Islam
1) What does the concept (idea) of Risalah mean in Islam?
Risalah is Allah’s way of communication and sending messages to humans on earth. Two other concepts of the religion are Tawhid and Akirah. Tawhid is the oneness of Allah and the absolute, the lone and the unity creations and Akirah is the belief in everlasting life after death.
2) Who was Muhammad and how is he linked to the concept of Risalah for Muslims?
Muhammad was the last profit from god and was the only profit that knew what god said exactly. He told another person (Muhammad himself was illiterate) who wrote it down in a book called the Qur’an (Which is like the Bible for Muslims). He is linked to Risalah because he was a prophet and his was contacted by an angle called Gabriel.
3) Describe the 3 different was Allah is believed to have communicated with humans.
The 3 different ways that Allah communicated with humans are:
Through the Quran, this is what Muslims, follow and pray from.
By Angles like when Muhammad met Gabriel (the angle) in the cave when he was praying.
The 3rd way that Allah has communicated with humans is through profits like Muhammad (the last profit) and Jesus (an earlier profit).
4) Explain how belief in the concept of Risalah and the different forms it can take might affect the life of a Muslim today.
One of the ways the concept of Risalah affects the life of a Muslim is through the belief in profits or messengers from Allah. They might affect a Muslim as Muslims may look up to them as a role model. For example in Islam male children are sometimes called Muhammad after the prophet in the hope that the child will adapt his good virtues and become just like him.
Another way that Risalah might affect Muslims is that it makes Muslims feel like they are being watched and that they should behave properly to show the “angles” that they are following Islam properly so that they go to paradise and that they find peace with Allah.
As well as that a way Muslims get affected by Risalah is the belief in the angels. This might affect a Muslim as they always feel like they are being watched. For example they always wash before praying as they want to show the angels and god himself that they are being good Muslims and will always be.
5) Believing in Risalah is the most important belief for a Muslim.
He became known as “the Prophet,” and was meant to be God’s final prophet. The main two groups of Islam are the Shia and Sunni which were created after Muhammad’s death. The Islamic religion as well as the Judaism and Christianity are monotheistic; these three religions have small disputes but they all believe in only one god. There were two men that wanted to be the first caliph (successor) of Muhammad.
The question topic Describe and analyse how beliefs influence actions and how actions influence beliefs based on Islamic theology firstly one must begin to understand or define the meaning of belief which is ‘A light god creates in the heart of a person’ also ‘something believed; an opinion or conviction’
This all started in 610 CE, in a small cave on Mount Hira. Here Muhammad received a special word from allah. He spoke of the importance of charity and giving to the weak and poor. He also said that Muslims who do goods works shall enter paradise. This is something people can do to make sure they go to heaven. lamic religion is one of the biggest religions in the world. Like in document B it says “Those who submit to God and accept the true faith; who are devoted sincere, patient, humble, charitable, and chaste; who fast and ever mindful of God- on these, both men and women, God will bestow forgiveness and rich recommence.” And that means the God will accept the ones who follow and will charise him. And this is important because this was Isone of the first things in there bible that everyone has to know.
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Islam is a monotheistic and Abrahamic religion alongside Judaism and Christianity. It is currently the second largest religion in the world today. Its beliefs come from the Qur'an which literally means "the recitation" which is believed to be a literal transcription of the word of God. Its main prophet is named Muhammad who began Islam by speaking with the angel Gabriel in a cave during his meditation and then acting as an instrument of God to help write the Qur’an. Muhammad then spread Islam to the scattered tribes of Arabia by becoming the leader of Yathrib and using his wonderful leadership abilities to then grow his influence over virtually all of Arabia. Muhammad is known by Muslims to be the seal of the profits because no profits after Muhammad should be considered legitimate. Muhammad also left behind the Hadith or “tradition” which is a collection of writings compiled of reports of Muhammad’s actions as leader of Yathrib. These reports are used as a more specific code of ethics in day to day life and from these reports the 5 Pillars of Islam are derived (Smith 160). Although Islam shares many similarities to Judaism and Christianity it is often viewed in the US with hate derived from preconceived notions following the attack on September 11th 2001. This paper seeks to provide an overview of Islam’s history as well as its two major sects and 5 main pillars to remove preconceived notions and provide a glance into the minds of the Islamic people.
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These five point of Islam, are the most important in their faith. The first one of these pillars is the confession of faith, which is also known as ‘shahada’, which means ‘witness’, or as ‘kalima’, which means ‘word’. Their confession of faith is translated into English as something like, “There is no God but Allah, and Mohammed is His Prophet.” This is a short confession, and most Muslims take great pride in that simplicity. This phrase is often whispered in a newborn infant’s ear as the first thing they will ever hear.
Religious identity has become a part of a socially constructed hierarchy that identifies human beings based on the superiority, or lack thereof, of their religion. Religion has been a relevant topic throughout history, and religious tensions still exist in the modern world. Islam, a major world religion, is misinterpreted due to its history and the actions of its followers. Judgements based on religious identity create prejudice and bigotry. The misinterpretations of Islam continue to affect the lives of Muslims; moreover, creating hostile environments for these religious followers. In order to fully understand the impact the misinterpretations and predispositions have had on Islam, the following question must be addressed: How has history altered the way Islam is perceived? For the purpose of this argument, history will be defined as yesterday and beyond.
Muhammad's qualities facilitated him to be successful at the beginning to spread the word of God.