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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.