Lesson 1. Introduction to Islam. Introductory slides by Dr. Warsi shown during the online classes run by GainPeace.com.

1. 
In the Name of Allah the most beneficent, eternally merciful

2. An Introduction to
Islam
The Final Religion

3. The Origin of Human Being

4.             
            
    
Behold, thy Lord said to the angels: "I will create a
vicegerent on earth." They said: "Wilt Thou place therein
one who will make mischief therein and shed blood?
Whilst we do celebrate Thy praise and glorify Thy holy
(name)?" He said: "I know what ye know not." 2/30

5. 1. 2/30
2. 7/11
3. 15/28
4. 17/61
5. 18/50
6. 20/116
7. 38/71

6. So there is a God
In Arabic Called
Allah ‫اهلل‬

7. Concepts of God in Islam
• There is only one God, no one can claim
any partnership with Him in,
• Person
• Attributes, or
• Rights
• The only Creator Who is Unique in all the
aspects

8. Concept of God in Islam
• Allah is creator
• Sustainer
• Controller
• Knower of everything
• Source of peace and justice
• To Him everything will return
• Created human beings for this Earth for a
given time to act as His Vicegerent

9. The Origin
• Another creation of Allah, angels were
there before creation of Human being
• They are intelligent being and showed
their surprise
• There was another creation already on
Earth before human beings call Jinn
• Angels are created out of Light
• Human beings out of clay or mud
• Jinns out of the heat of fire

10. The Story Continues

11.           
             
           
           
    

12. And He taught Adam the names of all things;
then He placed them before the angels, and
said: "Tell Me the names of these if you are
right." They said: "Glory to Thee: of knowledge
we have none, save what You have taught us:
in truth it is You Who are perfect in knowledge
and wisdom." He said: "O Adam! Tell them their
names." When he had told them, Allah said:
"Did I not tell you that I know the secrets of
heavens and earth, and I know what ye reveal
and what ye conceal?" 2/31-33

13. The Origin
• So Adam (human being) is superior to
angels
• The best of the creation of God is human
being
• Human being is a responsible creation
• He is given a limited power to execute his
limited free will
• He is responsible to his actions

14.           
  
And behold, We said to the angels: "Bow
down to Adam:" and they bowed down: not
so Iblis: he refused and was haughty: he
was of those who reject Faith. 2/34

15. The Origin
• Human beings are superior to all other
creations of Allah
• Angels were made to bow down to him to
show his superiority
• Iblis, or Satan, the one among the Jinns did
not follow the command
• Angels are made of light and not capable of
making mistakes or disobeying
• Jinns are like humans have a power to
choose and responsible

16.            
         
             
    
We said: "O Adam! Dwell thou and thy wife in the Garden; and
eat of the bountiful things therein as (where and when) ye will;
but approach not this tree, or ye run into harm and
transgression." Then did Satan make them slip from the
(Garden), and get them out of the state (of felicity) in which
they had been. We said: "Get ye down, all (ye people), with
enmity between yourselves. On earth will be your dwelling
place and your means of livelihood for a time." 2/35-36

17. The Origin
• Satan made Adam to forget the command
of Allah
• They were all sent to the Earth to live there
for a given time
• This given time to be a test period
• They were kept in the Paradise and
exposed to the enticement of their own self
and Satan to experience what they have to
face on the Earth

18.             
Then learnt Adam from his Lord words of
inspiration, and his Lord turned towards him; for
He is Oft-Returning, Most Merciful. 2/37

19. The Origin
• Adam, knowing what mistake he did,
repented
• God being merciful showed Adam the way to
return to Him
• Adam, repented and God accepted the
repentance
• The Sin was forgiven
• Anyone born since then till the end of time is
born innocent, and remains so until he/she
makes wrong choices

20. Basic Concept
• From Islamic perspective, every one is born
innocent
• Every child remains so till age of
understanding is reached
• At the age of understanding, the person
becomes responsible
• Now he/she will be judged according to what
he did
• Nobody will take the responsibility of
anybody else

21.             
          
      
We said: "Get ye down all from here: and if, as is
sure, there comes to you guidance from Me,
whosoever follows My guidance, on them shall be no
fear, nor shall they grieve. "But those who reject Faith
and belie Our Signs, they shall be Companions of the
Fire; they shall abide therein." 2/38-39

22. Humans of the Earth
• Allah the most merciful, did not leave us on
this Earth to find our way
• He promised that I will send you guidance,
and fulfilled His promise to the perfection
• Raised among us, human beings like us
with all the same strength and weaknesses
chosen to transmit guidance
• Those words of God when compiled in
written form called Divine Books

23. Basic Concept
• Thus as Muslims we believe that
• God is one and Unique, without partners
• God is the only creator, rest is creation
• Human being is best of the creation
• Human beings and the Jinns are the only
two creation who are given the limited free
will to make their own choices
• They are responsible for whatever choices
they make

24. Basic Concept
• Angels are not capable of disobeying Allah
• The pious human being chosen by Allah to
convey His message are the Prophets and
Messengers
• The revelation that is given to them to
convey to the rest of the humanity is call
the Divine Books
• First of the Prophets is Adam

25. Basic Concept
• The last of the Messengers is Muhammad
• There are many in between, like, Noah,
Abraham, Job, Jacob, Joseph, Moses,
Jesus (peace be upon them all)
• Similarly there have been many books, the
ones mentioned in Quran are, Scrolls of
Abraham, Torah, Bible, Psalm and finally
the Quran itself

26. Basic Concept
• Quran being the final one and none to come
after, is preserved in original text for the
guidance of humanity till the day of
Judgment
• There is a concept of Day of Judgment and
Resurrection
• Everyone will be raised again and their
accounts will be taken
• Perfect Justice will be done

27. Basic Concept
• So as a Muslim, we believe in;
• One and Unique God
• His Messengers and Prophets (all of them)
• His angels
• His Books
• The Day of Judgment
• The accountability

28. Humans on the Earth
• Since human beings are supposed to
spend their test period on this Earth
• They are given the guidance how to
conduct themselves on this Earth as
well
• Thus we see that human being, the
highest of the creation has a
• relationship while on this Earth

29. ‫اهلل‬
‫‪God‬‬

30. The Three Dimensional Human
• Islam claims to be a complete
guidance
• If it is so, it must provide guidance in all
three dimensions of human existence
• And it does so,
• Let’s see how

31. Human to God Relationship
• In this dimension, Islam provide us concept
of worship
• Something which is exclusively between him
and his Creator
• Prayer, five times a day
• Every few hours there is a prayer, remember
your creator
• Some of them in congregation, some in
seclusion speak to your Lord, He will listen
• No intermediary needed, you and your Lord

33. Human to God Relationship
• Fasting during the day for a month in
Ramdan
• Hold off from even the lawful, why ???
• Just because your Lord said so
• A kind of worship, nobody will know until
you tell them
• A covenant, secret; between you and your
Lord

37.         
And those in whose wealth is a
recognized right For the (needy) who asks
and him who is prevented (for some
reason from asking); 70/24-25

38. Human to God Relationship
• Paying charity to less fortunate among us
• The money you earn is not only yours
• There are others among your brethren
who need your help
• After a certain limit of saving you must pay
at least 2.5%
• If you give more the better it is

41. Human to God Relationship
• Making a journey to Makkah the first
house of worship on this Earth
• All standing in front of Allah
• Visiting the first house of worship
• Where Adam worshiped,
• Where Abraham called people to visit
• Persons of all races, all colors, all ethnicity
• Dress alike, do alike
• This is Hajj

46. ‫اهلل‬
‫‪God‬‬

47. 2nd Dimension
• Human to human relationship
• Partly it is covered in worship like charity
• However Islam gives justified laws and
rule to be executed in the society
• It covers every aspect of life
• Business, trade, employer and employee
relationship
• Inheritance, ownership, money exchange

48. Human to Human Relationship
• Marriage, rights of husband and wife
• Rights of parents and children
• Rights of neighbors
• Rights of travelers
• Rulers and the ruled
• Imagine any kind of relationship between
two or more human beings and there is a
guidance available; based on justice

49. ‫اهلل‬
‫‪God‬‬

50. 3rd Dimension
• There are other creations of Allah around
us,
• The Earth, mountains, rivers and all other
natural resources
• Plants and trees
• The animals
• The whole universe, they are all created
and subjected to human beings

51. Humans with other Creations
• Allah allows us to use them, since they are
created for us
• However there are clear guidance for their
use
• You cannot kill the animal unless you need
to eat or it is threatening your life
• You can use the land, streams and the
rivers, but cannot destroy it

52.            
    
O Children of Adam! Wear your beautiful
apparel at every time and place of prayer:
eat and drink: but waste not by excess, for
Allah loves not the wasters. 7/31

53. The Three Dimensional Human
• Thus it gives us guidance for sustainable
use of the resources
• If we follow that, the needs of everyone
will be taken care
• But it is the human greed that takes us to
transgress the rights of others
• We fall prey to the Satan, and
• The world is filled with misery

54. In Summary
• One and Unique God, the only Creator
• Human being the best of the creations
• Human being responsible for their actions
• Originally innocent
• Nobody will carry the burden of others
• Among the human beings, some pious
and chosen ones are Prophets and
Messengers

55. In Summary
• Messengers and Prophets are humans and
don’t share the power of Allah
• Angels created by Allah
• Allah is merciful and forgives if we repent
and ask forgiveness
• Allah prescribed specific modes of worship
• Allah gave us guidance in the for of
executable and justifiable laws to conduct
our life on this Earth, The Books

56. In Summary
• Finally we return to our Lord
• The accounts will be taken
• Perfect Justice will be done
• May Allah guide us to be the recipients of
His immense mercy
• May Allah protect us form the enticement
of the Satan as well as our own selves

57. Questions ?