. 2) Allaah has recorded all that has happened and all that will happen. 3) Whatever Allaah wills to happen happens, and whatever He wills not to happen does not happen. 4) Allaah is the Creator of everything. KUFR: Kufr is basically disbelief in any of the articles of faith in ISLAM (Above mentioned).
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