Seven Articles of Belief

• 1. Belief in one God (Allah)

• 2. Belief in all the prophets and messengers sent by God.
– 124,000 prophets, of whom 313 are also messengers
– 25 of these messengers are very important (mentioned in the Quran)
• 3. Belief in the books sent by God:
– The Suhuf scripts of Abraham
– The Tawrat sent to Moses--Torah
– The Zabur sent to David--Psalms
– The Injil sent to Jesus--Gospels
– The Qur'an sent to Muhammad--Koran
• 4. Belief in the Angels of whom four are held in high esteem and are
named in the Quran and the Hadith (additional book about M)
– Like Gabriel who spoke with M
• 5. Belief in the Day of Judgment when you die
• 6. Life after death
– Heaven and hell
• 7. Belief in Fate (predestination) Muslims believe in divine destiny
– God wrote down all that has happened and will happen
 Tawheed.
Tawheed in the Arabic language is the verbal noun of
Wahdah, which means to make something one. So
Tawheed means attributing Oneness to Allah and describing
Him as being One and Unique, with no partner or peer in
His Essence and Attributes.
There are three types of Tawheed:
 Tawheed - ul - Khaliq. (Believing in The One True Creator).
 Tawheed - ul - Ibadah. (Worshipping The One True
Creator).
 Tawheed - ul - Asmaa Was - Sifat. (Believing the Unique
Attributes of Allah)
 Tawheed – ul – Khaliq.
God is the only god and the creator of this
universe. No one has the right to claim that he
has created this universe or even parts of it
except Allah Almighty. We have to adopt this
belief whole heartedly if we want to be true
believers. This belief is called in Islam
“Tawheed - ul - Khaliq”, which means believing
in one creator or believing in one lord.
 Tawheed - ul - Ibadah.
No one is worthy of worship except God, our
Creator and creator of the universe.
Worshipping Allah in fact is a must on us. This
belief is called “Tawheed - ul - Ibadah” which
means the belief in only worshipping the One
True God.
Tawheed - ul - Asmaa Was -Sifat.
God has the highest and greatest names and
attributes. No one has these great names and
attributes except Allah the creator. This belief
is called in Islam “Tawheed - ul - Asmaa Was -
Sifat. It means that only God has the greatest
names and attributes. He is free of all
weakness and deficiencies.
 ANGELS
How many groups are angels divided into? What are their duties?
Only Allah knows the number of angels. There is no clear information about the number of
angels in the Qur’an and hadiths. However, it is possible for us to say that they are far
more than we can count based upon hadiths. Moreover, according to the news given by
the prophet Muhammad (PBUH); an angel comes to the earth with a drop of rain and its
turn does not come again. We can range the famous angels and their duties as follows;
Gabriel (A.S)
Gabriel (A.S) is one of the four greatest angels. He is appointed to convey revelations to
the prophets by Allah. In three places of the Qur’an, His name is Jibril. Besides, He is
mentioned in verses as the spirit, rasulun karim, ruh al-Amin and ruh al-qudus”. In
addition to these, in one of the hadiths, he is called “an-namus”.
Hz. Israfel (A.S) The Angel of Soor (The Trumpet):‫ت ریس ینگا ق رنا‬
The angel that will blow the trumpet is called Israfel. His name is mentioned among the
four great angels in the hadiths. Israfel will blow two times, in the first one, the Doomsday
will occur and in the second blowing, the resurrection will occur. Because of this duty of
him, He is called the angel of Soor (the Trumpet). When the prophet Muhammad (PBUH)
was asked about the nature of the trumpet, he answered: “A horn that is blown” (Ahmad
b. Hanbal, II, 196).
The prophet Muhammad (PBUH) said that “Israfel is awaiting the order of blowing while
He grasps the trumpet”. (Tabari Jami-ul Bayan, VII, 211; Ibn Kathir, Tafsiru’l-Qur’an-il Azim,
Egypt, n.d. II, 276)
•The Angel of Death: Hz. Azrael (A.S)
•His duty is to grasp the souls of people whose death times have come.
He is called as “Malak-ul Mawt”, that is, the angel of death.
•Say: "The Angel of Death, put in charge of you, will (duly) take your
souls: then shall ye be brought back to your Lord." (Surah as-Sajda)
•The Angel that controls the events in this realm: Hz. Mikail (A.S) (Michael)
•He is one of the greatest angels of four and He is responsible for the
pouring of rain, the blowing of the wind, natural events such as the
ordering of seasons and the management of supplications of the created
beings. He is only mentioned in one place of the Qur’an. Hz. Mikail is the
angel that manages the divine work of arts that are planted on the field of
earth with the power of Allah and His order.
•The angels of Kiraman Katibin
•It is the names of the angels who are attendant on the right and left of
humans. The angel on the right is responsible for recording the good
deeds and manners; the angel on the left is responsible for recording the
bad deeds and manners. “The angels who are also called Hafaza will
attend as witnesses of the deeds of humans in the Day of Judgment
during reckoning.
•The Angels of Muqarrabun
•The angels who are known asIlliyyun and Karubbiyyun are
responsible for glorifying Allah, are very close to Him and have
an exalted place before Allah.
•“Those who sustain the Throne (of Allah) and those around it
sing Glory and Praise to their Lord; believe in Him; and implore
forgiveness for those who believe.” (Surah Ghafir, 7)
•Munkar - Nakir Angels:
•They are the angels that question man after he dies in the
grave. The words of “Munkar” and “Nakir” means unknown,
unrecognized and unaccustomed. They are called by this way
because they come to the dead in a way that he/she has not
seen before. These two angels question the dead by questions
as follows and treat them according to the answers that they
receive: Who is your lord? Who is your prophet? What is your
book?
 Books
•Among the books considered to be
revealed, the four mentioned by namein
the Quran are the
1.Tawrat (Torah) revealed to Musa (Moses),
2. Zabur revealed to Dawud (David),
3. Injil (Gospel) revealed to Isa (Jesus), and
4. Quran revealed to Muhammad (SAW).
 FAITH IN GOD’S PROPHETS:

Meaning of this belief:

-To believe that all the Prophets were
true.
-They brought essentially that same
religion Islam.
-The person who denies one of the
Prophets is kafir.
 Cont.
-All the Prophets have not been
mentioned in the Quran.
-There is no difference between our
Prophet and the previous Prophets.
‫النفرق بين أحد من رسله‬
(we do not differenciate one of the
prophets from the other.)
‫تلك الرسل فضلنا بعضهم على بعض‬.
 Differences
(these are the prophets in which we have
preferred some over other)
In spite of the equality there are some
differences.
-For all the people - for certain people
-For all the times to come – for certain time
-For the whole world - for certain area
 continued
-The previous Prophets teachings disappeared
or intermingled while the teachings of
Muhammad ( S.A.W.S ) are preserved.
-Complete guideline by the last prophet while
the others' teachings were changed by the
coming Prophets. It finally completed by the
last Prophet ( ).
S .A .W .S
 Risalat (Prophethood)
Meaning
”‫“رسالة‬
it literally means to send. the word rasool is
not confined to the messenger of Allah.
‫ألحمد هلل الذى وفق رسول رسول هللا ما أرضى رسول هللا‬.
Technically: To convey the message of God to
his worshippers.
Difference B/W (Nabi) and (Rasool).
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Messenger (Rasool) is descended with a

new book and a religion while Prophet
(Nabi) confirms the teachings of a particular
book. He has not been given new book.
-Every messenger is Prophet but every
Prophet is not a messenger.
 Need and Significance
of Risalat

‫وما خلقت الجن واإلنس إال ليعبدون‬

 Human is bound to act according to the will
of God.
 Need of seeking the guidance to act
accordingly.
 Means of seeking guidance:
1. Five senses. Limited and can also be
deceived.
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2. meditation . not always true. Some satanic

ideas.
3. Collective use of thought: limited and
deceived.
4. Revelation: The truest and the most reliable
source.
 Prominent qualities of
Prophets:
1. Human beings: To have the capabilities of
good and bad to be models for the
followers.
2. Best of all human beings: Even their
enemies admitted reason for that.
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3. Emergence of Miracles: What is Miracle?

 What is difference b/w the Miracle and
Magic?
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4. Innocence: What is innocence?

What is the difference b/w Prophet and
Angels in this regard?
5. Knowledge through Revelation: Therefore
they are not scholars.
6. Common Teachings: Reason for that?
Being innocent from innocence.
Three creatures are cleansed from sins
Low child ,Angels ,Messengers
The Prophets are protected from specific
sins, despite being human and self-
sufficient live safe.When angels do not
have self(NAFS).
Prophets are the greatest scholars of the time and
the attributes and lovers.

Moses said in the Sermon, therefore Allah sent you

to Hazrat Khizar for guidance.

Knowledge is taught by Allah

Nabi Aam hote hen Rasool Khaas hote hen Nabi ko New book New shariat nhi di jaate jab
K
Rasool ko New Book New Shariat di jaate hai..
Har Rasool Nabi hai Lekin Har Nabi Rasool Nahi…

To Be Continue Judgment Day and Taqdeer ……