Islam Principle Belifes Flashcards
Risalah
Belief in the prophets and messengers of allah
Messengers
Receive new commandments from allah
Prophets
Follow previous commandments left by messengers
Most important prophets
Adam, Ibrahim, ismail, musa, dawud, isa
Final and most important profit in Islam
Muhammed
Malikah
Belief in angles
Features of malaikah
Allah created the angles before human kind
Angles are genderless and made from light and may have wings
Purpose of malaikah
Primary function= complete obedience to allah
Angles are imoral, incapable of sinning and don’t have free will
Roles of angles
Guardians
Messengers
Record keepers
Guardians
Gard:
Thrown of Allah
Gates of heaven and hell
Protect Muslims from danger and evil
Messengers
Relay and reveal information from Allah + prophets
Famous = jibril delivered quaran to Muhammad
Record keepers + quotes
Syrah 43:80- “our messengers are with them recording”
Keeps records of thoughts and action for judgment day
Malaikah as a foundation belief
Quaran states all Muslims must believe in angles
-Syrah 2:285 “ the messenger….. his messenger”
Idea of angles recording all make Muslims more aware and courteous = better behavior
Role models of devotion to Allah- perfect servant to Allah
Angles inspire to resist temptation of sin and priorities Allah
Tawid
The belief in the oneness of Allah
Tawid is the belief in monotheism
- inseparable concepts
- Surah 112- “he is Allah one Allah the eternal the absolute he neither begets nor begotten nor is there to be any equivalent”
Importance of Tawid
- shirk
Act of believing in god that isn’t Allah
Considered the word sin as it’s in direct contradiction of Tawid