Meaning of islam

1. Meaning of Islam
By: Center for peace

2. Meaning of Islam
• Word Islam derived from Arabic root “SLM”
which means Salam
• Literal meaning is peace
• Inner peace:-peace with oneself
• Outer peace:- peace with your surroundings
• Islamic context- peaceful submission to will of
God and obedience to his laws.
• Judaism takes the name from the tribe of
Judah
• Christians take the name from Jesus Christ
• Islam derives its name from the message of
Islam rather than the person Muhammad

3. Continued
• Should not call Muhammadans
• Islam is not founded by Muhammad
• Restored by Muhammad in the last
stage of religious evolution
• Original founder of Islam is God
himself
• Islam started from the prophet
Adam
• It existed in the beginning and will
continue to exist till the end of time

4. Continued
• Everything in this world, every
phenomenon other than human being
follow Gods laws e.g.
Sun, moon, stars, animals
• Human being was invited to submit to
the will of God and his beneficial laws
• Human being was given intellect and
choice
• Human being chooses to submit to God
laws result –peace and harmony between
each and others
• Human being chooses disobedience to
God laws result displeasure and
punishment

5. Continued
• All prophets are chosen by God are
Muslim accept all prophets without
discrimination
• Jesus, Ibrahim, Moses and all other
prophets mentioned in the Quran
are Muslim
• All people follow a true scripture
and true Gods law from true
prophets are muslim.

6. The Fundamentals articles
of faith in Islam
By: Center for peace

7. Fundamentals Articles of Faith
• Belief in God
• Allah is Arabic word for one God
• God of all creations creator and
sustainer
• Quran declares Allah is the same God
who spoke to Jews and Christians
• Coptic Christians Bible- Has Arabic
word God Allah
• All Christians and Jews who speak
Arabic use Allah as the word for God

8. Continued
• No confusion about God in Islam For
example God is God and man is man
• Islam Rejects doctrine of
Trinity, incarnation of Human Being
in form of Jesus as a God
• God is supreme, eternal, no ending
and beginning in
time, infinite, absolute power
merciful ,compassionate
,Mighty, creator of universe,provider
and sustainer.

9. Belief in Angels
• Created from Light
• Change into any form this world
• Does not have any gender
• Do not produce
• No free will exist to serve Allah
and execute its order
• Totally submissive to God
• Most honored worshipper among
the creation of Allah

10. Continued
• Different angels
Jibrial(Gabriel) communicate the
command of Allah to prophets and
messenger( chief of angel)
Mikaeel is controller of wind and
cloud
Inflict the wrath of Allah violent
strong flood and Earthquake
Israeel (angel of death) takes out soul
at the time of death

11. Continued
Israfeel ( blow trumpet of day of
judgment)
Munkir and Nakeer –interrogation of
deceased person
Angel of hell- (Maalik-chief)
responsible for supervising
punishment and gate keeper
Angel of paradise- Ridwan (chief)

12. Jin
• Creation of God
• Jin can see human but human can not
see them
• Made of smokeless flame
• Can morph into any shape [e.g.
cat, dog, and snake]
• Animal can see them
• Share with humans this universe
• Drink, eat, and live in house like
human being

13. Continued
• There are good Jins and bad Jins
• Majority of them working for satan
• Causing destruction to humanity
• Like human beings
• Have intellect; and ability to choose
good and evil
• They reproduce, die, and will be
resurrected

14. Continued
• Received the revelation from Prophet
Muhammad (PBUH)
• Performed worship
• Existed before the creation of Adam
• Father of Jin, called Azaazee
• Azaazee used to be the most
honorable Jin in heaven
• Refused to prostrate to Adam and
became Satan

15. Continued
• Cast down to Earth with majority of his
offspring called, devils
• To misguide Humankind from
righteous path
• They live on earth ruins, contaminated
places e.g.
bathrooms, cemeteries, Animal yard
• Have power and ability beyond the
reach of humankind
• Prophet Sulaiman had complete
control over Jins

16. Continued
• Dome of the rock in Jerusalem is
handy work of the Jins
• Solomon ordered Jin to bring the
throne of Princess Sheba
• Distance of Sheba and to Jerusalem
was 1 month journey on horseback
• 1 Jin offered to complete this task
within a blink of an eye

17. Belief in God’s Prophet
• Belief in all prophets and messengers
without any discrimination
• Every nation had Prophet and or
Messenger
• To guide them in the righteous path
and deliver a divine message
• Believe all twenty-five prophets
mention in the Qur’an
• All prophet came to their nations and
tribes except Prophet Muhammad
who came to the whole Mankind

18. Continued
• All Prophet have the same message
oneness of God worship him and do
not associate him with false gods
• Prophet Muhammad was the final
messenger not the founder of Islam
• Came to restore the Islam in original
form through its original scripture
Qur’an iAll Prophets and messenger
are mortal
• n the final form of religion of God
[Islam]

19. Belief in Revealed Books
• Belief in all scriptures and revelation
of God
• Must be in its original form
• Qur’an does not accept if teaching is
contradictory
• Qur’an is a true scripture revealed
1430 years ago it is still in its original
form
• God said in Quran I will protect this
book from corruption from all mankind

20. Continued
• Qur’an standard or criterion to judge
all other scriptures
• Quran is the word of God revealed to
prophet Muhammad through angel
Gabriel
• Revealed piece by piece on various
occasions for various situation
• To solve certain problems ,settles
certain disputes, answer certain
questions,
• To guide mankind to the right path

21. Continued
• Every word in Quran is the word of God
• Evert sound in it is echo of Gods voice
• Quran Is first and last and most authentic
source of Islam
• Revealed in Arabic
• Will remain in its original and complete
Arabic version
• Quran is the only scripture in human
history that has been preserved in its
complete and original form without
slightest change in style or even puncation

22. Continued
• Qur’an is the word of God
• Tradition Of Muhammad [hadith]
• A practical interpretations of the
Qur’an
• Prophet Muhammad’s interpretations
and practices produced which is
known as Sunnah
• Second Source of Islam Sunnah
• Must be parallel to the teachings of
Qur’an *1st source]

23. Continued
• If there are any contradictions with
Qur’an and Hadith must adhere to
the Qur’an
• Most authenticate tradition of
Muhammad never disagree with
Quran

24. Day of Judgment
• Belief in final day called the day of
judgment
• Will be resurrected
• Resurrection-
• Belief in resurrection which is Allah
will bring to life , all those who have
died
• “And the trumpet shall be blown, and
all who are in the heavens and who
are in the earth shall fall down
fainting, except those that Allah shall
spare.(39:68)

25. Continued
• “ People will arise from their graves answering
the call of the lord of the universe. They will
be barefooted ,naked and uncircumcised: “As
we started the first creation so we shall bring
it back again. This is a promise from Us, so We
shall assuredly fulfill it “ (21:104)
• Record and scales-
• “As for him who is given his book in his right
hand, he shall surely receive an easy reckoning
and he will return to his family rejoicing .But
as for him who is given his book behind his
back ,he shall call fro destruction on himself
and will burn in a blazing fire. (84:7-12)

26. Continued
• “ Whoever has done an atom’s weight
of good shall see it” . (99:7-8)
• “Those whose scales are heavy , they
are the successful; but those whose
scales are light ,they are the ones who
have lost their souls in hell dwelling
forever. The fire will burn their
faces, and there they will be gloomy
with lips displaced”. (23: 102-4)

27. Continued
• Day of judgment is the final relieving
answer to many complicated problems
• Committing sins, neglecting
God, indulging in immoral activities
Superficially successful in
business, prosperous in life But not
reward in Hereafter
• Virtuous and God minded people
receiving few rewards and more
suffering in this world
• Will be rewarded enormously in
hereafter

28. The Day of Judgment
• True Justice
• In Islam, no one will go free;
responsible will be accountable for
their transgression in court of God
• All are given proper sentences

29. Continued
• God, Almighty, tells us:
• “And the Book (one’s Record) will be placed (in
the right hand for a believer in the Oneness of
God, and in the left hand for a disbeliever in
the Oneness of God), and you will see the
criminal sinners, fearful of that which is
(recorded) therein. They will say: “Woe to
us! What sort of Book is this that leaves
neither a small thing nor a big thing, but has
recorded it with numbers!” And they will find
all that they did placed before them, and your
Lord treats no one with injustice.” (Quran
18:49)

30. Continued
• The prophet said “The rights will be
returned to proper individuals in the
day of judgment, even to the detail
of the just retribution of broken
horned sheep from two horn sheep
who had hit it.”

31. Journey to Afterlife
• Death is, but a phase in a series of
phases
• It is the beginning one’s journey to
the afterlife
• Death occurs when ones soul leaves
the body
• God tells us “And the pangs of death
will come in truth: “This is what you
have been avoiding!” (Quran 50:19)

32. Continued
• When the soul leaves the body it
can be followed visually by that
person
• The soul will begin its journey to the
heavens for the believer
• Gates of heaven will be opened till it
reaches the seven heavens

33. Continued
• whereby God says:
• “Thereof (the earth) We created
you, and into it We shall return
you, and from it We shall bring you out
once again.” (Quran 20:55)
• Then the soul will be returned to the
body
• For a non-believer permission will be
denied to enter into the gates of
lowest heaven
• Will be cast back to earth

34. Continued
• God, Almighty, tells us:
• “Verily, those who belie Our Signs
and treat them with arrogance, for
them the gates of heaven will not
be opened, and they will not enter
Paradise until the camel goes
through the eye of the
needle. Thus do We recompense
the criminal sinners.” (Quran 7:40)

35. Continued
• This soul will remain in continuous
punishment in the grave till the day
of judgment

36. The Day of Resurrection
• nearing the end of time the trumpet
will be blown
• Creation will cease to exist [destroyed]
• God, Almighty, says:
• “And the Trumpet will be blown, and
all who are in the heavens and all who
are on the earth will swoon
away, except him whom God wills.”
(Quran 39:68)

37. Continued
• The trumpet will be blown a second
time
• All the creation will be resurrected
from the beginning of time
• God, the Exalted, tells us:
• “And the Trumpet will be blown
(i.e. the second blowing) and
behold! From the graves they will
come out quickly to their Lord.” (Quran
36:51)

38. Continued
• People will be standing naked barefooted
and uncircumcised
• Aisha said “Will men and women be
looking at each other if they are naked?”
• The Prophet, may God praise him, said:
• “The situation they are in is so grim that
they would have no time for this!” (Saheeh
Muslim)
• “As We began the first creation, We shall
repeat it.” (Quran 21:104)
• The first human being to be dressed on the
Day of Judgment will be Prophet Ibrahim

39. Continued
• The first human being to be dressed on the Day of
Judgment will be Prophet Ibrahim
• At the day of resurrection the sun will be very
close to the earth.
• Al-Miqdad b. al-Aswad, one of the
Companions, said: ‘I heard the Messenger of God
saying:
• “The sun will be a distance of a mile from the
creation on the Day of Resurrection. People will
sink in their perspiration according to their
deeds. Some would sink in their perspiration till
their ankles, while others would sink in it to their
thighs and waists; yet others, would sink in it till
their mouths!”‘ (Saheeh Muslim)

40. Continued
• They day if resurrection will be 50,000 year
long
• God describes to us of the horror of that
day
• “On the Day you see it every nursing
mother will be distracted from that [child]
she was nursing, and every pregnant
woman will abort her pregnancy, and you
will see the people [appearing] intoxicated
while they are not intoxicated; but the
punishment of Allah is severe.” (Quran
22:2)

41. Continued
• True believers will be severely
worried that day
• God says:
• “And they who give what they give
while their hearts are fearful
because they will be returning to
their Lord.” (Quran 23:60)

42. Continued
• Aishah, may God be pleased with
her, said: “Are they those who drink
liquor, and steal?”
• The Prophet answered:
• “No, Aishah, they are the ones who
fast, pray and give out in charity, but
are fearful that their deeds would
not be accepted from them.”
(Saheeh Muslim)

43. Intercession [request]
• At the day of Judgment the
mankind will panic
• People will be looking for someone
to intercede to the horror and fear
of the day of judgment
• They will go to the father of
mankind Prophet Adam ask him to
intercede with our lord so he can
relieve this place of ours.

44. Continued
• He would reply he is not fit for this
because he would remember his sin
and be ashamed of it.
• He will tell them to go to Noah
• Noah would reply he is not fit for
this he would send them to Prophet
Ibrahim
• Prophet Ibrahim would reply he is
not fit for this got to Prophet Moses

45. Continued
• Moses will reply I am not fit for this
because he killed a person by accident
he will send them to Jesus
• Jesus will reply I am not fit for this got
to Muhammad the Slave of God
• Muhammad will fall into prostration in
front of God and God will give him
permission to ask and Muhammad PBUH
will intercede for his people and it will
be accepted.

46. Continued
• After the agonizing wait and the
Prophet’s intercession, people’s
records of deeds will be handed
out. God says:
• “Then as for he who is given his record
in his right hand, he will be judged with
an easy account and return to his
people in happiness. But as for he who
is given his record behind his back, he
will cry out for destruction and [enter
to+ burn in a Blaze.” (Quran 84:7-12)

47. Continued
• This is further clarified by God in the following verses:
• “So as for he who is given his record in his right hand, he will
say, ‘Here, read my record! Indeed, I was certain that I would be
meeting my account.’ So he will be in a pleasant life – In an
elevated Garden, its [fruit] to be picked hanging near. [They will be
told+, ‘Eat and drink in satisfaction for what you put forth in the
days past.’ But as for he who is given his record in his left hand, he
will say, ‘Oh, I wish I had not been given my record And had not
known what is my account. I wish it [i.e., my death] had been the
decisive one. My wealth has not availed me. Gone from me is my
authority.’ *God will say+, ‘Seize him and shackle him. Then into
Hellfire drive him. Then into a chain whose length is seventy cubits
insert him.’ Indeed, he did not used to believe in God, the Most
Great, nor did he encourage the feeding of the poor. So there is not
for him here this Day any devoted friend. Nor any food except from
the discharge of wounds; none will eat it except the sinners.”
(Quran 69:19-37)

48. Scale of Justice
• Everyone’s deeds will be weighed in actual
scale and if the good outweighs the
evil, they will be successful but if the
opposite happens they will be among the
losers.
• God says: “And We place the scales of
justice for the Day of Resurrection, so no
soul will be treated unjustly at all. And if
there is [even] the weight of a mustard
seed, We will bring it forth. And sufficient
are We as accountant.”

49. Major signs of Judgment
• No one knows when is the day of judgment.
• God has taught his messenger some of the signs to alert
for the coming of the day judgment.
• These signs can be divided into major sings and minor
signs
• Minor signs occur in our daily lives such as:
• “From among the signs of the hour is the common
appearance of lewd acts , working to bring about led
acts, the cutting off the ties of relationship and the rusting
of deceivers.”
• “From among the signs of the hour is the abundance of
wealth, increasing of ignorance, numerous tribulations
and widespread trading and business.”

50. Continued
• Prophet said, “last hour will not come until you
see 10 major signs.”
1. Smoke
2. Dajjaal
3. Beast
4. Descent of Jesus
5. Gog and Magog
6. 3 landslides (East, west, and Arabia)
7. Fire wood burn from Yemen and drive people
to the place of their assembly.

51. Continued
• The major signs are divided into 2 categories
• First set of signs will occur on earth.
• No change in the Nature of the earth.
• No distinction between believer and
disbeliever
• No resurrection , No End of creation
• Dajjaal, return of Jesus, Gog and Magog and
Landslides.
• Door for forgiveness still open, repentance
accepted by God.

52. Continued
• Second Category
- Appearance of Beast
- Smoke
- Rising of Sun from west
• These signs will indicate the end of creation
and occurrence of resurrection
• Door for forgiveness will be closed and
repentance to God will not be accepted.

53. Continued
• Prophet said, “ Hasten to do a good deed
before 6 things happen. The rising of the sun
from west the smoke the Dajjaal , the Beast
and (The Death) of one of you or great
turmoil.”
• For those who did not observe the major
signs of hour death will be their major sing.

54. Continued
• The false Messiah
(Al Dajjaal Anti Christ) all the previous
prophets warned their people about
the coming of Dajjaal
The prophet said, “There has never been
a prophet who has not warned the
Nation of that one-eyed liar (the
Dajjaal).” (Saheeh Al-Bukhari
According to authentic prophet saying he
used to seek refuge in God during his
prayer from Dajjaal.

55. Continued
- A True believer should not be deceived
by Dajjaal
- Prophet has given a clear descriptions
of him he is a Human being
- Emphasized the importance of
knowledge of Dajjaal in Islam
- If someone is unaware of how the
prophet described the Dajjaal may fall
for some of the tricks and deceptions
of Dajjaal

56. Physical descriptions of Dajjaal
Prophet Muhammad said, “God is not one-eyed
and behold that Dajjaal is blind in the right eye
and his eye would be like a floating grape”
Prophet Muhammad said, “There would be
written three (Arabic) letters: Kaaf ,Faa and
Raa These three letters in this order form the
basis for Arabic word “Kaafir” which means
disbeliever, between the eyes of the Dajjaal.”
- Every Muslim would be able to read those letters

57. Continued
• Prophet also described some of Dajjaal tricks
“The Dajjaal would have with him water and
fire and his fire would have the effect of cold
water and his water would have the effect of
fire, so don’t put yourself to ruin.”
• Prophet said ,”Among you who desire to
drink water from the river should drink out of
the river which is fire.”

58. Continued
• Prophet Muhammad gave a detailed account of Dajjaal ,“He would
come but would not be allowed to enter the mountain
passes to Medina. So he will come to stop at some tracts of
land (which contain high concentrations of salt and wherein
seepage occurs causing them to be barren) adjacent to the
city of Medina, and a person who would come out (to where
the Dajjaal is) and say to him, ‘I bear testimony to the fact
that you are the Dajjaal about whom God’s Messenger (may
peace be upon him) had informed us.’ The Dajjaal would
then say (to his followers), ‘What would be your opinion if I
were to kill this (person) and then bring him back to
life, even then would you harbor some doubt in this
matter?’ They would respond, ‘No.’ He would then kill (the
man) and then bring him back to life. When he would bring
that person back to life, he would say, ‘By God, I had no
better proof of the fact (that you are a Dajjaal) than at the
present time.’ The Dajjaal would then make an attempt to
kill him (again) but he would not be able to do so.”

59. Continued
• The story of Dajjaal indicates that worldly wealth and achievement does
not determine a persons worth and true value.
• If a person could possess all that the world contains would not have true
faith in his heart worth nothing
• The following Prophets saying indicates a test for the faith of believers,
• Mugheerah ibn Shu’ba stated: No one asked God’s
Messenger, may the mercy and blessings of God be upon
him, more about the Dajjaal than I. He said (to me), “He
should not be a source of worry to you for he would not be
able to do any harm to you.” I said, “God’s Messenger, it is
alleged that he would have along with him (abundance of)
food and water.” Thereupon he said, “He (the Dajjaal) and
his ability to misguide the believers with what God has
allowed to be created by his (the Dajjaal) hands (i.e., the
large quantities of food and water with him) would be
insignificant in comparison to God’s ability to make these
events a source for increasing the faith of the believers.”

60. Continued
• Prophet Muhammad mentioned in his Hadeeth
(Saying), “There will be no land which the
Dajjaal would not pass through except for Mecca
and Medina, and there would no passage out of
the passages leading to them which would not
be guarded by angels arranged in rows. Then he
(the Dajjaal) would appear in some tracts of
land (which contain high concentrations of salt
and wherein seepage occurs causing them to be
barren) adjacent to the city of Medina and it
(Medina) would shake violently such that every
unbeliever and hypocrite would exit from it and
move towards him (the Dajjaal).”

61. Continued
• Prophet also described the followers of Dajjaal as he
said, “The Dajjaal would be followed by seventy
thousand Jews of Isfahan wearing Persian shawls.”
• This is a detailed version of the exploits of Dajjaal:
• An-Nawwas ibn Sam’aan reported that God’s
Messenger made a mention of the Dajjaal one day
in the morning. He sometimes described him to be
insignificant and sometimes described (his turmoil)
as very significant and we felt as if he were in the
cluster of the date-palm trees. When we went to
him (to the Prophet) in the evening and he read
(the signs of fear) in our faces, he said, “‘What is the
matter with you?’ We said,

62. Continued
• ‘God’s Messenger, you made a mention of the Dajjaal in the
morning (sometimes describing him) to be insignificant and
sometimes very important, until we began to think as if he
were present in some (near) part of the cluster of the date-
palm trees.’ Thereupon he said, ‘I harbor fear in regard to
you in so many other things besides the Dajjaal. If he comes
forth while I am among you, I shall contend with him on
your behalf, but if he comes forth while I am not among
you, a man must contend on his own behalf and God would
take care of every Muslim on my behalf (and safeguard him
against his evil). He (the Dajjaal) would be a young man
with twisted, contracted hair, and a blind eye. I compare
him to Abd−ul−’Uzza b. Qatan. He who among you would
survive to see him should recite over him the opening verses
of

63. Continued
• Surah al-Kahf. He would appear on the way
Between Syria and Iraq and would spread
mischief right and left. O servant of God! Adhere
(to the path of Truth).’ We said, ‘God’s
Messenger, how long would he stay on the
earth?’ He said, ‘For forty days, one day like a
year and one day like a month and one day like a
week and the rest of the days would be like your
(normal) days.’ We said, ‘God’s Messenger, would
one day’s prayer suffice for the prayers of day
equal to one year?’ Thereupon he said, ‘No, but
you must make an estimate of time (and then
observe prayer).’

64. Continued
• We said, ‘God’s Messenger, how quickly would he
walk upon the earth?’ Thereupon he said, ‘Like a
cloud driven by the wind. He would come to the
people and invite them (to a wrong religion) and
they would affirm their faith in him and respond to
him. He would then give a command to the sky and
there would be rainfall upon the earth and it would
grow crops. Then in the evening, their posturing
animals would come to them with their humps very
high and their udders full of milk and their flanks
stretched. He would then come to another people
and invite them.

65. Continued
• But they would reject him and he would go away from
them and there would be drought for them and nothing
would be left with them in the form of wealth. He would
then walk through the waste land and say to it, ‘Bring
forth your treasures,’ and the treasures would come out
and collect (themselves) before him like the swarm of
bees. He would then call a person brimming with youth
and strike him with the sword and cut him into two pieces
and (make these pieces lie at a distance which is
generally) between the archer and his target. He would
then call (that young man) and he will come forward
laughing with his face gleaming (with happiness) and it
would at this very time that God would send Christ, son of
Mary…”

66. To be Continued….