Islam — Beliefs and Teachings
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Key facts
Belief in Akhirah includes resurrection, judgement, heaven, and hell.
Angels in Islam are made of light (nur) and always obey Allah — they have no free will.
The Hadith "Actions are judged by intentions" (Sahih al-Bukhari) teaches that niyyah (intention) determines the spiritual value of an act of worship — the inner motive matters, not just the outward act.
Adalah is belief in the divine justice of Allah — that Allah is perfectly just.
Ashura is the annual Shi'a observance commemorating Husayn's martyrdom at Karbala.
The Hadith "The whole earth has been made a mosque (place of prostration) for me" (Sahih al-Bukhari) teaches that Muslims may pray anywhere that is clean, not only in a mosque.
Islamic tradition lists 99 names (al-Asma' al-Husna) describing Allah's attributes.
Al-Qadr is the Islamic concept of Allah's foreknowledge and predestination.
Islamic tradition (hadith of Abu Dharr) holds that Allah sent 124,000 prophets in total.
The Shahadah declares: "There is no god but Allah, and Muhammad is his messenger."
Sample questions
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What does belief in Akhirah include?
- •Reincarnation cycles for all believers
- ✓Resurrection, judgement, heaven, and hell
- •Returning to Earth as different humans
- •Sleeping forever without consciousness
Which angel is the angel of death in Islam?
- •Israfil
- ✓Izrail
- •Mikail
- •Munkar
How many roots are in Usul ad-Din (Shi'a)?
- ✓Five
- •Seven
- •Three
- •Twelve
How many divinely-appointed Imams do the largest Shi'a branch recognise?
- •Five
- •Seven
- ✓Twelve
- •Twenty-four
Which is a key Islamic attribute of Allah?
- •Born of human parents
- •Limited in his knowledge
- •Made of physical matter
- ✓Omnipotent — all-powerful
What does Al-Qadr teach?
- •Allah does not know future events
- ✓Allah knows and ordains all events
- •Events happen by random chance alone
- •Humans control all of their own destiny
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