In the Name of Allâh, the
Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful
1) Belief in God:
Muslims believe in one,
unique, incomparable God, Who has no son nor partner, and that none has the
right to be worshipped but Him alone. He is the true God, and every other deity
is false. He has the most magnificent names and sublime perfect attributes. No
one shares His divinity, nor His attributes. In the Qur'aan, God describes
Himself:
Say, "He is God, the
One. God, to Whom the creatures turn for their needs. He begets not, nor was He
begotten, and there is none like Him." (Qur'aan, 112:1-4)
No one has the right to
be invoked, supplicated, prayed to, or shown any act of worship, but God alone.
God alone is the Almighty, the Creator, the Sovereign, and the Sustainer of
everything in the whole universe. He manages all affairs. He stands in need of
none of His creatures, and all His creatures depend on Him for all that they
need. He is the All-Hearing, the All-Seeing, and the All-Knowing. In a perfect
manner, His knowledge encompasses all things, the open and the secret, and the
public and the private. He knows what has happened, what will happen, and how
it will happen. No affair occurs in the whole world except by His will.
Whatever He wills is, and whatever He does not will is not and will never be. His
will is above the will of all the creatures. He has power over all things, and
He is able to do everything. He is the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful, and
the Most Beneficent.
In one of the sayings of
the Prophet Muhammad , we are told that God is more merciful to His creatures
than a mother to her child. [Narrated in Saheeh Muslim, #2754, and Saheeh
Al-Bukhaaree, #5999]
God is far removed from
injustice and tyranny. He is All-Wise in all of His actions and decrees. If
someone wants something from God, he or she can ask God directly without asking
anyone else to intercede with God for him or her. God is not Jesus, and Jesus
is not God. [It was reported by the Associated Press, London, on June 25, 1984,
that a majority of the Anglican bishops surveyed by a television program said,
“Christians are not obliged to believe that Jesus Christ was God.” The poll was
of 31 of England’s 39 bishops. The report further stated that 19 of the 31
bishops said it was sufficient to regard Jesus as “God’s supreme agent.” The
poll was conducted by London Weekend Television’s weekly religious program,
“Credo.”]
Even Jesus himself
rejected this. God has said in the Qur'aan:
Indeed, they have
disbelieved who have said, "God is the Messiah (Jesus), son of Mary."
The Messiah said, "Children of Israel, worship God, my Lord and your Lord.
Whoever associates partners in worship with God, then God has forbidden Paradise
for him, and his home is the Fire (Hell). For the wrongdoers, [The wrongdoers
include the polytheists] there will be no helpers." (Qur'aan, 5:72)
God is not a trinity. God
has said in the Qur'aan:
Indeed, they disbelieve
who say, "God is the third of three (in a trinity)," when there is no
god but one God. If they desist not from what they say, truly, a painful
punishment will befall the disbelievers among them. Would they not rather
repent to God and ask His forgiveness? For God is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.
The Messiah (Jesus), son of Mary, was no more than a messenger ... (Qur'aan, 5:73-75)
Islaam rejects that God
rested on the seventh day of the creation, that He wrestled with one of His
angels, that He is an envious plotter against mankind, or that He is incarnate
in any human being. Islam also rejects the attribution of any human form to
God. All of these are considered blasphemous. God is the Exalted. He is far
removed from every imperfection. He never becomes weary. He does not become
drowsy nor does he sleep.
The Arabic word Allaah
means God (the one and only true God who created the whole universe). This word
Allaah is a name for God, which is used by Arabic speakers, both Arab Muslims
and Arab Christians. This word cannot be used to designate anything other than
the one true God. The Arabic word Allaah occurs in the Qur'aan more than 2150
times. In Aramaic, a language related closely to Arabic and the language that
Jesus habitually spoke, [NIV Compact Dictionary of the Bible, Douglas, p. 42.],
God is also referred to as Allaah.
2) Belief in the Angels:
Muslims believe in the
existence of the angels and that they are honored creatures. The angels worship
God alone, obey Him, and act only by His command. Among the angels is Gabriel,
who brought down the Qur'aan to Muhammad.
3) Belief in God's
Revealed Books:
Muslims believe that God
revealed books to His messengers as proof for mankind and as guidance for them.
Among these books is the Qur'aan, which God revealed to the Prophet Muhammad.
God has guaranteed the Qur'aan's protection from any corruption or distortion.
God has said:
Indeed, We have sent down
the Qur'aan, and surely We will guard it (from corruption). (Qur'aan, 15:9)
4) Belief in the Prophets
and Messengers of God:
Muslims believe in the
prophets and messengers of God, starting with Adam, including Noah, Abraham,
Ishmael, Isaac, Jacob, Moses, and Jesus (peace be upon them). But God's final
message to man, a reconfirmation of the eternal message, was revealed to the
Prophet Muhammad. Muslims believe that Muhammad is the last prophet sent by
God, as God has said:
Muhammad is not the
father of any one of your men, but he is the Messenger of God and the last of
the prophets ... (Qur'aan, 33:40)
Muslims believe that all
the prophets and messengers were created human beings who had none of the
divine qualities of God.
5) Belief in the Day of
Judgment:
Muslims believe in the
Day of Judgment (the Day of Resurrection) when all people will be resurrected
for God's judgment according to their beliefs and deeds.
6) Belief in Al-Qadar:
Muslims believe in
Al-Qadar, which is Divine Predestination, but this belief in Divine
Predestination does not mean that human beings do not have freewill. Rather,
Muslims believe that God has given human beings freewill. This means that they
can choose right or wrong and that they are responsible for their choices. The
belief in Divine Predestination includes belief in four things:
1) God knows everything.
He knows what has happened and what will happen.
2) God has recorded all
that has happened and all that will happen.
3) Whatever God wills to
happen happens, and whatever He wills not to happen does not happen.
4) God is the Creator of
everything.
Courtesy Of:
Islam-Guide.com
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