Things where we DO have a choice : -Acceptance or rejection of monotheism -Acceptance or rejection of all Prophets including Prophet Muhammed (s) -Acceptance or rejection of the guidance, the Dos and Don’ts o Our Actions o Our Intentions

1. Islamic Beliefs By: Dr. Sabeel Ahmed IMC- ISLAMIC MEDIA CENTER المركز الإعلامي الإسلامي imc.islamic.media.center@gmail.com

2. Dr. Sabeel Ahmed Islamic Beliefs Iman

4. Islam = willful and voluntary submission to Allah

5. Muslim = one who submits to the guidance of Allah.

6. Quran = Word of Allah, given as a guidance for humanity

7. Muhammed (s) = Last Messenger appointed by Allah to guide humanity.

9. Actions are like the pillars, walls and roof.

11. Belief in Angels = Malaikah

12. Belief in Scriptures = The Books

13. Belief in the Messengers of Allah

14. Belief in the Resurrection after death

15. Belief in the Day of Judgment

18. We know about Allah from what Allah mentioned about Himself in the Quran and through Prophet Muhammad (s).

20. The Word ‘Allah’ in the Arabic Bible

21. His Name is Allah

22. The names Allah and God

24. But for us to ponder on them and connect with them.

25. Example:

26. Allah is All-Seeing

27. What does this attributes of Allah mean to us?

29. This forms the core belief of Islam

30. Allah is ONE in His essence and in person.

31. Allah is NOT one in three or any such division or multiplication.

33. No one along with Allah who took part in the creation process

34. No one besides Allah who took part in the creation process.

36. Who is he that can intercede with Him except with His permission? He knows what happens to them (His creatures) in this world, and what will happen to them in the Hereafter . And they will never compass anything of His Knowledge except that which He wills.

38. No one should be worshipped ALONG with Allah

39. No one should be worshipped BESIDES Allah.

40. Allah should be worship DIRECTLY

41. Allah should not be worshipped via any intermediary like a Prophet, Saint, Idol etc.

44. Creation should not be given these attributes of Allah.

45. Allah should not be given the attributes of creation.

47. He knows what we do openly or secretly

48. Allah knows what we think and our intentions.

50. The water present in the world

51. The vegetables and fruits

52. Animals…..

53. All and everyone depends on Allah and Allah depends on none.

56. Allah is All-Knowing

57. Allah is All-Perfect

58. Allah is The Rewarder

59. Thus Allah is the best entity to judge us on the Day of Judgment.

60. No one will judge us along with Allah

61. No one will judge us besides Allah.

63. When there will be nothing, He still will be.

64. Allah is Eternal, Immortal.

66. Allah is the most affectionate

67. Allah is the one deserving the most love and affection

69. Names of Allah 11-20

70. Names of Allah 21-30

71. Names of Allah 31-40

72. Names of Allah 41-50

73. Names of Allah 51-60

74. Names of Allah 61-70

75. Names of Allah 71-80

76. Names of Allah 81-90

77. Names of Allah 91-99

78. The World of Angels

80. Jinns are created from smokeless fire

81. Humans are created from clay

83. They are created from smokeless fire

84. Jinns are not angels.

85. Jinns have the ability to differentiate between right and wrong

86. Some jinns are believers (Muslims), some are unbelievers

87. Jinns are normally not visible to humans

88. Jinns eat, drink and procreate.

90. Angels do not rebel against Allah’s commandments

92. Angles have no desires

93. Angels do not eat or drink

94. Angels don’t procreate

95. Angels have wings

96. Angels do not have gender

97. Angels cannot be seen by ordinary humans

98. Angels can take human form and become visible

100. “And (remember) when We (Allah) said to the angels: ‘Prostrate yourselves before Adam.’ And they prostrated except Iblees (Satan), he refused and was proud and was one of the disbelievers (disobedient to Allah)’” (Quran2:34 )Was Satan a (fallen) angel? Why would Allah make angels worship Adam?

102. Satan disobeyed Allah.

103. Thus he was not an angel.

104. Satan (Iblees) was in the company of angels when Allah commanded them all to prostrate to Adam.

105. Quran mentions that Satan (Iblees) was a jinn.

107. Allah wanted to honor Adam (humans) as the best of HIS creation.

108. The arabic word used is ‘Sujood’ = Prostrate

109. Allah did not used the word ‘Abudoo’ = worship

111. Mikaeel – In charge of rain and vegetation

112. Israfeel – Blows the trumpet

113. Izraeel – takes souls upon death

114. KiraamanKaatibeen – writes deeds of each person

115. Ridwan – Custodian of Paradise

116. Malik – Custodian of Hell

119. Human beings needs guidance.

120. Allah is the Creator, Infallible, All-Knowing, All-Wise & Perfect.Thus, Allah is the best entity to provide the best guidance to HIS creation.

122. Thus, infallible guidance is needed.

123. Human reasoning sometimes cannot figure out the far reaching negative consequence of their actions (tobacco smoking, ozone layer depletions due to pollution, global warming)

124. Thus need guidance from an All-knowing entity to provide perfect guidance.

125. Revelation provides objective common moral values (objective).

126. Without objective moral values each group will claim they are right and will try to impose it as correct thus causing chaos. Gays will say homosexuality is Ok, and non-gays will say it is forbidden…who is to decide etc. Likewise there will always be a dividing line between people regarding abortion….who is to decide….leads to chaos on the society.

128. Science can change when new data is discovered

129. Science cannot satisfy spiritual and emotional hunger.

130. Science cannot provide answer to the purpose of our existence. Allah alone can provide the best answers and guidance for all of the above.

131. Muslims are required to believe in all the Books And who believe in that which has been revealed to you (Muhammed) and that which was revealed before you and they are sure of the hereafter. (Quran 2.4) The Messenger (Muhammad ) believes in what has been sent down to him from his Lord, and (so do) the believers. Each one believes in Allah, His Angels, His Books, and His Messengers. They say, "We make no distinction between one another of His Messengers" - and they say, "We hear, and we obey. (Quran 2.285)

133. Zabur – To Prophet David (Dawud)

134. Injil – To Prophet Jesus (Isa)

135. Quran – To Prophet Muhammed (s)

136. Quran also mentions the Sahifa (scrolls) of Ibrahim (Abraham)It is a requirement for Muslims to believe in all of the above mentioned books in their original form.

138. They were not meant for all time and all people.

139. Thus Allah did not took the responsibility to preserve them.

141. Bible (Old Testament and New Testaments) contains words of historians, words of Prophets, words of eyewitnesses and may contain words of God. Taurat given to Moses, as mentioned in the Quran, is NOT synonymous with the first five books of the Old Testament or the Old Testament. Injeel given to Jesus is NOT synonymous with the New Testament or the four Gospels. The word ‘Bible’ and the word ‘Gospels’ never occur in the Quran

142. Prophets The Prophets of Allah

144. Names of 25 Prophets are mentioned in the Quran (Peace and blessings of Allah on them)

145. First Prophet – Adam (s)

146. Last Prophet – Muhammed (s)"And verily We have sent in every nation a messenger, (proclaiming): Worship Allah (alone) and shun false gods….(16:36)

147. Prophets of Islam Prophets

149. Submission to one God in Arabic = Islam

150. Thus, all Prophets preached Islam.All Prophets submitted themselves to one God. To submits to one God in Arabic = Muslim Thus, all Prophets were Muslims Ibrahim (Abraham) was not a Jew nor a Christian but he was (an) upright (man), a Muslim, and he was not one of the polytheists. (Quran 3:67)

152. Prophets are infallible in the sense that they don’t commit any sin deliberately

153. But as humans they can make innocent errors of judgment.

154. Prophet Adam ‘forgot’ Allah’s warning against shaitan (20:115) and so slipped into disobedience (2:36).

155. Prophet Muhammad (s) made an error of judgment concerning the blind man (80:1-10).

156. If our role models are angels, then our complain will be, ‘well they are angels, they don’t commit sin…we can never be like them’.

157. If our role models are human beings committing major sins, then our excuse will be…’why follow another human being who is as bad as we are’.

159. Prophets receive the revelation from Allah

160. Prophets explains the revelation

161. Prophets implement the revelation

164. Life history of none of the previous prophets were preserved except that of Prophet Muhammed.

165. Every detail of his life is preserved

166. Explanation of the Quran and how to implement it in our life and society is preserved.Indeed in the Messenger of Allah (Muhammad SAW) you have a good example to follow for him who hopes in (the Meeting with) Allah and the Last Day and remembers Allah much.

167. Belief in Hereafter Every soul shall taste death…(Quran 3.185)

169. Many dictators escaped their countries and seeked asylum in different country – escaped punishment

170. What punishment can you give a person, in this world, who murdered 7 million lives?

171. A pious person may be unrewarded for all the good he/she does in this life

172. Do we always see the reward of our giving charity to the poor?

173. Food to the hungry?

175. All the prophecies of the Quran came true as mentioned:

176. Victory of Romans over Persians – Prophesied in 614 CE, fulfilled in 623 cE (Quran 30: 2-4)

177. Body of Pharaoh will be preserved (10.92)

178. Muslims will enter Makkah (Mecca) victoriously (48.28-28)

179. Humans will travel to space (55.33)

180. Life in the hereafter is also a Prophecy

181. Thus it too will come true

183. 20% cannot be proven since they contains knowledge of the unseen, unknown, future etc.

184. Logic dictates that if 80% is 100% correct, then the 20% is most likely correct.

185. Life in the hereafter falls in the 20% of the verses not yet proven

187. But if the hereafter DOES exist, then the believer will ‘win’ and an atheist will ‘loose’!

189. He never lied in his life

190. He was the most honest, just, sincere, best person in the society

191. Prophecies mentioned by him all came true

192. Martyrdom of Caliph Umar and Caliph Uthman (Bukhari)

193. Victory over Byzantine, Persia, Syria, Yemen, Egypt (Muslims)

194. Muslims will conquer Constantinople (Istanbul, Turkey)

195. Growth of Islam (Bukhari)Prophet Muhammed (s) has a good PERFECT tract record!

197. Allah will ultimately provide justice for all actions and intentions of ours

198. A murderer /rapist/thief will receive JUST punishment

199. A pious/honest/believer will receive JUST reward

200. All is The Accounter (Al-Hasib)

201. We will be accounted for all our actions and intentions

203. "And march forth in the way (to) forgiveness from your Lord, and for Paradise as wide as the heavens and the earth, prepared for those who have Taqwa (God-Consciousness)." (3:133)

205. Journey of a soul - disbeliever Angle of death, Izraeel, extracts the soul – Painful extraction Fierce Angels wraps up the soul, ascends with it to seventh heaven. Soul deeds will be registered in the book of registry Soul thrown back to earth and returned to body Two angels will visit the grave and ask the dead Who is your Lord, What is your religion, Who is this man sent among you (Muhammed)? Grave will shrink and window to hell open in the grave Time of Barzak – state between death and resurrection Day of Resurrection Day of accountably Placement into Hell – Eternal.

207. No examination in a class – all students pass

208. Why study hard or come to class or obey teacher!

209. No evaluation by your boss at work

210. why obey the boss, or come to work or do any work!

211. A society without any laws, cops or prisons

212. Rapes, murders, suicides, drugs – all will increase

214. Decrease in crime, rapes, drugs, abortions, lying, cheating, back-bitting, spousal abuse etc.

215. A person and society will strive to DO all things for which they will be rewarded –

217. Belief in Qadar (Due Measure)

219. ‘Verily, WE have createdeverything in duemeasure.’ (Quran 54.49)

220. (Arabic - Inna kulla shay-in khalaqnahu biqadarin)

222. Nothing happens except by the Will of Allah.

223. Within this Divine Will of Allah, Humans are given a limited free will.

225. “And say: “The truth is from your Lord.” Then whosoever wills, let him believe; and whosoever wills, let him disbelieve” (18.29)

227. Who we are born to

228. Our time of birth

229. Our gender

230. Our skin colorWe will NOT be judged on anything we don’t have control over Allah is All-Just (Al-‘Adl) and the Best Judge (Al-Hakam)

232. Acceptance or rejection of all Prophets including Prophet Muhammed (s)

233. Acceptance or rejection of the guidance, the Dos and Don’ts

234. Our Actions

235. Our IntentionsWe will be judged on things where we DO have a choice

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