[Faith-talk] Articles of faith in Islam.

[Mostafa]

Dear all, peace be with you.

Today I would like to present to my audience the most important element in knowing about Islam.

Everything that is structured  has pillars and premisses.

Islam is based on systematic  theology and thus, it is built  on and excellently furnished within that distinctive foundation.  

Islam consists of six articles of faith.

They are the core and the summation of that religion.

In the section below, I sequentially outlined the six objects of belief in Islam.

So here we go.

First; it is to sincerely believe in Allah glory be to Him.

It is to sincerely believe in His unique Oneness and Transcendence. 

It is the Oneness which it cannot be added to or subtracted from.

It is the Resplendent  and the utterly unrivalled Oneness of Allah glory be to Him.

Second; To believe in His angels.

Angels are creatures of Allah glory be to Him.

He created them from light, and they were made to eternally worship Allah glory be to Him.

They never disobey, and they submissively comply to what they were commanded to do.

Third; To believe in his messengers.

Muslims believe in all messengers of Allah glory be to Him.

They were all sent by Allah for the guidance of humanity.

We do not  avail some of them on others.

They virtuously were inerrable, and they sat the perfect role model for us.

We do not differentiate or divine any of them.

We equally love them all, and we honour them all.

Fourth; To believe in his scriptures.

His scriptures are what was initially revealed to the prophets of Allah glory be to Him.

So we believe in the original revelations of the Torah of Moses, the Psalms of David, the Gospel of Jesus, and the Koran of Muhammad.

These all are recognized in Islam as the speech of Allah in their original forms.

Fifth; To believe in the day of judgement.

It is this ultimate destination of the definite   mass return to Allah glory be to Him.

It is this enormous day when we will humbly be presented before His Glorious Magesty, and we will be questioned about what we have done in our retired lives.

We will be presented before His Magesty in reticence and shame.

6; To believe in the existence of good and evil.

This is one of the most golden characteristics of Islam.

We do not have theocracy in Islam.

We do not believe in duality.

Christianity believes in the concept of evil being the constant adversary of God.

  We do not believe in the two confronting forces.

We basicly believe that good and evil, they both are created by Allah glory be to Him.

They are not two separate entities, they are in the full possession of Allah glory be to Him.

Islam believes in the concept of situational ethics.

Everything is determined by the Will of Allah glory be to Him.

We do not know what is good nor what is evil.

We just think they are.

We measure life events with our inadequate perceptions, but we could never establish a sense of certainty about what is good versus what is evil.

Thus, we as Muslims believe in the test of Allah glory be to Him.

If something that apparently looks deplorable happened to us, we just thank Allah for His interminable grace, and we never rebel.

  Emphatically, Allah is eminently above good and evil in scale, because He basicly created both of them.

These in summary are the six articles of faith listed consecutively.

I hope that is beneficial for everyone.

Knowledge is a shoreless ocean.

Thank you for reading, and peace be with you.