The Articles of Faith

There are also articles of faith which include beside believing inthe Oneness of Allah:1. Believing in the angels. Allah hascreated them and tasked them to undertake numerous duties besidepraising Him. They are His obedient salves. “They stand in awe andreverence of His [glory]”‘7.2. Beliveing in Allah’s Scriptures, that they were free from anyimperfection or errors at the time of their revelation. All Scripturesthat preceded the Qur’an have been tampered with or distorted by theirpeople, while the Qur’an is protected by Allah from change ortampering. Allah sent down Scriptures to Abraham, Isma’il, Is’haq,Ya’oob (Jacob) and his twelve sons, Moses, Jesus, and Muhammad.3. Believing in Allah’s Messengers. Among whom the most prominentand steadfast are Noah, Abraham, Moses, Jesus and Muhammad, peace be onthem. They are human and slaves of Allah. Every Prophet or Messengerbefore Muhammad, peace be on him, was sent to his own people, butMuhammad, peace be on him. was sent to all mankind. Allah says:”Blessed is He Who Sent down the Criterion To His Servant, that it Maybe an admonition to all Creatures;-“‘8. 17. Qur’an 21: 28. 18. Qur’an25 None of Allah’s Messengers or Prophets claimed to be a god orpart-god. Allah says: “No son did Allah beget, nor is there any godalong with Him: (if there were many gods), behold, each god would havetaken away what he had created and some would have Lorded it overothers! Glory to Allah! (He is free) from the (sort of) things theyattribute to Him!”‘9.4. Believing in the Last Day, the Day of Resurrection. Allah haspredecreed a term for each creature, and a term for the life of thisworld. The world’s termination will be marked by the sounding of theTrumpet, then the trumpet will sound again and mankind shall beresurrected to stand before the Lord of the worlds to be questionedabout their deeds in this world. Those who believed in Allah and wereobedient will go to Jannah or (Paradise), and those who disbelievedwill end up in Hell-Fire.5. Believing in predestination. Allah has created everything inaccordance with His decree, predestination, desire and will, and in dueproportion. His determinattion of the nature of things was establishedfiftythousand years before He created the Heavens and the earth~”.Nothing occurs or takes shape within the heavens or the earth but withHis knowledge and by His order. 19. Qur’an 23: 91.20. Abdullah Bin Amr reported that the Messenger of Allah, peacebe on him, said: “Allah had predecreed the creation fifty thousandvears before he brought the heavens and the earth into existence”.(Imam Muslim, Ahmad and at-Tirmidthi) .Now that you read this booklet, the decision is yours. Everyone isheading for the same end, but may choose any other route. Allah is somerciful; Allah is far removed from injustice; He says: “Nor would wepunish until. We had sent A messenger (to give warning)”‘. Out of ourconcern for you, we have prepared this message. .21 Quran 17: 16.