Imaan Mujmal
"I believe in Allah as He is with Him many names and
qualities and I have accepted all His orders
A Muslim has to proclaim faith in seven things, these are: - Imaan
Mufassal
"I believe in Allah, His angels, His books, His messengers,
in the Day of Judgment, and that Fate good and bad is given by Allah,
and the life after death."
| The basic fundamental beliefs
that every Muslim must have belief (Iman) in: |
| 1 - Belief in Allah (swt) |
| 2 - Belief in Angels |
| 3 - Belief in the Revealed
Books |
| 4 - Beleif in the Messengers |
| 5 - Beleif in the Day of
Judgment |
| 6 - Beleif in Preordainment
(Good and bad) |
| 7 - Beleif in Life After Death |
Allah
1. Allah is ONE.
2. He alone is worthy of worship and none besides Him is worthy of
worship.
3. He has no PARTNER.
4. Nothing is hidden from Him, He even knows the thoughts that go into a
person's mind.
5. He is the most POWERFUL.
6. He has created the earth, the skies, the sun, the moon, the stars,
the angel, human beings and the whole universe.
7. He gives life and death.
8. He gives sustenance to all creation.
9. He does not eat, drink or sleep.
10. He is forever and will be forever.
11. He was not created by anyone.
12. He does not have any parents, wife or children.
13. He does not depend on anybody. All depend on Him.
14. Nobody resembles Allah, and He resembles none.
15. He is pure from all faults.
16. He does not have eyes, nose or a body like that of human beings.
17. We should therefore PRAY to HIM for all our requirements.
Angels
1. Allah has created Angels out of light and gave them various duties
to perform.
2. They are not visible to us.
3. They do not commit any sins nor do they disobey Allah.
4. They do what Allah has ordered.
5. We do not know their exact number.
6. We know of four famous Angels. They are: -
- Hazrat JIBRAEEL Alayhis Salaam.
- Hazrat MICHAEEL Alayhis Salaam.
- Hazrat IZRAAELL Alayhis Salaam.
- Hazrat ISRAFEEL Alayhis Salaam.
7. Hazrat JIBRAEEL (Alayhis-Salaam) brought Allah's Books, Orders and
messages to all the Prophets. He was also sent to help the Prophets at
times and fight against their enemies.
8. Hazrat MICHAAEEL (A.S.) is in charge of food and rain. Other Angels
work under him who are in charge of clouds, the seas, the rivers and the
winds. He gets the order from Allah. He then orders the others under his
command.
9.Hazrat IZRAAEEL (A.S.) takes away life with the order of Allah. He is
in charge of death. Numerous Angels work under him. Some take away the
lives of good persons whilst others looking very fearful take away the
lives of sinners and disbelievers.
10. Hazrat ISRAAFEEL (A.S.) will blow the SOOR (TRUMPET) on the DAY
OF JUDGMENT. The sound will destroy and kill everything that is on
earth and in the skies. When he blows for the second time all will come
to life with the order of Allah.
11. There are two Angels that are always with every person. One writes
all his GOOD DEEDS whilst the other enters all his BAD DEEDS. They are
known as :- KIRAAMAN-KAATIBEEN.
12. The MUNKAR and NAKEER question a person when he dies.
13. Some Angels are in charge of HEAVEN,
some of HELL,
some of looking after children, the old ,the weak and others whom Allah
wishes to protect.
14. From the QURAN and HADITH we come to know that various other angels
are in charge of various other duties.
Books Of Allah
1. Allah has revealed His Books to various Prophets for the guidance
of their nations.
2. The big Books are called KITAABS whilst the small ones are called
SAHIFAS.
3. The four main Books that were revealed are the:
1. TOURAAT
2. ZABOOR
3. INJEEL
4. HOLY QURAN.
4. The TOURAAT (OLD TESTAMENT) was given to Hazrat MOOSA (Alayhis-Salaam).
5. The ZABOOR (PSALMS) were given to Hazrat DAWOOD (Alayhis-Salaam).
6. The INJEEL (NEW TESTAMENT) was given to Hazrat ESA (Alayhis-Salaam).
7. The HOLY QURAN, the final Book of Allah was revealed to Hazrat
MUHAMMAD MUSTAFA 
.
8. Besides these there were many more smaller Kitaabs revealed, e.g.
- 10 Sahifas were revealed to Hazrat ADAM (Alayhis-Salaam ).
- 50 Sahifas were revealed to Hazrat SHIES (Alayhis-Salaam).
- 30 Sahifas were revealed to Hazrat IRIS (Alayhis-Salaam).
- Between 10 and 30 Sahifas were revealed to Hazrat IBRAHAM (Alayhis-Salaam)
(Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon all of them).
9. All the other Books besides the HOLY QURAN were revealed at once.
10. The HOLY QURAN was revealed over a period of 23 years.
11. All the other Books are no more in their original form. Changes,
alterations and additions have been made to them.
12. The HOLY QURAN has been memorized by thousands from the beginning of
ISLAM right to the present day.
13. Allah has promised to safeguard the text of the HOLY QURAN, which is
miraculous.
14. The HOLY QURAN was the final book of Allah. It is still pure, clear
and free from any change or alteration.
Messengers Of Allah
1. Allah sent many messengers to this world from time to time to
guide mankind.
2. These messengers were known as RASOOLS and NABIS.
3. The FIRST of these messengers was HAZRAT AADAM (Alayhis-Salaam)
(Peace be upon him) whilst the LAST was HAZRAT MUHAMMAD MUSTAFA
.
4. We do not know the names of all the NABIS that came into the world.
5. There were about 124 000 Nabis.
6. All the NABIS and RASOOLS were human beings whom Allah chose to
convey his message to the people.
7. They always spoke the truth, committed no sins and conveyed the
message without adding or leaving out anything.
8. They performed miracles with the help of Allah Ta'ala.
9. All the RASOOLS were NABIS but not all NABIS were RASOOLS.
10. A RASOOL is a Prophet who received a new SHARIAT (Divine Law) and
Book from Allah. A NABI follows the SHARIAT of a RASOOL or a Prophet
before him.
11. No person can become a NABI or a RASOOL by his own effort.
12. No more Prophets will come after our NABI Hazrat MUHAMMAD MUSTAFA
. He was the final Prophet of Allah.
13. In the HOLY QURAN Allah Ta'ala mentioned our NABI Hazrat MUHAMMAD
MUSTAFA
as KHAATAMUN NABIYEEN which means that he is the LAST of all the NABIS.
14. The name of some other NABIS and RASOOLS mentioned in the QURAAN are
Hazrat EBRAHIM, ISMAIL, YAHYA, ZAKARIA, YUNUS, IDRIS, YACOOB and SULEMAN
(Alay-Himus-Salaam).
15. Our NABI Hazrat MUHAMMAD MUSTAFA
was of the highest position amongst all the Prophets.
16. All the Prophets of Allah preached the oneness of Allah Ta'ala.
The Last Day (Qiyamat)
1. This world will one day come to an end.
2. Besides Allah Ta'ala no one knows the exact day of Qiyamat. Only this
much is known that on Friday the l0th of Moharram Hazrat ISRAFFEL (Alayhis
Salaam) will be ordered to blow the soor (Bugle).
3. The sound will cause every living person or creature to die.
4. The earth will be shaken up. The mountain will become like flakes of
cotton wool the sun and the moon will crash. The stars will lose their
shine and the whole universe will be destroyed.
5. The approach of Qiyamat will be known by its signs
shown to us by our NABI HAZRAT MUHAMMAD MUSTAFA
.
6. Some of these signs are as follows:-
(a) People will disobey their parents and disrespect respect them.
(b) Breach of trust.
(c) Singing, music and dancing will become common.
(d) Illiterate people will become leaders.
(e) People will speak ill of their ancestors and the previous pious
people.
(f) People of low means will begin to boast of high buildings.
(g) Unworthy people will be given high posts.
Fate -Taqdeer
1. Allah has the knowledge of everything before its creation.
2. Allah has given human beings the willpower and the ability of doing
good or bad.
3. Allah's knowledge of what good or bad one would do even before one is
created is called TAQDEER or FATE.
4. All favours are by Allah's will alone and no misfortune can happen
except by the will of Allah.
5. Therefore we should not despair over any misfortune or boast over any
favour. This teaches us that we should he thankful to Allah for his
favours and patient over any misfortune.
The Life After Death
1. After the day of Qiyamat
when everything will be destroyed, Hazrat ISRAFEEL (Alayhis salaam) will
be ordered to blow the bugle (soor) for the second time.
2. Once again every person that lived on this earth from the time of
Hazrat AADAM (Alayhis Salaam) up to the final day would be given new
life.
3. They will all gather before Allah Ta'ala for judgment in the
MAIDAAN-E-HASHR (Field of Resurrection).
4. They would have to give an account of their deeds.
5. The day on which this will be done is called :-
- YAUM-UL-HASHR : Day of Resurrection
- YAUM-UL-JAZA and YAUMU DEEN : Day of Judgment
- YAUM-UL-HISAAB : Day of Reckoning (Account).
6. The good would be blessed and rewarded with JANNAT
or PARADISE.
7. The evil ones would be punished in JAHANNAM.
(Hell)
Besides the Kuffaar and Mushrikeen Allah Ta'aala will forgive whomsoever
He wishes.
9. KUFFAAR- Plural of KAAFIR meaning one who disbelieves in Allah.
10. MUSHRIKEEN- Plural of MUSHRIK meaning one who associates with Allah
Ta'aala any partner in His being or attributes.
(Extracted from Talim-ul-Haq http://www.inter-islam.org/faith/faithdex.htm) |
