The Six Beliefs of Sunni Islam Flashcards
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What are the two different types of muslim?
The two most important groups are Sunni Muslims, who make up about 80% of Islam, and Shia Muslims who make up 20%.
What is Tawhid?
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This means having absolute faith in the oneness of God. Allah is simply the Arabic word for God and is not the name of any other being. Muslims believe that nothing can be likened to Allah. It is important to note that Allah has no plural in Arabic, showing the belief in the oneness of God.
“And your Allah is one Allah. There is no god but He, Most Gracious, Most merciful”
What is belief in angels -malaikah ?
Muslims believe that God’s greatness means he cannot communicate directly with humans. Instead, God passed messages to his prophets via malaikah, angels, who were God’s first creation and who always obey him.
What is Belief in kitub ?
**The holy books of Islam should be respected. ** This is especially true of the Qur’an, which is the direct and unchanged word of God, revealed to the Prophet Muhammad.
What is belief in nubuwwah ?
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the prophets
Allah is believed to have communicated with the prophets through the angels. Muslims believe the prophets should be respected but never worshipped.
“Muhammad was no more than an Apostle: many were the Apostles that passed away before him”
what is belief in the Day of Judgement and the afterlife Akhirah ?
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All Muslims believe that this life is a test. When they die, they will be judged by God and sent to either Paradise or Hell. (Jannah or Jannaham)
“Gardens of perpetual bliss”
What is Belief in predestination Al-Qadr
This means that everything in the universe is following a divine masterplan, which shows the importance of God’s will. Muslims believe that Allah knows or decides everything that will happen: In all things the master-planning is God’s (Qur’an 13:42).
What is a SofA for the six beliefs?
Source of Authority (SofA): These six beliefs are based on the Quran:
*‘Whoever disbelieves in God and his angels and his scriptures and his messengers and the Last Day, truly he wandered far astray.’* (Quran, 4:136)
