The document outlines the six key beliefs that form the basis of Islamic faith, or eemaan. These include belief in Allah, the angels, the prophets and messengers, the divine scriptures, the Day of Resurrection, and divine preordainment. It provides details on each belief, specifically focusing on the angels, prophets and messengers, and the Day of Resurrection. Key points discussed include the characteristics and roles of angels, important prophets and messengers mentioned in the Quran, and details about the events of the Day of Resurrection such as the questioning in the grave.

1. Islamic University of Technology
(IUT)
Islamiat (Hum 0107)

2. Islamic University of Technology
(IUT)
Lecture - 02

3. Outline: Islam as Deen (Classes: 6)
 Meaning of Islam
 Definition of Eemaan
 The Basis of Eemaan
 Eemaan in Allah
 Eemaan in the Angels
 Eemaan in the Prophets and Messengers
 Eemaan in Divine Scriptures
 Eemaan in the Day of Resurrection
 Eemaan in Al-Qadaa’ Wal Qadar (Divine Preordainment
 What invalidates Eemaan
 Shirk & Kufr

4. The Basis of Eemaan

5. The Basis of Eemaan

 It is that you believe in Allah and His angels
and His Books and His Messengers and in the
Last Day, and in fate (qadar), both in its good
and in its evil aspects.

6. The Basis of Eemaan
 Eemaan in Allah
 Eemaan in the Angels
 Eemaan in the Prophets and Messengers
 Eemaan in Divine Scriptures
 Eemaan in the Day of Resurrection
 Eemaan in Al-Qadaa’ Wal Qadar (Divine
Preordainment

7. Eemaan in the Angels

8. Eemaan in the Angels
 The Characteristics of Their Creation
 The Number of Angels
 Belief in the Angels
 The Effect of Belief in the Angels on the Life of a Believer

9. Angels - The Characteristics of Their Creation
 Allah SWT has told us very little about their creation
 1. Their existence was before human:
 When your Lord said to the angels, "I am putting a
successor on earth," they said, "Will You place someone
there who will cause corruption on it and shed blood,
while we glorify You with Your praise and extol Your
holiness?" [God] answered, "Surely, I know that which you
do not know." (Al baqara: 30)

10. Angels - The Characteristics of Their Creation
1. Creatures of Light
a) No Physical body
b) Unlinke Human; don’t eat, drink, sleep
c) Pure of animal desires and sins
2. Ability to take human form and other forms
a) Remember the hadith of Jibreel
b) Prophet SM said that he had seen the angel Jibreel with six
hundred wings

11. Angels - The Characteristics of Their Creation
3. Relationship with Allah
a) Pure worship, obedience and absolute submission
“They fear their Lord above them, and do what they are commanded.”
(An-Nahl: 50)
b) Incapable of anything without Him

12. Angels - The Characteristics of Their Creation
3. Relationship with The Universe and Mankind
a) Charged with managing the affairs of the Universe and
watching over it
b) They execute Allah’s Divine Preordainment with his
Predestination for all creation
“And by those angels who arrange to do the Commands of their Lord.”
(An-Naaziat: 5)

13. Angels - The Characteristics of Their Creation
3. Several kinds of Angels
a) For sun & moon, the planets, the mountains
b) The clouds and rain
c) The wombs
d) Death
e) Guard & supervise every mankind
f) Communicate His guidance to His messengers
“This surely is a revelation from the Lord of the Universe.The
Trustworthy Ruh (Jibreel) has brought it down upon your heart,
that you may be one of the warners.”
(Ash-Shu’araa: 192-194)

14. Angels - The Characteristics of Their Creation
g) Accompany Man throughout his Life
“Satan threatens you with the prospect of poverty and commands you
to do foul deeds. But God promises His forgiveness and His
bounty. God is bountiful and all knowing.” (Al-Baqara: 268)
h) Encourage the believers to worship and obey Allah
i) Encourage the seekers of knowledge
j) Promise reward and warn against punishment

15. Angels – The Number of Angels
Vast number of Angels. Only Allah knows how many there
are.
“The sky had not a single peace of four fingers on which an
angel was no prostrating (in worship).” – Bukhari
“I asked Jibreel about Al-Bait al-Maamur and he said: Each day
seventy thousands angels pray in the house…” - Bukhari

16. Angels – Belief in The Angels
 Obligation for every Muslim to believe in the angels;
Particularly in those whose names have been mentioned
in Qur’an-Sunnah
1. Jibreel (the angel in charge of reveleation
2. Mika’il (the angel in charge of rain)
3. Israfil (the angel in charge of blowing the trumpet on
the Day of resurrection)
4. Malik (keeper of the hell-fire)
They will cry, "Master, if only your Lord would put an end to us!"
But he [the angel] will answer, "No! You are here to stay.“
(Az-Zukhruf: 77)

17. Angels – Belief in The Angels
Others:
1. Two angels entrusted with recording our deeds (one in
the right for good deeds, the other in the left for bad
deeds)
2. Two others to protect and guard the believer. Total:4
3. Angel of death (name not mentioned in Qur’an)
Say, "The Angel of Death who has been given charge of you will
gather in your souls.Then you will [all] be returned to your
Lord.“ (As-Sajadah-11)

18. Angels – Belief in The Angels
4. Angels who carry the throne
5. Angels in charge of Fire – az Zabaaniyah
We have appointed only angels to be wardens of the Fire.” (Al-
Muddathir-30)
6. Angels in charge of the Gardens of Paradise

19. Angels – Effect of Belief in the Angels on
the Life of a Believer
1. Allah has protected us against the myths and tales
believed by the unbelievers, who don’t have faith in the
unseen
2. When a believer feels in his heart the presence of those
angels, he avoids doing anything which displeases Allah
3. It strengthens the believer’s patience

20. Eemaan in the Prophets
and Messengers

21. Eemaan in the Prophets and Messengers
 The Prophets and Messengers mentioned in Qur’an
 Subject of the messages
 Our duty towards the Messengers
 Faith in The Prophet Muhammad SM

22. Eemaan in the Prophets and Messengers
- Prophets and Messengers mentioned in Qur’an
 Believe in every prophet and messenger Allah has
named in Qur’an, and sent besides whose number and
names only He knows
Before your time We sent other messengers: of them there are
some whose story We have related to you, and some whose
story We have not related to you. (Al-Ghaafir-78)

23. Eemaan in the Prophets and Messengers
- Prophets and Messengers mentioned in Qur’an
 Names of Twenty Five prophets and messengers appear
in the Qur’an
 Among them: Adam, Nooh, Idris, Salih, Ibrahim, Hud,
Lot, Ismail, Ishaaq,Yaqoob,Yousuf, Shuyaib, Musa,
Zakariya, Sulaiman, Eisa, Muhammad (SM)

24. Eemaan in the Prophets and Messengers
- Subject of the messages
 One fundamental purpose: To worship Him/ Tawheed in
His worship, lordship, names & attributes
We sent all messengers before you with this revelation: “None
has the right to be worshipped but I (Allah), so worship Me
(alone and none else)." (Al-Anbiya: 25)

25. Eemaan in the Prophets and Messengers
- Our duty towards the Messengers
 Believe in all of Allah’s Messengers
 In the messages they communicated to mankind
 Don’t distinguish between them by accepting some and
rejecting some
 Every Messenger has delivered the message that Allah
has entrusted to him
 Obey the Messengers completely

26. Eemaan in the Prophets and Messengers
- Our duty towards the Messengers
 Believe that, among men:
 They are the most perfect in knowledge and deed
 Blessed with excellent attributes
 Allah has guarded them against sins and misdeeds
 Also that:
 No non-human attributes are bestowed upon them
 They ate, drank, walked in the markets, slept, laughed,
married, had children
 They were subject to harm
 They died, fell ill and so on…

27. Eemaan in the Prophets and Messengers
- Our duty towards the Messengers
 Muhammad is only a messenger. Messengers have passed
away before him. If he should die, or be killed, will you turn
back on your heels? Those who turn on their heels do not
harm the Lord in the least. God will reward the grateful.
(Aali-Imraan: 144)
 We never sent any messengers before you who did not eat
food and walk in the market-place.We make some of you a
means of trial for others, to see whether you are steadfast.
Your Lord is all seeing. (Al-Furqaan-20)

28. Eemaan in the Prophets and Messengers
- Our duty towards the Messengers
 They do not enjoy any of the characteristics of Allah
 No control over the universe
 Do not possess any power of benefit or hurt
 Do not have the knowledge of the unseen
 Say, "I myself have no power to benefit or do harm, save as
God pleases. If I had knowledge of the unseen, I would have
availed myself of an abundance of good, and no harm would
have touched me. I am but a warner and a bearer of good
tidings for those who will believe." (Al-Aaraaf-188)

29. Eemaan in the Prophets and Messengers
- Faith in The Prophet Muhammad SM
 He is the prophet and messenger of Allah
 He is the seal of the prophets
Muhammad is not the father of any of your men, but is Allah's
Messenger and the seal of the Prophets. Allah has
knowledge of all things. (Al-Ahzaab: 40)
 No prophethood following that of him
 Any person claims is a liar
 He is beloved by Allah at the highest

30. Eemaan in the Prophets and Messengers
- Faith in The Prophet Muhammad SM
 Allah SWT has provided him with Miracles
 Excellent characteristics and morals throughout his life
 And you are certainly on the most exalted standard of moral
excellence. (Al Qalam: 4)

31. Eemaan in the Divine
Scriptures

32. Eemaan in the Divine Scriptures
 From the Qu’ran, we know names of some books,
though there are others, which we don’t know about
 Those which Allah SWT had told us about:
 Torah – revealed to Moses
 Injeel/ Bibal – revealed to Jesus/ Eisa
 Jaboor/ Psalms – revealed to David/ Dawud
 Qur’an – revlealed to Muhammad SM
 Scriptures revealed to Ibrahim and Musa

33. Eemaan in the Divine Scriptures
 These books contained:
 Message of Truth, Light and guidance
 Tawheed of Allah
 Anything incorporated in them which contradicts those
aspects has been added by man

34. Eemaan in the Divine Scriptures
 Al-Qur’an
 It verifies & supports the message contained in the previous
scriptures
 Only divine scripture that Allah has undertaken to preserve
It is We who have sent down the Dhikr (Al-Quran) and We will, most
surely, safeguard it. (Al-Hijr: 9)
 All others are lost/changed by man

35. Eemaan in the Day of
Resurrection

36. Eemaan in the Day of Resurrection
 All that Allah SWT and Prophet SM has told us about
the afterlife
 The grave
 The records
 The reckoning
 The scale
 The fount
 The bridge (as-Sirat)
 Interecession
 Paradise
 Hell-Fire

37. Eemaan in the Day of Resurrection
 Al-Qur’an mentions about it in numerous occasions and
in many different styles
All those who believe in Allah and the Last Day and do good
deeds, will be rewarded by their Lord; they shall have no fear,
nor shall they grieve. (Al-Baqara: 62)

38. Eemaan in the Day of Resurrection
 Al-Qur’an the Last Day on virtually every page
 Allah calls the Last Day by many other names
 The Resurrection
 The Hour
 The Last Day
 Yawm ad-Din
 Yawm al-Hisab (day of accounting)
 Yawm an-Nushur (the Day of Rising)
 Yawm al-Hashr and so on…

39. Eemaan in the Day of Resurrection
 Benefits:
 Ensure conformity and adherence to righteous conduct and
piety towards Allah
 Conduct himself within the boundaries of Truth and
goodness
 Man often forgets about it
He will gather you all together on the Day of Resurrection, there
is no doubt about it.Whose word can be truer than God's?
(An-Nisaa – 87)

40. Eemaan in the Day of Resurrection
 Objections and answers:
What! When we are dead and reduced to mere dust, (shall we
be raised to life)? Such a return is far-fetched.” (Qaaf: 3)
They say, "There is nothing but our life in this world: we die, we
live, nothing but time destroys us." They have no knowledge
of this; they only follow conjecture. (Al-Jaathiya – 24)

41. Eemaan in the Day of Resurrection
 Objections and answers:
He (Man) asks, "Who can give life back to bones after they
have rotted away?“Say, "He who brought them into being in
the first instance will give them life again: He has knowledge
of every type of creation: He who produces fire for you from
green trees and from this you kindle fire." Is He who created
the heavens and earth not able to create others like these
people? Of course He is! He is indeed the Supreme Creator,
the All Knowing. (Yaseen – 78-81)

42. Eemaan in the Day of Resurrection - Details
 1. Fitna of grave and questioning by the two angels
(Munkar and Nakir)
 3 Questions:
 Who is your Lord?
 What is your faith?
 Who is your Prophet?

43. Eemaan in the Day of Resurrection - Details
 2. Torment and bliss in the grave (azaab and ni’mah)
 Its actually at the state of al-Barzakh (life in the grave,
interspace between the life on the earth and the life in
the hereafter)

44. Eemaan in the Day of Resurrection - Details
 3. Signs of the Hour
 The Hour will certainly come, and the timing is known
only to Allah
They ask you [Prophet] about the Last Hour, "When will it
come?" Say, "Knowledge about it rests only with my Lord;
He alone will reveal when its time will come, it lies heavy
on the heavens and the earth: it will suddenly overtake
you." They will put questions to you as though you had full
knowledge of it. Say, "Knowledge about it rests only with
God, though most people do not realize it.“
(Al- Araaf – 187)

45. Eemaan in the Day of Resurrection - Details
 3. Signs of the Hour
 Minor Signs
 Major Signs
 The Sun Rising from The West
 The Coming of the Beast out from the Earth
 The Coming of Dajjal
 The Descent of Eisa (PBUH)
 The Appearance of Yajuj-Majuj

46. Eemaan in the Day of Resurrection - Details
4. The Beginning of the Last Day
5. Resurrection – Ba’s
6. The Gathering - Hashr
7. The Recompense of Deeds – Jazaul A’mal
8. Presentation and Reckoning – Arz wal hisaab
9. The Fount - Hawdh
10. The Scale - Mizaan
11. The Bridge - Siraat
12. Paradise and Hell – Jannat wa Naar

47. Summary
 Eemaan in the Angels
 Eemaan in the Prophets and Messengers
 Eemaan in Divine Scriptures
 Eemaan in the Day of Resurrection

48. Summary
 Reference:
 Naim YaSin, Muhammad, (1997), The Book of Eemaan,
London ,Al-Firdous Ltd.
-Yousuf Sultan
www.yousufsultan.com