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1. Beginners’
Course on Islam
Lesson 2

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Lesson Outline
 Introduction
 Recapitulate
 Belief in Allah
 Belief in the Angels of Allah

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Recapitulate:
The Status of Man
Created in the best form
Free will
Ability to think Acts upon
what’s right and wrong
Ability to Responsible of choices
reason

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Recapitulate:
The attitude of a Muslim
MUSLIM
A person who submits and obeys Allah’s will by doing what
is enjoined and refraining from that which has been
forbidden
SUBMISSION OBEDIENCE
Acceptance of Putting God’s commands
God’s commands into practice

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Recapitulate:
The Essence of Islam

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Belief in Allah:
Definition
 Who is Allah?

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Who is Allah?

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Who is Allah?
“Say: He is Allah, the One and Only;
Allah: the Eternal, the Absolute;
He begets not, neither is He begotten;
And there is none like unto Him”
Quran 112:1-4

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Belief in Allah:
There can be only ONE!
But why?

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Belief in Allah:
Knowing Him
 So, how do we know Him?
 Through His Signs.
“Behold! In the creation of the heavens and the
earth, and the alternation of the night and day -
there are indeed Signs for men of understanding”
Quran 3:190

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Belief in Allah:
Knowing Him
 Through His Attributes.
“And Allah has the most (beautiful) excellent Names
(attributes), so call on Him by them” …
Quran, 7:180

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Belief in Allah:
His Attributes
al-Musawwir, TheThe Giver of
al-Muhyi,
ar-Razzaq, The Sustainer
Designer Life

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Belief in Allah:
His Attributes
 Happening on the 2nd,
4th and 5th Tuesday of
the month.
 8:00pm – 9:30pm
 Ustaz Muhammad
Mubarak

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Belief in Allah:
Shirk
 Muslims believes in the ONE-ness of God
 Shirk: to ascribe partners to Allah – the
gravest sin in Islam.
“Allah forgives not that partners should be set up
with Him; but He forgives anything else, to whom
He pleases; To set up partners with Allah is to
devise a sin most heinous indeed” …
Quran, 4:48

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Belief in the
Angels of Allah
Introduction

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There are 2 kinds of living
creatures:
 Those that can be
seen.
 Those that cannot be
seen.
Muslims believe that just Belief in the
because you cannot see
something, it does not
Angels of Allah
mean that it does not 1st point
exist.

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Belief in the Angels of Allah:
1st Point
Visible Invisible

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Belief in the Angels of Allah:
2nd Point
 There are creations which were given
free-will, whilst others do not.
 Itmeans that the creature has a mind
which it can use to decide right and
wrong.
 Other creatures just lead their lives
according to their instincts, like fish and
birds do.

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Belief in the Angels of Allah:
2nd Point
No free will With free will
• A dog • You
• An elephant • Me
• An earthworm • Your father
• A snake • My father
• A rhinoceros • Your mother
• A bird • My mother
• A whale • My wife
• A cookie monster • Pinocchio

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Belief in the Angels of Allah
 Angels to Muslims:
 Invisible
 No free-will

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Belief in the Angels of Allah:
Their Characteristics
 do not question God (no free will)
 do everything God orders them to do
 do not adjust or amend what God orders
 do not need to eat, drink or have sex
 they have “supernatural” powers by man’s
standards
 can take on the form of other creatures

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Belief in the Angels of Allah
Name Duties
Jibreel Conveyer of Divine messages to all Prophets of Allah
Mika’il The guardian spirit of land, sea and air. The angel of
providence
Raqib ‘Atid Records all good and evil actions of man
Ridhwan In-charge of guarding Heaven
Malik In-charge of guarding Hell
Israfil Who will sound the note (sur in Arabic) which will
signal the end of the world and the Day of Judgment
Izra’il Angel of death, in charge of taking people’s souls
when they die
Munkar & Nakir They are angels which will question the soul of the
dead person as they are awaiting resurrection

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End
 Thank you for coming.
 Any Questions?