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Islamic Culture
FA I T H A N D W O R S H I P
INSTRUCTOR:
DR. HAJREDIN HOXHA
Presented by:
Mohammad Maimoon Adams
Azeem Padinharepatel Mohammad
Julius Amante
What is Faith?
• Oxford Definition:
Faith is having
complete trust or
confidence in someone
or something.
What is Islamic Faith?
• Islamic Faith: The Belief in the Unity of
God or Tawheed. This is the primary
Kalimah(word) of Islam: “Laa ilaaha
illallah” Which means “There is no one
worthy of worship but Allah”.
Impurities
Islamic Faith is Pure
Worshiping others along with Allah
Ascribing human imperfections to Allah
Devine trinity
Mediation between man and Allah
Belief in Oneness of Allah
Belief in Angels of Allah
Belief in the Revelations (Holy Books)
Belief in the Prophecy (Prophets of Allah)
Belief in the Day of Judgment
Belief in Predestination
"How can I seek
a lord other
than GOD?
While He is the
Lord of all
things?" (6:164).
Verse of Holy Quran
"the Lord of the
east and the
west and of what
is between
them" (26: 28)
Verse of Holy Quran
Allah is not the
god of only one
clan, one people
or one certain
province. He is
rather "Lord of
the Worlds'1
(1:2) "the Lord
of the heavens
and the earth
(18:14).
Verse of Holy Quran
Verse of Holy Quran
• Muslims believe in the existence of one supreme and external god, the
creator and provider of all things. Allah is the lord of the worlds, he is
merciful and compassionate and the ruler of the Day of Judgment. Allah
has no equals, he is the all-knowing the beneficent and he is god of all
mankind.
" Say: " He is
GOD The One
and Only, The
Eternal cause of
all beings. He
begets not, nor
was He begotten
- And there is
none comparable
to Him" (112:1-4)
First it draws the attention of those
signs of the universe
"Surely in the creation of the
heavens and the earth, in the
disparity of night and day, in
the ships that course in the
sea with that which benefits
people, in the water that
GOD sends down from the
sky, reviving with it the earth
after it was barren, in His
spreading in it all kinds of
living things, in the changing
of the winds and the subjected
clouds between the sky and
the earth, indeed are signs
for people who have
understanding" (2: 164).
Secondly, impels man to recognize
the existence of the Mighty and
Great God and Lord Allah
"So set yourself steadfast to the
Religion on a True Path. The
instinctive Religion which GOD
has created in mankind. There is
no alteration in GOD's creation.
"This is the Right Religion, but
most people do not know" (30:
30).
Thirdly, Historical Lessons
The case of Noah: ''But they
called him a liar so we rescued
him and those with him in the Ark,
and We drowned those who had
disbelieved in our Revelations,
indeed they were blind people"
(7: 64) .
Angels are pure and spiritual beings created from light, a
magnificent creation of Allah, they are also obliged to worship
Allah and they are Allah’s chosen way of sending his commands
to mankind, they will descend in ranks on the last day as a sign
of the coming of the day of judgment, belief in the angels are
mandatory as a Muslim as it reinforces ones faith in the
almighty Allah
Muslims believe in the revelations sent by Allah to his
prophets and messengers. Muslims believe that Allah
revealed the Torah to Moses, the psalms to David, and the
gospel to Jesus. The coming of a prophet like Moses with
a new scripture is promised by the Torah, in Deuteronomy
18:15-20, and Jesus also promised a prophet to come
after him, with the explanation of all things in the gospel
of john 16:7-15. The holy Quran is literal word of Allah,
an article of faith brought by angel Gabriel to Prophet
Muhammad S.A.W. it is the last of the revelations, thus
compiling all the previous teaching together, as Allah is
one, his revelation is also one.
Belief in the prophets of Allah
all the prophets were humans; mortal beings
just like us. But they were the chosen ones
during their own time and appointed by
Allah to teach mankind. They were endowed
with divine revelations, for the sole purpose
of spreading Allah’s word and religion.
Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him)
was the final messenger of Allah.
REASON
REVELATION
THREE
FORMS OF
GUIDANCES
GIFTED TO
MAN BY
ALLAH
SENSORY
Is our life on
Earth all about
life and death
and nothing
beyond this?
Qur’an quoted:
“There is nothing
but the life of this
world we die, we
live, but we shall
never be raised
up”.
BELIEF IN THE
HEREAFTER
Every one of us is gifted
with our own free will,
thus we have freedom to
do and choose what we
do in our lives but we
will all be judged on the
day of judgment by our
actions and deeds.
Good will be
Rewarded
Bad will
be
punished
Belief in Predestination
Muslims believe that Allah is
all knowing, that he has
measured out everything; the
sustenance in the world, the
span of our life, the amount of
our goodness and our evil and
everything that will happen to
us.
The Islamic
Faith is notable
by
characteristics
that other
beliefs do not
have
Simple
Islamic
Faith
Is
Nothing
Mysterious
Clear
It states that
Beyond this
beautiful universe,
there is one God
who created it. In
Islam, there is no
religious mysteries
Islamic Faith
unchangeable
Nothing
can be
added or
taken from
it
No ruler,
leader, or
religious
congress
can dare
to do so
The Prophet
(PBUH) said,
“Anybody
who adds to
our faith
anything
alien to it is
utterly
rejected”.
All Islamic
proposals are
established by
strong evidence
and unmistakable
proofs
Islamic
Faith is
also
reasonbound
It is not
emotions which
Islamic Faith
addresses
In Islam, it is never
said “believe
blindly” or “close
your eyes and
follow me”.
It mainly
addresses the
mind.
Worship
What is My Mission in Life?
Why am Living?
Does My Life Have a Purpose?
• Allah Provides us with definite answers for all these questions in the Holy
Worship Quran , which was revealed to the Prophet Muhammad 1400 years ago.
• Allah Created us to be his vicegerent on this Earth.
In order to be his human vicegerent on earth , one must truly worship Allah
Worship Alone.
• This verse makes the Recognition of Allah the purpose of creation of earth and
Worship heavens.
Worship
• “And I did not create the jinn and mankind except to worship Me.” ( 51:56)
• The answer that nature screams out and all beings
indicate is that man is for Allah ; to know him, worship
Worship
him, fulfill his obligations towards him and only him.
• It Is disgraceful for man to worship the sun, moon, river,
trees
Worship
• The primary call of every divine message is “ Worship
God ! You have no other God than him” (7:59)
Worship
• Allah Endowed in man the mind to reason with and a
heart to feel with he created in universe signs that guide
Worship
those minds and hearts to his path.
Ibadaah Worship is the
utmost degree of subjection.
Every act of obedience which
Arabic word for Worship is
shows subjection and
Ibadaah.
submission to Allah is
worship
Meaning of
Worship
Worship
In
According to
Ibn Taymiah
there cannot be He also said
religion is
true worship
synonymous to
without love
obedience and
submission
and worship
Islamic
The essence of
submission is a
self produced
feeling of the
need for the
omnipotent
who has power
to harm and
benefit.
Thought
Essential to the
love of Allah is
recognition of
his bounty,
grace,
mercifulness,
beauty and
perfection
…
True
knowledge of
Allah leads to
the true love of
hi
Pilgrimage
Faith
Fasting
Ibh Taymiah explained that, the scope of worship in Islam is considerably wide, including what
Allah imposes on us as compulsory worship.
The law of equal punishment, writing a
Religion; that is Islam is the way
of life which determines man’s
In the Quran we find divine
will, fasting, fighting in the cause of
commands of legal and legislative religion etc. are prescribed for the faithful.
That is they are commanded by Allah to
behavior and relation to fellow
nature that the faithful are
humans in accordance with the
ordered to implement and
runs counter to that of common people
word of Allah.
enforce.
who associate the word “worship” only with
enforce them. The conception of worship
“religious” practices.
Worship IN SUBMISSION
• A true worshipers beliefs,
speech and deeds are all
ruled by what Allah
ordains, for a believer is
one who is a servant of
Allah, not any other
creature, or even himself.
"We hear and we obey. [We seek]
Your forgiveness, our Lord, and to
You is the [final] destination."
(2:285)
Worship in earning
ones living
• legal
• Good intention
• One should do the work in
the best way he can.
• Allah's commandments
should be observed.
• One must not be too
occupied in worldly
matters to forget religious
obligations.
PURPOSE OF WORSHIP
• We now know mans
mission in life is to Obey
and worship Allah alone.