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Unique religion in that it named itself
Word means ‘submission’ and ‘surrender’
A person’s total submission to the will of God
expectations of safety from divine punishment and reward in the life to come
Muslim is a person who accepts Islam; the word means someone who surrenders and submits themselves to the will of God
To become a Muslim one is born to a Muslim family and a member of the Muslim community |
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Can also become a Muslim by reciting the Shadah ‘profession of faith’; ‘I bear witness that there is no god except God. I bear witness that Muhammad is messenger of God.’
Meaning of word is Testimony |
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| There is no god but Allah/God (first part of Shadah) |
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| Three Fundamental Components of Islam |
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| Monotheism, Prophecy, Afterlife |
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Allah; word to name God; no specific meaning; combination of ‘Al’ (God) and ‘ilah’ (the); The God; implies that it is the same one God who sent the prophets to warn humanity
All human kind are equally servants and subordinates of this one God; rejects human divinity |
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Commissioning the prophets and sending sacred texts and messages to the prophets to bring humanity to the way of Allah
Muhhammad: Seal of the prophets; his title; The Last Prophet |
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Every human being will be held accountable for their actions in life; judged on the day of judgment and be rewarded in heaven or punished in hell
Life on earth is not permanent but the after life is; immortality in the afterlife |
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| is an Islamic concept of "ignorance of divine guidance" or "the state of ignorance of the guidance from God"[1] referring to the condition Arabs found themselves in pre-Islamic Arabian society prior to the revelation of the Qur'an |
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| the emigration of Muhammad and his followers to the city of Medina in 622. Is when the Islamic calendar starts |
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Shadah –
initiation or entrance; testimony with two componets
Five times prayer –
each Muslim must perform a special prayer before sunrise, when the sun reaches the top (noon), the sun’s mid decline, right after sunset, late in the night
Fasting during the month of Ramadan
No excessive eating, drink or sex from dawn to… ???
Obligatory Charity
Muslims considered wealthy must give away 2.5% of their belongings to the poor and needy each year
This charity has to be given directly to the needy person
Hajj: pilgrimage
Every Muslim who are financially able, must make this journey to Mecca once in a life time |
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Foundation of Islam religion; highest authority
Word means ‘recitation’
Memorized and repeated by Muhammad
Went to the scribes to dictate the Koran
Final version of God’s prophecy; Islam accepts Gospels and Torah; Koran is the last and most perfect version of God’s words (114 chapters)
After Muhammad’s death some guy commissioned a council to make the Koran into a book
Second guy commissioned identical copies to be made of the Koran; originality and intactness of the Koran |
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| Revealed the Koran to Muhammad over 23 years of Muhammad’s life |
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| the name of a ‘chapter’ in the Koran |
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| Islamic mysticism; mystic is a Sufi; emphasis the way of love of God as the principle of their lives; seek love of God with their actions |
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Islamic concept of human nature in it’s original state; every person is born in a ‘good condition'
no state of original sin (Christianity); original sin, Adam and Eve committed a sin which is inherited; in Islam we do NOT inherit original sin |
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