THE SIX ARTICLES OF FAITH

1. Belief in the absolute oneness of God: To believe in Allah is to believe that there is only one God worthy of worship, with no partner, or son. This concept is known as Tawheed. Also, it is to completely believe in the way He is described in the Quran, Sunnah and in His 99 names.

2. Existence of the Angels: The angels are messengers of Allah and are created from light. They were created before humans, for the purpose of worshipping and obeying Allah. Angels do not sleep, eat or suffer from illnesses. It is crucial to believe in the angels, as they keep a record of our deeds. Some of the other duties of angles include: blowing the trumpet on judgment day, taking people’s souls (i.e. angel of death) and to be the keepers of heaven and hell.

3. Belief in the books of God:

• The Suhuf (Scrolls) sent to Ibrahim (Abraham) -The Zaboor (Psalms) sent to Dawud (David)
• The Torah (Tawrah) sent to Musa (Moses)
• The injeel (Gospel) sent to Isa (Jesus)
• The Quran (Koran) sent to the final Prophet, Muhammad saw.

1. Belief in all the holy Prophets: Every Prophet sent by Allah swt came to preach the same message. Most of the messengers of Allah were sent to a specific nation except Prophet Muhammad, the last and final messenger who was sent to guide all of mankind. It is a duty of Muslims to send salaams (Peace and Blessings of Allah) when mentioning the names of any of the Prophets.

2. Belief in the day of Judgement: Muslims must believe in the existence of an afterlife, where all our deeds will be accounted, no matter how big or small. No one knows when this day will be except Allah, and thus we must continuously work hard to achieve the best. Muslims also believe in the existence of heaven and hell, and our final destination will be determined according to our deeds in this life.

3. Belief in predestination: Everything that happens, is due to the will and decree of Allah. Nevertheless, Muslims also understand that they are given free will and have the ability to distinguish between good and evil. The belief in Divine Predestination includes belief in four things:

a) Allah created everything in existence b) Allah knows everything; the past and present c) There is a record of everything that has happened and will happen d) Whatever Allah decrees to occur, will occur. Whatever Allah wills not to happen, does not happen.

No matter how bad a situation may be, we must always put our trust in Allah and His decree. May Allah SWT strengthen our Imaan and continuously guide us to the correct path. Ameen.

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