six articles of faith

Question 1

what does iman mean?

Answer 1

faith

Question 2

malaikah means?

Answer 2

belief in angels

Question 3

what is kutub?

Answer 3

belief in holy books

Question 4

what is nubuuwah?

Answer 4

belief in prophethood

Question 5

what is tawhid?

Answer 5

the oneness of god

Question 6

what does yawm-al-din mean?

Answer 6

belief in the day of judgement

Question 7

what is predestination?

Answer 7

belief in Allah’s supremacy

Question 8

elaborate on tawhid

Answer 8

God is absolutely unique, indivisble and singular.

Question 9

elaborate on malaikah

Answer 9

only angels can bring the word of Allah to humans.

Question 10

name the differences between sunni and shi’a muslims

Answer 10

sunni- believe that Muhammad alone was given knowledge from Allah, so muslims must emulate the life of the prophet.

sunni- believe caliph should be elected

sunni - they believed abu bakhr should be chosen as first caliph because he was seen as a capable leader.

sunni- say caliph (leader)

shi’a- believe that Allah gave knowledge to the first imam, Ali, and this knowlege has been passed from imam to imam

shi’a- believed ali should be chosen as imam

shi’a- family of Muhammad should be successors

shi’a- say imam (leader)

Question 11

elaborate on kutub

Answer 11

Tawrat- Torah
given to Musa(Moses)
for Jews

Zabur-Psalms
given to Dawud(David)
a book of songs/praises

Injil-Gospel
given to Isa(jesus)
not same as new testament

Qur’an - given to Muhammad
final and unaltered word of Allah
seen as most important book, correcting all previous scriptures

Question 12

elaborate on day of judgement(yawm-al-din)

Answer 12

resurrection- all humans raised from the dead
records of deeds- 2 angels record each person’s good and bad deeds in a book given on the Day of Judgement
Judgement- Allah will judge each person fairly. They will be held accountable for their actions.

Question 13

what does qur’an mean?

Answer 13

recitation