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In the Hadith, Muhammad (final prophet of Islam) explains, "It (Al‐Iman/faith) is to affirm your faith in Allah, His
angels, His Books, His Messengers and the Last Day, and to believe in the Divine Destiny whether it be good or bad."
The six common Sunni and Shia articles of belief are:
1. Belief in God (Allah), the one and only one worthy of all worship (tawhid – the oneness of God).
2. Belief in the Angels (mala'ika).
3. Belief in the Books (kutub) sent by God (including the Qur'an).
4. Belief in all the Prophets (nabi) and Messengers (rusul) sent by God.
5. Belief in the Day of Judgment (qiyama) and in the Resurrection (life after death).
6. Belief in Destiny (Fate) (qadar).
Prophets of Islam are human beings who are regarded by Muslims to be prophets. The term for prophet in Islam is
nabi (pl. anbiyaa). All of the prophets are Muslim, they are just different in their sharia that they taught to their
nation.
Islamic tradition dictates that prophets were sent by God to every nation. In Islam only Muhammad was sent to
convey God's message for the whole of mankind, whereas other prophets were sent to convey a message to a
specific group of people or nation.
Unlike Judaism and Christianity, Islam distinguishes between a messenger of God and a prophet. Both are "divinely
inspired" recipients of God's revelation. While all "rasul" are "nabi", not all "nabi" are "rasul".
All messengers and some prophets are mentioned in the Qur'an.
Muslims believe the first prophet was Adam, while the last prophet was Muhammad, thus his title Seal of the
Prophets. 'Isa (Jesus) is the result of a virgin birth in Islam as in Christianity, and is regarded as a nabi because he
received a wahi from God. Jesus is also considered to be one of the messengers because God revealed the Gospel to
him. Contrary to Christianity, however, in Islam, it is heresy to claim that God had a son and Jesus is considered to
have been human.
Yawm al‐Qīyāmah (literally: "Day of the Resurrection") is the Last Judgement in Islam. Belief in Qiyâmah is part of
Aqidah and is a fundamental tenet of faith in Islam. The trials and tribulations associated with it are detailed in both
the Qur'an and the Hadith, as well as in the commentaries of the Islamic expositors and scholarly authorities who
explain them in detail. Every human, Muslim and non‐Muslim alike, is held accountable for his or her deeds and are
judged by Allah accordingly (Qur'an 74.38). Al‐Qiyâmah is the 75th sura of the Qur'an.
Mala'ika - Angels
In Arabic, the language of the Qur'an, angels are called " mala'ika "(sing: Malak), similar to the Hebrew word
"mal'ach". The belief in angels is central to the religion of Islam, which articles of faith includes Belief in God, Belief in
Angels, Belief in Books (Holy Scripture), Belief in Prophets and Messengers, Belief in Qiyamah
(Resurrection/Doomsday) and finally Belief in Qadar (predestination) beginning with the belief that the Qur'an was
dictated to Muhammad by the chief of all angels, the archangel Jibril (Gabriel). Angels are thus the ministers of God,
as well as the agents of revelation in Islam.
In Islam, angels are benevolent beings created from light and do not possess free will. They are completely devoted
to the worship of God and carry out certain functions on His command, such as recording every human being's
actions, placing a soul in a newborn child, maintaining certain environmental conditions of the planet (such as
nurturing vegetation and distributing the rain) and taking the soul at the time of death. Angels are described as being
excessively beautiful and have different numbers of wings (for example, Gabriel is attributed as having 600 wings in
his natural form) and have no gender. They can take on human form, but only in appearance. As such, angels do not
eat, procreate or commit sin as humans do.
Qadar - Predestiny
God has ‘measured out’ each persons’ life. Her or his path is already known by God and is written on the ‘preserved
tablet’ of the world. According to this belief, a person's action is not caused by what is written in the Preserved
Tablet but, rather, the action is written in the Preserved Tablet because God knows what the person's nature will
cause them to do. God is therefore omniscient.
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