Islam Beleifs Flashcards

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Belief in god

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Gods is an undivided entity
He has no children nor was he made form a person
There is nothing like god -he is incomparable
Tawed

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Supremacy of gods will

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God is the creator and in control of everything
Everything happened because god allowed it to
Muslims beleive to trust gods intentions and what he wants and expects is the most important thing

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Influence of believing in god

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Actions Speak louder than words
They should only worship God
Idolatry is forbidden
God is the most important thing in life above everything 

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Influence in believing in gods will

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Bad things are meant to be 
Try to live according to gods will

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Predestination

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Belief that God has already decided what will happen 
God will determine everything that will happen
This emphasises his omniscience

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Shia Muslims belief on predestination

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God knows what happens but doesn’t choose what happens so we still have free will

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Role of angels

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Pass gods message
Guardian angels
Protect book of deeds
Escort people to paradise or hell
Israfil blows trumpet on DOJ

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Role of jibril

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Archangel
Relayed the quaran to Muhammad
Beleive that jibril and mikail purified Muhammad’s soul at a young age
Spiritual nourishment

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Role of mikail

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Angle of mercy
Rewards righteous people goodness
Responsible of weather
Physical nourishment

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Sunni beliefs

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6 articles of faith
Leader- Abu bakhr
Caliph- enforce laws

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6 articles of faith

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-tawhid
Angels
Quaran
Muhammad
DOJ

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Shia beliefs

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Five Roots of Usal ad Din
Leader x Muhammad cousin ali
True leaders are the imams - descendent of Muhammad

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Shia and Sunni beliefs

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Prophet Muhammad
Guidance of quaran
Following sunnah

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Nature of god

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Muslims beleive god revealed himself to Muhammad through 99 names
Each name reveals a quality to help Muslims understand him mor e

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15
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Immanent and transcendental

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They believe he can be both as he is the creator of the world

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16
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Bismallah

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Prayer to appreciate god

17
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Qualities of god

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Be efficient
Mercifull
Fair
Justice

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Life after death belief

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Death is not the end but the beginning of a new life- Akirah
A person is conscious in the grave
They enter a waiting state called barzakh
God sends two angels yo questions there faith

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Day of judgment

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The day when gods purpose of the universe is fulfilled
On this day Israfil will blow the trumpet and th e world will be destroyed and transformed into akirah
Everyone will be judged based on the book of deeds
Souls are sorted on the sir at bridge

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Book of deeds

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Book holds everyone good and negative doings
Determines whether they go to heaven or hell

21
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Heaven

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A garden of happiness

22
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Hell

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A punishment for those who reject god

23
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Impact of believing in life after death

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People don’t sin
Encouraged human responsibility and accountability
Believe justice will be served

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Risslh

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Phrophethood

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Risalah
Belief that god has chosen people ( prophets) to bring the message of Islam to people
Gift given by mankind to help share his messsge
Most important one’d are Adam, Ibrahim, Moses, Jesus and Muhammad

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Importance of phrophethood

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Provide a method of communication between god and human beings
If gods message are misunderstood or misinterpreted phrophets are there to send you on the right path
Important role models

27
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Adam

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First man and prophet
Father of the human race - treated with respect

28
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Iblis

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Angels were told to bow down to Adam but iblis refused
Due to this he created sin and temptation
Iblis is the snake in Adam and Eve and brought on day of judgment
Originator of sin

29
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Why is ibrahim important

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He is a role model of his obedience to god, kindness, compassion and refusal to worship idols

30
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Ibrahim idol worship story

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He was determined to stop idol worship
When everyone left town, he took an ax and destroyed all the idols apart from one
He put the axe in that idols hand
When the people that came back, they were furious and demanded to know who did it
Ibrahim said that it was the statue and the people said that that was impossible
Ibrahim then asked the People why they idle statues that can’t defend themselves
In retaliation, he was sent to be bad however, due to a miracle I need to change the bed and he walked out unscathed 

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Ibrahim and hajj

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He rebuilt the khabba, hajj is celebrated to remember Ibrahims commitment

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Ibrahim and I’d ul Adha

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Ibrahim was prepared to sacrifice his son for God
People slaughter animals to commemorating him 

33
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Muhammed

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Received the last revelation of islam
The quaran was revealed to him by angel jibril

34
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What did muhammed do

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  • early stages religion
    -he went to caves for meditation and prayer where he got his first revelation
    He went on many journeys with gibril and preached gods teachings