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Islam

- According to Muslims, Islam is the final version of God’s Religion. It was revealed to Adam (Alahi Salam).

- Allah finally revealed to a man named Muhammad (PBUH); he is now considered the last Prophet of Islam.

- Islam is an Arabic word which means ‘Surrender’, ‘Obedience’ or ‘Submission’.

- Muslims believe that they should surrender to the will of god.

- This is because Muslims believe that if a person totally obeys the will of Allah, they will achieve peace in themselves.

Belief and Teachings

- The religion with god is Islam. (Quran 3:19 )
- You, who believe, obey God and Messenger. (Quran 4:59 )
- Who can be better in religion than he who submits his whole self to God? (Quran 4:125)

Tawheed

- One of the key beliefs of a Muslim is Tawheed, this is the believe that there is only one god.
- Tawheed in Arabic means attributing Oneness to Allah and describing Him as being One and Unique, with no partner or peer in His Essence and Attributes.

Beliefs and teachings

- Say: He is Allah, the one and only!
Allah, the eternal absolute!
He is the father of none, and none is his father.
And there is none like unto him.

Allah. There is no god but he, the living, is the self-subsisting, Eternal.
No slumber can seize him or sleep. His are all things in the heaven and on earth.

Risalah

Risalah is the Arabic word for Messenger. The messengers are prophets but the messenger were given revelations, i.e. Muhammad was given the Qur’an, Jesus was given the bible, Moses was given the Torah and David was given the Psalms.

Muslims recognise the prophets as humans who were chosen to convey a specific mission given by god to guide the humans of that time. Muslims believe that every prophet was given a religion to guide the people of that time. The Qur’an mentions 25 of them but according to Muslim tradition. They each received a book from God: Moses received the Torah; Jesus the gospel; and Muhammad was given the

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