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Beginners’ Course on IslamLesson 2
Lesson Outline Introduction
Recapitulate
Belief in Allah
Belief in the Angels of Allah
Recapitulate: The Status of Man
Free
will
Ability to
think
Ability to
reason
Responsible of
choices
Acts upon what’s right and
wrong
Created in the best
form
Recapitulate:The attitude of a Muslim
OBEDIENCEPutting God’s
commandsinto practice
SUBMISSIONAcceptance of
God’s commands
MUSLIMA person who submits and obeys Allah’s will by doing what is enjoined and refraining from that
which has been forbidden
Belief in Allah:Definition Who is Allah?
Who is Allah?
“Say: He is Allah, the One and Only;
Allah: the Eternal, the Absolute;
He begets not, neither is He begotten;
And there is none like unto Him”
Quran 112:1-4
Belief in Allah:Knowing Him So, how do we know Him?
Through His Signs.
“Behold! In the creation of the heavens and the
earth, and the alternation of the night and day -
there are indeed Signs for men of
understanding” Quran 3:190
Belief in Allah:Knowing Him
Through His Attributes.
“And Allah has the most (beautiful) excellent Names (attributes), so call on Him by them” …
Quran, 7:180
Belief in Allah:His Attributes
al-Musawwir, The Designer
ar-Razzaq, The Sustainer
al-Muhyi, The Giver of Life
Belief in Allah:His Attributes
Happening on the 2nd, 4th and 5th Tuesday of the month.
8:00pm – 9:30pm
Ustaz Muhammad Mubarak
Belief in Allah:Shirk Muslims believes in the ONE-ness of God Shirk: to ascribe partners to Allah – the
gravest sin in Islam.
“Allah forgives not that partners should be set up with Him; but He forgives anything else, to
whom He pleases; To set up partners with Allah is to devise a sin most heinous indeed” …
Quran, 4:48
There are 2 kinds of living creatures: Those that can be
seen. Those that cannot be
seen.
Muslims believe that just because you cannot see something, it does not mean that it does not exist.
Belief in the Angels of Allah1st point
Belief in the Angels of Allah:2nd Point There are creations which were given
free-will, whilst others do not.
It means that the creature has a mind which it can use to decide right and wrong.
Other creatures just lead their lives according to their instincts, like fish and birds do.
Belief in the Angels of Allah:2nd Point
No free will• A dog• An elephant• An earthworm• A snake• A rhinoceros• A bird• A whale• A cookie monster
With free will• You• Me• Your father• My father• Your mother• My mother• My wife• Pinocchio
Belief in the Angels of Allah:Their Characteristics do not question God (no free will)
do everything God orders them to do
do not adjust or amend what God orders
do not need to eat, drink or have sex
they have “supernatural” powers by man’s standards
can take on the form of other creatures
Belief in the Angels of Allah
Name Duties
Jibreel Conveyer of Divine messages to all Prophets of Allah
Mika’il The guardian spirit of land, sea and air. The angel of providence
Raqib ‘Atid Records all good and evil actions of man
Ridhwan In-charge of guarding Heaven
Malik In-charge of guarding Hell
Israfil Who will sound the note (sur in Arabic) which will signal the end of the world and the Day of Judgment
Izra’il Angel of death, in charge of taking people’s souls when they die
Munkar & Nakir They are angels which will question the soul of the dead person as they are awaiting resurrection
