Islam beliefs and teachings (includes scripture): RE GCSE AQA

=belief in one indivisible God
-worship only one God
-God has no equal so never make anything in life more important than God
-don’t use images or pictures of God as it is impossible to portray God accurately

He is God the One, God the eternal, no one is comparable to Him

God is supreme (Most powerful) So God can make anything happen that he wants to happen, nothing happens unless God allows it happen

gives confidence when something goes wrong because they know it is part of God‘s plan , Try to live according to God’s will in that everyday lives excepting that God knows best

1. tawhid-belief that there is only one God
2. angels – believe in angels who passed on God’s message to the prophets
3. the holy books – respect for the holy books and particularly the Quran which is the highest authority Islam
4. the prophets-respect for the prophets particularly Mohammed, who received the final revelation of Islam from God
5. the day of judgement – belief that at the end of the world every person will be judged by God and sent to Paradise or hell
6. supremacy of God will-belief that nothing happens unless God wants it to happen

1. Tawhid- belief that there is only one God
2. prophethood-respect for the prophets particularly Mohammed, who received the final revelation of Islam from God
3. the justice of God(Adalat)- belief that God would judge everyone on the day of judgement in a fair and just way and hold them to account for the actions
4. the imamate- respect for the 12 Imams who were chosen by God to lead Islam after Mohammed died
5. resurrection – belief that after death Muslims will be resurrected and judged by God

- Sunni leader called Caliph should be elcted
-only quran and the Sunnah (muhammads teachings and actions) have authority to provide religious guidance
- Abu Bakr, muhammads advisor was rightfully leader after muhammad
-6 articles of faith give main beliefs

-Shi’a leader (called imams) should be descendant of muhammad and chosen by god
-quran, Sunnah and Shi’a leader have authority to provide religious guidance
-Ali, muhammads cousin and son in law, was rightful leader after muhammad
-five roots of ‘Usal ad-Din give main beliefs

-believe in same god
-follow teachings of quran
-follow teachings in the Sunnah
-acknowledge imprtance of prophets

99 name for god helping muslims understand god because they cant fully comprehend
-imminent: God is present everywhere in world and universe, God is within all things and is involved with life on earth
-beneficent: God is benevolent, God’s generosity is seen in his gifts to human of everything they need to live on earth
-fair and just: God treats everyone fairly, God will judge all people equally on day of judgement
-merciful: God shows compassion and mercy, God cares for people and understand suffering, God forgives people who are truly sorry for things they have done wrong
-omnipotent: God has the power to create and sustain everything in the universe, God is aware of everything including human actions and thoughts
-transcendent: God created universe so is beyond an outside it is not limited by physical world, both transcendent and eminent because although he created universe so is outside it he is also with all things and able to act within it

Spiritual beings who serve God and pass on his word to people through prophets

Pure and sinless, spiritual beings created by God from light, constantly serve and praise God, able to take on human form to give messages to people, have no free well so can only do what God wants them to do

-messengers of God (Receive God words directly from him and pass perfectly to prophets)
-Take care of people
-Record everything the person does (in persons book of deeds which is presented to god on day of judgement where god decides paradise or hell)
-Take people souls to God after they die escorting them to Paradise or hell

-angel of revelation
-purified muhammads heart when he was child so later could recieve gods revelation
-recited quran to muhammad + passed on gods messages to guide muhammad through rest of his life
-important role in communicating final version of islam to humanity

= God has already determined everything that will happen in the universe
-God wrote everything down that will happen in the book of decrees
-God created people they must act according to his will
-God Will is so powerful that he is able to make anything happen that he wants
-humans do not have freedom to destiny or overall plan God has for them but do you have some choice over behaviour

Only what God has decreed will happen to us

= God knows everything that’s going to happen but doesn’t decide
-God is creator of time. He is outside of time so not bound by it. Meaning God can see everything that happens in past present and future.
-God knows what choices people will make, but they still have to make choices for themselves

God does not change the condition of people unless they change what is in themselves

muslims who believe they have free will also believe they will be judged by God for these choices where god will reward or punish them as a result, even though God knows everything that will happen people still responsible for their actions

Everlasting life after death

-take responsibility for their actions because otherwise they are punished
-Follow teachings in Quran and dedicate lives to God
-gives Hope to Muslims who suffer (something to look forward to)
-Except unjust situations because they know everyone will be rewarded or punished accordingly

-Barzakh: State of waiting till day of judgement, Unable to go back to right wrongs or warn people, while waiting, God sends two angels to question them about Their faith, depending on how they answer they will see rewards or punishments they will have after day of judgement
-Day of judgement: when God‘s purpose for universe has been fulfilled, world will be destroyed, Everyone who has ever lived will be resurrected, Everyone will be given their book of deeds, Book in right-hand= heaven, Book in Lefthand hand=hell
-heaven and hell: people who have kept faith in God and been rewarded with heaven/ paradise, Heaven described as beautiful garden and state of eternal happiness with God, people who have rejected God and done bad things punished in hell, Hell is described as place of fire and torment separated from God

-good role models of obedience
-Understand how to follow God

Belief in the prophets and the importance of messengers of God

-gift from God to help humans understand his message
-When people forgotten misunderstood or change message sent prophets to call back to right path

1. god created Adam from dust of ground and breathed spirit into him
2. God gave Adam knowledge and understanding and names of all things
3. got told angels to bow down to Adam out of respect for knowledge
4. Iblis/satan refused so got through him out of paradise, iblis vowed to always tempt humans to sin against god
5. God created Eve (Hawwa) to keep Adam company living in Garden of Bliss
6. got told them they could eat anything in garden except for forbidden tree fruit
7. Iblis deceived Adam and Eve into eating fruit from tree
8. God expelled Adam and Eve from garden and their actions brought sin to world
9. God forgive Adam after he accepted his mistake and became first prophet

-showed great faith in God
-Good role model for Muslims
-Mohammed is of his descendants through son Ishmael
-fulfilled all tests and commands given by God
-Proclaimed belief and only one God at time when people worshipped many gods and idols

-refuse to worship idols preaching there’s one God: determined to stop Idol worship so destroyed all idols in Temple, people were furious and threw him into huge fire but fire only burned chains and he walked out alive, miracle meant people started following Allah
-Rebuilt Ka’aba: Originally built by Adam but destroyed in great flood, god commanded Ibrahim built new one on same site, at Hajj People remember what he did for his faith
-Willing to sacrifice his son to God: Ibrahim was willing but God stopped him and said he passed the test, during Id-ul-Adha muslims kill animal to remember Ibrahims obedience

-revelation of the Quran from Jibril
-conquering Makkah, firmly establishing Islam, after being persecuted for trying to spread God’s teachings
-The night journey where he was taken to Jerusalem, heaven, spoke with prophets and saw great signs of god, Mohammed was told Muslim should pray five times a day, Sunni muslims follow this practice

God’s messenger

-descent of Muhammad and chosen by god
-interpret Quran and Islamic law without fault (as they appointed by god)
-Necessary because people need to find guidance on how to live correctly, preserving and explaining law received by Mohammed
-12 Imams in total one is hidden on earth and will return in future to bring justice andequality to all

-foundation of every believers faith
-In Arabic
-Mixture of historical accounts and advice on how to follow God

1. revealed to Mohammed
2. Mohammed learned by heart reciting revelations to his followers, scribes wrote them down
3. Islam spread danger words would be distorted so 3rd Caliph team of Muslim scholars to compile official version that everyone can use

-Torah: 1st five books of Bible but altered from original text
-Psalms: Similar to ones in Bible as mentioned in Quran
-Gospel: lost but some message still found in Bible
-Scrolls of Abraham: Considered one of earliest scriptures in Islam, no longer exists

Some think theyre completely lost/ destroyed but others think they can be found to some extent in bible, but OG text corrupted or distorted so dont have same authority as quran

Each person has angels watching over him , Stories about Jibril/Mika’il , We do not send except for the command of the Lord

This is the scripture of which there can be no doubts , The earliest scripture is of Ibrahim

The righteous will have gardens in paradise , Feather the fire which has been prepared for those who reject faith , To him you will be returned

Obey those of you who are an authority

Is Allah not the best of judges? , able to do all things , Mercy takes Precedence over his wrath , The beneficent is established on the throne

Every community is sent a messenger, God took Ibrahim as a friend , Stories of Adam Ibrahim Muhammad