Library: Islam by Credo Reference: Faith & Beliefs

Articles of Faith

God: Topic Page
Divinity of the three great monotheistic religions, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, as well as many other world religions.
Angel: Topic Page
Bodiless, immortal spirit, limited in knowledge and power, accepted in the traditional belief of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam and other religions.
Qur'an: Topic Page
The book composed of sacred writings accepted by Muslims as revelations made to Muhammad by Allah.
Prophet: Topic Page
A religious leader and spokesperson, particularly used in the Bible. The prophets emitted messages from the divine through inspired speech, the interpretation of omens and dreams, and the casting of lots and divination.
Resurrection
From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia
In Christian, Jewish, and Muslim belief, the rising from the dead that all souls will experience at the Last Judgement.
Predestination: Topic Page
In theology, doctrine that asserts that God predestines from eternity the salvation of certain souls. So-called double predestination, as in Calvinism, is the added assertion that God also foreordains certain souls to damnation.

The Five Pillars
From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia
Muslim worship can be private or public. In Islam there are five ways in which a Muslim is expected to worship Allah. Islam can be compared to a house with a sound structure. It has a firm foundation and five supporting pillars.
Shahadah
From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia
The first duty of the Five Pillars of Islam. It is a statement of faith - ‘I bear witness that there is no God but Allah and Muhammad is the Prophet of Allah’.
Salat
From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia
The prayers that are the second of the Five Pillars of Islam, said five times a day.
Zakat
From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia
In Islam, the obligatory duty to pay annually a percentage of income as alms; it is the third of the Five Pillars of Islam. The payment ‘cleanses’ the income of possessiveness, and reminds Muslims that everything is owned by God.
Sawm
From The Huchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia
Fasting undertaken during the month of Ramadan; it is the fourth of the Five Pillars of Islam.
Hajj: Topic Page
The pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia, one of the five basic requirements (arkan or "pillars") of Islam.