Islamic Rituals And Belief

There are many great misconceptions and ideas about the Islamic rituals and belief. Nonetheless, Islam is defined as surrender to God. This is supported through the ideas of monotheism, the Tawhid, their idea of belief, along with the idea of continuous creation. Through the prompt from Goethe and class discussion, these ideas have too been intertwined. The prominent Islamic traditions and beliefs surrounding the oneness of God illustrate the core principle of surrendering to God.

Monotheism, or belief in one God, is ultimately the most important concept of the Muslim religion. Muslims refer to God in the Arabic term, ‘Allah’ (Nasr, 6). God is the Creator and the Sustainer of the universe who created everything for a reason (Nasr, 7). Muslims

It can be directly translated into ‘unity’ or ‘oneness.’ The Tawhid is the inseparable oneness of God. A Muslim's religious success can be taken from their understanding of the Tawhid (Nasr, 6). This idea of one God implies that he is the source of all beauty and all power, everything else is a recipient or sign. Everything on this Earth is just signs on this single, perfect source which is God or Allah (Turner, 111-112). Stemming from the idea of the Tawhid is the idea of the wahidyya and the ahadiyya. The ahadiyya can be translated to ‘unity ‘. The idea of this to look at the interconnectedness and the unity of all that is created. It reflects that there is a creator of everything, as a whole. There is someone behind the scenes controlling how everything in the world functions and runs. Along with this is the idea of the Ahadiyya. This follows the concept that everything displays God’s single source of wisdom, power, mercy and knowledge. Everything on this Earth is a sign which he has created. He is the single source and everything on this Earth is reflecting his perfect qualities (Turner, 111-112). These teaching emphasize the greatness of this Majestic God and why we ought submit to

The Muslim religion has distinct path on how one should arrive at their belief in God. The Islamic people believe that belief in God is a choice that must be made in full understanding through analysis (Turner, 108). Although some may choose not believe, Muslims believe that there is signs all around us. The rewards of true belief are living in paradise with God, eternally (Turner, 108).The principal requirement in Muslim religion is that one should acquire a state of mind in which he believes that all of creation is signs point to the one God. This belief includes internal and external surrender of oneself. Internal submission requires and inward submission of the mind and heart to Muslim belief. External submission calls for an outward expression of prayer and fasting (Turner 109). To truly surrender to God must be an act of our own free will and intelligence (Nasr,