What Is Islam?
The religion of Islam is the acceptance of and obedience to the teachings of God which He revealed to His last prophet, Muhammad .

Some Basic Islamic Beliefs
1) Belief in God:
Muslims believe in one, unique, incomparable God,
Who has no son nor partner,
and that none has the right to be worshipped but Him alone.
He is the true God, and every other deity is false.
He has the most magnificent names and sublime perfect attributes.
No one shares His divinity, nor His attributes.
In the Quran, God describes Himself:


Say, He is God, the One))
. God, to Whom the creatures turn for their needs.
He begets not, nor was He begotten,
and there is none like Him.))
(Quran, 112:1-4)



2) Belief in the Angels:
Muslims believe in the existence of the angels
and that they are honored creatures.
The angels worship God alone, obey Him,
and act only by His command.
Among the angels is Gabriel,
who brought down the Quran to Muhammad .

3) Belief in Gods Revealed Books:
Muslims believe that God revealed books to His messengers
as proof for mankind and as guidance for them.
Among these books is the Quran,
which God revealed to the Prophet Muhammad .
God has guaranteed the Qurans protection
from any corruption or distortion.
God has said:

Indeed, We have sent down the Quran, and surely We will guard it (from corruption). (Quran, 15:9)

4) Belief in the Prophets and Messengers of God:
Muslims believe in the prophets and messengers of God,
starting with Adam, including Noah, Abrahim, Ishmael,
Isaac, Jacob, Moses, and Jesus (peace be upon them).
But Gods final message to man,
a reconfirmation of the eternal message,
was revealed to the Prophet Muhammad .
Muslims believe that Muhammad

is the last prophet sent by God, as God has said:

Muhammad is not the father of any one of your men,
but he is the Messenger of God and the last of the prophets...
(Quran, 33:40)
5) Belief in the Day of Judgment:
Muslims believe in the Day of Judgment (the Day of Resurrection)
when all people will be resurrected for Gods judgment

according to their beliefs and deeds.

6) Belief in Al-Qadar:
Muslims believe in Al-Qadar,
which is Divine Predestination,
but this belief in Divine Predestination does not mean that
human beings do not have freewill.
Rather, Muslims believe that God has given human beings freewill.
This means that they can choose right or wrong
and that they are responsible for their choices.

The belief in Divine Predestination
includes belief in four things:
1) God knows everything.
He knows what has happened and what will happen.

2) God has recorded all that has happened
and all that will happen.

3) Whatever God wills to happen happens,
and whatever He wills not to happen does not happen.

4) God is the Creator of everything.