Islam beleifs Flashcards
Two main branches, which is bigger
Sunni and Shia
Sunni is bigger
Things sunni and Shia agree on
Tawhid- oneness of allah
Belief in prophets
Share the Quaran and the Sunnah
Shia big belief
Absolutely love Ali who they think is the right sucessor of muhamed and they dont accept the three caliphs who werent ali. Liteerally means followers of ali.
Sunni big beleif
bg fans of muhammed and try to emulate him
Name of six sunni beleifs
Six articles of faith
Name the six sunni beleifs
Tawhid- oneness of allah
Existence of angels who spread allahs message
Holy books eg Quaran
Big respect to 25 prophets esp muhamed pbuh
judgement day and afterlife
predestination
Name of five Shia beleifs
Roots of Usal ah din
Name five shia beliefs
Tawhid, Allah is one
Divine justice so allah judes everything
respect to 25 prophets
12 imams who were chosen by allah to lead after muhammed pbuh
day of resurection basica;lly same as justice allah judges everyone
Prophets
Some atributes of allah
Trancendant
Benevolent
mericiful
just
omniscient
imminent
He has 99 attributes
surrah for allahs justness
surrah 1
allah is most gracious and merciful
surrah for twahid
surrah 112
allah is the only one
whats shirk
unforgivable sin of trying to diminish allah by drawing him or polytheism
what are imams
-a shia belief of leaders who are descended from ali/ muhammed
-put here by allah and can interpret the quaran perfectly and protect the religion
- without sin and exemplary characters
how many original imams are there
12
whats thr word for how allah communicates with humans
risallah
what is revelation
allahs way of guiding people to goodness through prophets
what are the key features of prophets
-angels sent messages to prophets/ connect Allah and humans
-25 prophets
-many have books of allahs revelations to them/ they are responsible for allahs revelations
-Should be respected but never worshipped
key actions of adam
first human
given knowlege to pass to his ascestors
givem the role of steward
muslims dont believe in origanial sin but we cna learn from adams sins
Some believe he built the kaba
key actions of ibrahim
-hated idoltry/ first person to preach monotheism
-known as the father of arabs
-allah tested him and he kept faith- should be emulated
-Rebuilt the kaba
key actions of musa
taught monothiesm
only prophet who actually saw allah
key actions of dawud
got the psalms/zabur
very strong and brave- killed Goliath
Because of this he was made a king
isa key actions
born to a virign, miracle
NOT son of god
will come back for day of judgement
what is the importance of the quaran
-all of the older revelations were contradictory or lost but the quaran is the clear word of god
- confirms past revelations to other prophets but takes priority
- the only true book of how to conduct your life
whats ibrahims revelation book
the suhuf
whats moses revelation book
the tawrat
has the 10 commandments
Sets out the judgement of Allah
Beliefs around the 12 imams
- Shia belief- after Mohammed died there were 12 imams
- not blood related to muhammed but spiritually
- the twelfth has been kept alive and is hiding in earth
- one day he will become known and bring equity
- another idea is isma il is the seventh
Imam and is the last hereditary imam, all others can chose their successor
Ismail
- associated w kaba and Mecca
- Ibrahims son
Key traits of Mohamed
- last prophet
-recieved the quaran - seal of prophets/ final one of allahs revelations
- NOT divine- quaran says he’s ‘no more than a messanger’
Night of power
- Jibril appeared to Mohamed when he was meditating in a cave
- Mohamed began to proclaim the message of allah though he could not read
- the revelations continued for 23 years
- all of these revelations are allahs final revelations to man and the content in the quaran
Kutub
- books revealed from allah to the other prophets before the quaran was to Mohamed
What is David’s book
- zabur/ psalms
- poetic prayers similar to bible
Isas book
- Injil
- reveals coming of Mohamed
- altered over time
Hadith
- recounts the things Mohamed said aside from his revelations
Sunnah
- recounts the actions of Mohamed
- gives a model guidance on how a Muslim should conduct themslves
What book are the pillars outlined in
The sunnah
Proof of tawhid
Allah is the Arabic word for god, there is no plural version which shows he is only one
All prophets give an unchanging lesson on monotheism- shows Allah is real and clear
Primary thing outlined in the shahada
Reason for risallah
Allahs greatness is too much to communicate with humans
Beliefs around adalat
- means divine justice
- Allah is always just and fair even if as humans we don’t understand
- on the day of judgement all will be responsible for their deeds and Allah will judge with fairness
Purpose of the prophets
- to stop humans from straying from Islam
- to stop people worshiping false gods
- to educate the illiterate
- they come équipe with proof and scripture which should see who is willing to defend Allah
the first caliphs
- means Islamic leader
- Abu bakr- muhammed father in law was appointed and then two more leaders before Ali
Sunni/ Shia ideas about the first caliphs/ leaders
- Sunnis recognise Abu bakr, the two after and Ali as all four being fair and rightful successors
- shias think that Ali was the rightful first chosen caliph and after him the 12 following imams were all correct successors
Important things in the sunnah
- praying rituals
- organisation of zakat
- fasting in Ramadan
