True
Faith in Islam
The pillars of the faith of Islam can be compared
to the concept of a Statement of Faith, or Articles of faith. These are
Islamic concepts of essentials of the faith.
1. Allah
A. Allah is the supreme being of all. He is
uncreated, the creator of all, without beginning or end. He is completely
sufficient to himself and needs no other. He does not have offspring
nor a spouse. He knows all things, is everywhere, and is all powerful.
He hears all prayers. Everything that occurs, does so by his permission.
2. His Angels
Angels reside in the unseen world and carry
out the commands of Allah. They cannot sin. Muhammad stated that it
was the angel Gabriel that brought the message of the Koran to him.
3. His Messengers
People who have been sent from Allah to a
particular group of people for the purpose of giving to them the message
revealed by Allah. Some of them are Noah, Abraham, Moses, David, Jesus,
and, of course, Muhammad. Islam teaches that all messengers previous
to Muhammad were sent to limited people groups where Muhammad was sent
to all people.
4. His Books
Islam recognizes many sacred scriptures that
have been given by Allah throughout history. However, Muslims claim
that only the Quran is trustworthy and that the other scriptures have
been compromised because we do not posses their original manuscripts.
They assert that the accounts of the Bible were written down hundreds
of years later and cannot be considered inerrant, and they were written
in ancient languages which have been lost.
Therefore, exact translations are not possible.
Nevertheless, the scriptures recognized in Islam are:
i. The Koran - The Koran (Qur'an) is the inspired
word of Allah given to people through the Prophet Muhammad and it supercedes
all other scriptures before it including. It alone is inerrant and trustworthy
as a revelation for today. It is unchanged from the beginning.
ii. The Torah -the first five books of Moses.
iii. The Injil - the gospel message of Jesus in the New Testament iv.
The Psalms - the sacred writings given to David.
5. The Last Day
There is a future day in which this world
and its governments and systems will come to end and all people will
face judgment based upon their deeds. Muslims go to paradise and non-Muslims
go to hell. 6. Divine Preordainments good or bad . In Islam, Allah is
completely control of all things and ordains all things that occur.
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