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Islamic Belief is based on five core principles, otherwise known
as the Pillars of Islam. These are;
1)
Tawheed
(Monotheism or the the Oneness of Allah, or God),
2)
Divine Justice,
3)
Prophethood,
4)
Succession to
Prophet Muhammad (pbuh&hf)* or Imamah,
5)
Day of
Judgement and Resurrection.
Brief Introduction
Tawheed
is the
belief in the Indivisible Oneness of God – the Creator of the
universe and all existence – who has no partners and/or
associates; in Arabic this indivisible one God is called Allah.
Allah has no contender, rival or challenger.
Tawheed
is the
belief that Allah does not have an equal, and there is no being
who remotely comes close to Allah in attributes. Allah is the
originator, maintainer and sustainer of everything that exists.
Allah brought everything into existence from nihility and that
he sustains and maintains everything. Therefore creation,
sustenance, bestowing, denying, death, life, sickness, health,
etc. are all under His control and will.
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Divine
Justice
means that Allah does not do any injustice to anyone and does
not do anything that would be against wisdom. Therefore,
whatever He has created, or whatever amount of sustenance He has
given to someone or whatever He has not given to someone all are
on the basis of wisdom and on good grounds even though we do not
know the reasons. It is simply like a physician prescribing a
certain medicine for a patient that we consider is good and
useful even though we may not know all the evidence for its
usefulness.
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The prophets
were the people who received divine revelation. Allah has sent
numerous prophets and messengers to humankind since the dawn of
history. These prophets were of two types: "local" and
"universal." While the local prophets were sent with specific
messages to specific groups of people, the universal prophets
were sent with messages and books for all of humankind.
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Just as Allah
appointed His messengers for the guidance of mankind, in the
same way appointing deputies and successors for the prophets
was a matter of necessity. Allah appointed twelve distinguished
personalities, one after the other, as successors of the holy
Prophet of Islam (pbuh).
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Resurrection means that Allah will one day bring back to
life all the dead people to let every one find the results of
their deeds whether good or bad. Those who were good will be
admitted into Paradise and will enjoy the Mercy of Allah and the
pleasures of Paradise. But those who disbelieved and partook in
evil acts in their lives will be given just retribution of their
acts in Hell.
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[*] - Peace be upon him and his family
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