Name: Monera D. Kamuar
Articles of Faith(Imaan)
1. Believe in Allah (swt)
2. Believe in Angels(
Malaikat)
Course & Year: BSA-1
Understanding
Values Infused
Allah is One. He is the Supreme and
Eternal, the Creator and Provider, the
Merciful and Compassionate. Allah has
no father or mother and no son or
daughter; He has never fathered
anyone nor was He fathered. Allah has
no equal. He is the God of all
humankind, not of a special tribe, race,
or group of people. He is the God of
people of all races and colours, and of
believers and unbelievers alike. Allah is
Mighty and Supreme, yet is very near
to the pious and thoughtful believers.
Allah asks us to know Him, to love Him,
and to follow His law for our own
benefit and salvation.
Angels are a form of spiritual beings
created by Allah to perform various
assigned duties. There are numerous
angels. They are bound to obey the
commands of Allah. Unlike human
beings, they have not been given the
choice to do either right or wrong.
Emphasizes the need to have
firm belief in various
attributes of Allah swt.
In the Holy Qur’an, Angels are
frequently referred to as malak and
rasool which, in Arabic language,
means power and messenger,
respectively. These literal meanings
indicate the nature of various duties of
the Angels. They do not possess any
fixed material form. They cannot be
seen with our physical eyes due to our
limited faculties. But when they appear
to human beings (e.g. in a spiritual
vision), they appear in such forms
which are imaginable by us.
Allah is the ultimate source of
every action and happening,
animate or inanimate.
Malaikat and human beings
are different, they possess
things that us- humans
don’t.
3. Believe in Books (Kitab)
The Message of guidance from Allah
conveyed to mankind, through His
prophets, from time to time, is called
the ‘Books of Allah’. Not only do the
Muslims believe in the Holy Qur’an, but
also in the ‘Books of Allah’ given to
other Prophets. The Qur’an makes
reference to five revealed Books
including the Holy Qur’an itself.
The Holy Qur’an behold the
truth and only the truth, it
states the past, present and
future and indeed, it cannot
be falsify as it contains the
powerful words of Allah.
There is, however, a note of caution: All
revealed Books except the Holy Qur’an
were partly changed by their followers
and are not preserved in their original
form. As such, the belief of the Muslims
in the ‘Books of Allah’ refers solely to
the ‘original guidance’ received by
their prophets, and not to the present
day version of these Books. The text of
the Holy Qur’an, however, has always
remained unchanged and preserved in
its original form. Islam claims that the
teachings of the Qur’an are complete,
perfect and eternal. These teachings
are fully capable of guiding mankind in
all ages.
4. Believe in Messengers
(Nabi)
The term Rasool means a ‘messenger’
and the term Nabi means one who
gives news of events unknown to
people. According to the Holy Qur’an,
all prophets are messengers and all
messengers are prophets.
Holy Prophet Muhammad,
may peace and blessing of
Allah be upon him, was sent
by God Almighty to the
whole of mankind for us to
believe in Islam and we
should strive hard to
Islam makes it compulsory for every manifest his teachings.
Muslim to believe not just in the truth
of the Holy Prophet Muhammad, may
peace and blessings be upon him, but
also to believe in the truth in all other
prophets in the world that came before
him. Belief in all Prophets of God is a
fundamental article of Muslim faith.
While previous prophets were sent to
a particular nation, tribe or people, the
Holy Prophet Muhammad, may peace
and blessing of Allah be upon him, was
sent by God Almighty to the whole of
mankind.
The life of the Holy Prophet
Muhammad, may peace and blessing
of Allah be upon him, was a life of great
success. In his high moral qualities, his
spiritual power, his high resolve, the
excellence and perfection of his
teachings, his perfect example and the
acceptance of his prayers, in short, in
every aspect of his life, he exhibited
such bright signs that he was a perfect
example of manifestation of Divine
qualities and was a perfect man.
5. Believe in Hereafter
6. Believe in Predistination
After belief in One God, belief in the
Last Day is the most emphasised
doctrine mentioned in the Holy Qur’an.
No other revealed book draws such a
vivid picture of Life after Death as does
the Holy Qur’an.
This world is not permanent,
we live in this world
temporarily. Only the
hereafter is the everlasting,
hence while we are on this
world, we should work hard
with our faith for our future
According to the Holy Qur’an, the in the hereafter.
entire universe will come to an end on
the Day of Judgement. The dead will be
resurrected and accounts will be taken
of their deeds. People with good
records will enter into heaven while
those with bad records will be thrown
into hell. According to the teachings of
Islam, hell is a temporary abode while
heaven is everlasting (it may be noted
here that many Muslims believe that
hell is also everlasting.
Man is subject to Divine decree. If a Only Allah swt knows our
human design is not in accord with the destiny. For every failure and
design of God, no amount of effort can success is part of Allah’s plan
succeed in putting it into effect; but for us, so we should be
when the time of the design of God patient in whatever awaits
arrives, that which had appeared most for us.
difficult becomes easily available.