Islamic beliefs

Question 1

Tawid

Answer 1

Muslims believe that there is one God, Allah. Monotheism.

Allah can not be divided into parts, has no parents or children. Allah has always exised and always will. One complete and powerful God for all time

Tawid is the centeral part of the Shahadah
“i bear witness that there is no gid but Allah and Muhammed (pbub) is the messanger of God”

(oness of Allah)

(there is none like unto him)

Question 2

What does shirk mean?

(Tawid)

Answer 2

Shirk is the worst sin in Islam, it means denying Tawid and believing in something else is important as Allah. This could include believing in polytheism, buy also lettng something else take Allah’s role such as pride or money

Question 3

Al Qadr

Answer 3

Beliving Allah knows everthing that has happened, is happening and will happen

Allah already knows everthing that will happen in each of our lives and where we will go on Judgement day. It is already written on Allahs preserved tablet

(Predestination)

Question 4

Why shouldn’t muslims get angry when bad things happen

Answer 4

Becuse it is Allahs plan for us

However muslims believe Allah will never give anyone too much suffering

“Allah will not burden a soul beyond what it can bear”

Question 5

Free will

Answer 5

Muslims believe in free will and have different ways of explaining how Allah can predestine everything,
but at the same time humans can be making their own choice

Question 6

Malaikah

Answer 6

Angels are the messangers of allah. Ther werecreated from light and created before humans.
There purpose was to worship Allah

Sunnis believe they have no freewill. They prayto and worship Allah, some help Mulims in times of need

(Angels)

Question 7

Israfil

Answer 7

Archangel

Blows the trumpet to signal the day of Judgement

Question 8

Jibril

Answer 8

Angel of revelation
Brings messages from Allah to the prophets
Spoke to Mohammed and mariam (Mary) and all the prophets
Told the prophets the 5 kutub (holy books)

Question 9

Mika’il

Answer 9

Angels of mercy, keeps the devil out of heaven, protects worshipers
Brings rain and supply other things we need

Question 10

Raqib and Atid

Answer 10

Raqib records good deeds
Atid records bad deeds

Question 11

Akhirah

Answer 11

Muslims believe who has ever lived will be resurrected on the day judgement. Untill then, when people die, their souls wait in the grave.
We will have to cross a bridge over hells fire

Angels record each induividuals deeds and intentions (niyyah) which decides whether we pass into Jannah (paradise) of fall into Jahamnam (hell) from the bridge

(afterlife)

Question 12

What is this dunya?

Answer 12

This dunya (earthly life) is a test to see which souls are fit for Jahhnah.
Akhirah should be more significant in a muslim’s thoughts than dunya. The Prophet taught that
“dunya is like a drop of water and akhira is the ocean”

Question 13

Risalah

Answer 13

Muslims believe that Allah is compassionate and wants to guide humans to the right path, so Allah has always sent messages to humanity

Muslims tranition says there may have been 124,000
Prophets recive their messages through angels, sometimes they were they were commanded to write them into kutub

Allah has given has given the same messgage but it was lost, disstorted everytime
So Allah selected Mohammed as the final prophet
so there is no need for further revelation
(seal of prophets)

“prophethood”

Question 14

How many prophets are mentioned in the Quran?

Answer 14

25 prophets are mentioned

Question 15

What does believing in risalah mean?

Answer 15

Having faith in all the prophets and listening to thier message, although is most surely known today through the Prohet Mphammed (pbub)

Question 16

Kutub

Answer 16

Muslims believe that Allah sent messages to humans in the form of Holy books, they believe that these books were perfect at time they were sent

Question 17

Sahifah (scrolls)

Holy book

Answer 17

Given to Abraham/Ibrahim

One of the earliest knowns scrolls of Ibrahim and Moses - some parts are quoted in the Quran

It is now lost

“He has not been told what was written in the Scripture of Moses and Abr

Question 18

Tawat (torah)

Answer 18

It was given to Moses / musa

Contains many good teachings and laws, but was only meant for Jewish people and and a limited time
* This contains stories of the prophets like Adam, Noah, Abraham and Moses

It is corrupted
(translated, bits added, bits taken away)

“we revealed the Torah with guidence and light” - surah 5

Question 19

Zabur (psalms)

Answer 19

It was given to David/dawud

It contained 150 psalms, songs of worship to God

It has been corrupted

To David we gave the book surah

Question 20

Injil (Gospel)

Answer 20

It was given to Isa/jesus

Original Gospel taught by Isa

Corrupted
(translated, several different versions, bits added and bits taken awau)

“We sent Jesus son of Mary.. we gave him gosepel” surah

Question 21

Qu’ran

Answer 21

Given to Muhammed (pbuh)

Final testament of all times, all people and all places and sent by God

Question 22

Purpose of the Quran

Answer 22

Closeness to Allah
Moral guidence
Domestic life
Discerning Shariah
Role models
Intellectual development
Prayer and worship

Question 23

Justice of Allah

(Adalah)

Shia belief

Answer 23

Allah is good : completely fair and totally just. Allah will always treat His creation with perfect justice

The arabic word for adl (which is the root of Adalah) means perfect balance, morally, spiritally, intellectually

Question 24

What do shia’s think about justice

Answer 24

Its important view and they should alway remeber this when they remeber Allah or when someone is considering how they want to act and live

Shi’as say Allah would never go against Adalah-justice is Allahs nature, and can only do fair, good and wise things.

Question 25

What are sunni veiws on Adalah?

Answer 25

Sunni believe in it but it just isn’t in their 6 Articles of Faith

Some say that it limits Gods power as he can do whatever he likes, even if it does not seem good to us

Question 26

Imamate

Answer 26

Shi’a and sunni agree that Muhammed was the final Prophet of Islam. However the Quran states
“Allah intends to make the household of the prophet pure and sinless”
Shia intrepret this to mean that Allah wanted to continue guideing humanity through the family of the Prophet

Question 27

What are Imans?

Imamate

Answer 27

Leaders after Muhammed were called Imams.
Shias believe that Allah give them the vision to lead the people and perfectctly interpret the Quran and sunnah. So they should be honoured and are a source of authority

Question 28

Who are the Twelvers ?

Answer 28

Some shias are called twelvers, they believe that Allah sent 12 Imans through Muhammed’s family tree. Sadly 11 of them were murdered. The 12th was not murdered, but Allah is hiding him on earth in order to lead humanity in the last days before the day of Judgement

This Iman is hiding called Mahadi

Question 29

What was the purpose of the prophets?

Answer 29

Provided a method of communication between God and humans; they are (intermediaries)
Leaders and guides for communities
When humans forgot, misunderstood or changed Gods message he sent prophets to guide up back on the right path

Question 30

How many prophets?

Answer 30

The quran says that Allah sent a prophet to every community so it is suggested that there have been around 120000 and 25 are mentioned in the quran

Question 31

Facts about Adam

Rihsalah

Answer 31

First man and the first prophet
Allah made his body from 7 different types of clay and breatherd life into him
Was tempted by shaytan to disobey Allah which got him thrown out of Paradise
Built the first Kaabah which was destroyed

Question 32

Facts about Dawud

Answer 32

Allah chose him to be the king (khalifah) and was a millitary leader
Worshiped Allah through prayer and fasting
Zabur (The Psalms) was revealed upon him which contains songs and peoms about Allah
He was a rasool

Question 33

Facts about Musa

Answer 33

Rescued the Jewish community who were monotheists from Egypt
Through him Allah perforemed miracles such as dividing the red sea so Jews could escape Egypt
Asked Allah to reduce the prayers to 5
Recived the 10 commandments
The torah (tawrat) was revealed upon him

Question 34

Facts about Isa

Answer 34

He will return in the end of time to defeat Al-Dajal and lead people to Islam
Was not crucified because Allah saved him and brought him to paradise
The angel Gibril announced his birth mother was Mary who was a vigin
He performed miacles such as rising people from the dead and created birds out of clay
Inji (the Gospel) was revealed upon him

Question 35

Facts about Ibrahim

Answer 35

Built the ‘kaabah again with his son Ismail
Rejected polytheism to follow monotheism (his peers tried to burn him but he didnt burn - miracle)
Allah asked him to scarafice his oldest son, Ismail, so he took hmi up a mountain to kill him this shows his obediencce to Allah. The last minute allah stopped him and killed a goat instead (eid al adha)
The scroll of Ibrahim were revealed upon him

Question 36

What does the Qur’an say about Prophet Muhammed?

Answer 36

He is merciful
He is compassionate
He is the messanger of Allah
He is like a lamp that gives light
He is the seal of all prophets
He is morally excelent

Question 37

Azrael

Answer 37

Angel of death - He parts the body from the soul and carries believers to heaven

Question 38

Why are angels important?

Answer 38

They make us aware of Gods Greatness and mercy

Question 39

What do sunni and shia believe differently about angels?

Answer 39

Most sunni uslims believe that angels don’t have free will, so they are totally obedient to God.
Many shia believe that angels do have a limited amount of free will, but no desire to sin.

Question 40

Munkar and nakir

Answer 40

Question souls in the grave

Question 41

Maa’lik

(angel)

Answer 41

Guards and rules over hell Jahannem