Islam Case
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World Religions
Chapter 6
Islam
Summary
Background
* God created the world and after it human beings, the name of the first was Adam
* Allah means "the God"
* The descendants of Abrahams first son, Ishmael thrived in the place of Mecca eventually becoming Muslims
The Seal of the Prophets
* In the latter half of the 6th century AD we come to Muhammad, he is called the seal of the prophets as no valid prophet has followed him
* Muhammad was born in 570 AD into a leading tribe in Mecca
* Muhammad married a woman 15 years his senior, Khadija
* He began to frequent a cave more and more on the outskirts of town attempting to find the answers and he found these and more when he discovered the keeper of all in Allah
The Standing Miracle
* The word al-quar an in Arabic means a recitation, Muhammad thought so highly of the Koran that he believed it to be the only miracle that God worded through him
* The Koran continues the Old and New Testaments but is presented as the culmination of their work
* It is a manual of definitions and guarantees and at the same time a road map for the will
Basic Theological Concepts
* Basic theological concepts are for the most part the same as its predecessors Christianity and Judaism
* Muslims see monotheism as Islam's contribution to religion in general
* The Koran abounds in lyrical descriptions of the natural world
* The human soul is everlasting, for once it is created it never dies, depending on how it fares it will either be sent to heaven or hell for eternity
The Five pillars
* First God revealed the truth of monotheism, God's oneness through Abraham, 2nd the ten commandments through Moses, 3rd the Golden Rule given to us by Jesus, and 4th the Koran to answer the remaining questions
* Prayer 5 times a day, on arising, when the sun reaches its zenith, its mid-decline, sunset, and before retiring
* Muslims must pray in the direction of Mecca
* The observance of Ramadan is also something that must be done, no eating after sunrise and before sunset for the month
* Once during a Muslim's
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