Year 11Religious Education GCSE Workbook Islam: Religion, peace and conflict. Unit 1: Muslim beliefs RE GCSE Workbook GCSE RE Direct Important because: 4. Risalah (prophet) message of - Tells humans all they need to know about God revealed God, religion and how to live their lives Muslims believe that Allah created humans to look after the Muslim beliefs earth for him (Khalifah or vicegerents) and humans need Quran to the Prophet - For Muslims the Qur’an contains only the Muhammad. literal unchanged words of Allah prophets to know how to do this. Teachings of Important because: 2. The five roots in Shi’a Islam (Usul as-din) Prophets were all ordinary human beings; what made them the Prophet - Muhammad was the final prophet and so his different as that they were chosen to receive Allah’s messages. Muhammad words must be important These are five roots of faith which are the basis of Shi’a faith. There are many prophets but the main prophets in Islam are: - The best person to interpret the Qur’an Hadith must be Muhammad - Belief in the oneness of God (Tawhid) - Adam was the first prophet of Islam. Adam and his wife, - Belief in Allah’s justice (Adalat) Hawwa (Eva) at the forbidden fruit in the Garden of Eden. Allah placed Adam and Hawwa on earth to life and Allah The footsteps Important because: - Beliefs in Allah’s prophets from Adam to Muhammad (Nubuwwah) Adam forgave them. of the - The practices, customs and traditions of the - Belief in the successors of Muhammad (imamah) and belief that chosen descendants of the Prophet - Adam built a House of Allah (Ka’aba) in thanks for his Prophets Prophet Muhammad are considered to be a Muhammad were given special powers by Allah forgiveness. Sunnah perfect example for a Muslim to follow. - Belief in the Day of Judgement - Abraham and his wife had no children in old age but then Allah granted him two sons, Isma’il and Ishaq. The Usul as-din are important because: - Ibrahim had a vision that told him to sacrifice his son, as he 1. Six beliefs of Islam (articles of faith) Ibrahim was about to obey Allah’s commands, Allah stopped him and They are the basis of Shi’a Islam; it is from the ‘roots’ that the religion grows rewarded them for their obedience. (Abraham) - Ibrahim and Isma’il restored the Ka’aba after it was These are six principles that a Sunni Muslim must believe to be They are the five principles of faith and show a person what they must believe to be a Muslim destroyed by Noah’s flood. accepted as a Muslim. They come from the teachings of the Qur’an and the Twelve Imams, which means they are of - Ibrahim was given the ’a message for the nations’ and all utmost importance to Shi’a Muslims. further prophets were descendants of him. - Belief in Allah Shi’a Muslims believe that unless they understand and believe the five roots, they will not be able to - Belief in His angels Based on the Qur’an. ‘The men Isma’il - Helped his father rebuild the Ka’aba and establish it as a perform the acts of worship necessary to live the Muslim life place of pilgrimage - Belief in His holy books of faith. Each one believeth in (Ismael) They are the beliefs that Muslims must hold if their practices are to be correct and to ensure that - Regarded as the prophet to the Arabs - Belief in His messengers God and His angels, His books they go to heaven - Belief in the Last Day and His apostles’ (2: 285) - Musa was born a Jew but raised by Pharoah. He killed an Musa Egyptian and fled but God called him back to free the Jews - Belief in life after death from slavery and leave Egypt for God’s holy land. Based on a Hadith of 3. The nature of Allah (Moses) - Received the holy book of Tawrat (Torah) but the people the Prophet Muhammad. distorted his message Muslims believe that God’s nature is shown in the 99 names of God which can be found in the Qur’an. There is some disagreement about the sixth belief. Some believe that it Dawud - Dawud, the great king of Israel was given the holy book of Zabur (Psalms) refers to ‘destiny’, known as predestination (al-Qadr). Therefore some Characteristic This means… This is important to Muslims because…. (David) Muslims describe the six beliefs in three categories instead: Allah must be the creator of everything since - Muslims must try to preserve the world he created. - Isa and Maryam (his mother) are major figures in the Qur’an - Tawhid (the oneness of God) Oneness he is the only God, in control of everything and - Muslims must only worship Allah (to worship others life - Surah 19 records a virgin birth and many miracles of Isa; - Risalah (the messengers of Allah) (Tawhid) present in the universe He created. Allah is shirk) including healing and raising the dead - Akhirah (the last things) - Muslims believe that Allah took Isa from the cross so that Allah has complete powerful. He has created - Muslims believe that Allah is in control of everything Isa (Jesus) Isa never died. He six beliefs are important because: Omnipotence the universe and so must have complete power - God will bring the world to an end and has the power to do - Isa was give the holy book Injil (Gospels) however the Qur’an over it this makes it clear that Isa was an ordinary man, not the son of God Believing in Tawhid Believing in angels Believing in the holy Beneficence is the idea that not only is Allah shows that Muslims shows that God books of God good, He is kind and loving to his creation and - Muhammad was called by Allah to bring his final message to believe God is the only can communicate demonstrates that sent prophets with his word to show humans - If God is merciful, Muslims should be too humanity Beneficence one, which means he how to live. - On the Last Day Muslims will be able to ask for mercy if - His message must be followed and those who follow will be with humans using God has sent books and mercy must be the creator of His special beings to show humans what The Qur’an also teaches that Allah’s mercy is they have shown mercy to others rewarded. everything, and so must to believe and how to such that if people fail to life the perfect - His life was a perfect example for people to follow be all powerful Muslim life, he will forgive them. Muhammad - The message of the previous prophets was distorted so Allah live sent Muhammed the holy book, the Qur’an which can never be Justice means fairness and the maintenance of distorted. - God is just and will reward the good and punish the bad How these impact of Muslim communities today: Justice what is right. Allah’ justice is shown in his holy - The seal of the prophets – final prophet with Allah’s final - Muslims must try to behave justly and preserve a just (Adalat) law, Shari’ah and the way he deals with humans message to humanity society and so work for equal rights and fair laws The six beliefs mean that all people are created equal in the sight of on the Last Day. God. No one is superior to others (except because of their religious The prophets teach Muslims: Refers to the aspect of God’s nature and - Allah is worthy of human worship as is greater than devotion/piety) therefore people should not judge others power which is totally beyond the material anything - Islam is the original religion. Allah taught Islam to Adam and Transcendence These beliefs mean that in Sunni Islam there are no priests or holy world and so human experience and - Allah is not restricted by time, space or matter and so can all the following prophets men with special authority, there can be no prophets after understanding. be contacted by humans wherever they are - Each prophet was given Allah’s true message and so Muslims Muhammad so no human can have God’s special authority - Allah is present for all religious activities of a Muslim should follow their teachings Allah is close to humans and within the universe Salvation in Islam comes through believing in the six beliefs and Immanence - Despite God’s greatness, Allah can be contacted by - All prophets lived lives whose example could be followed, he has created. living in the way set out by Islam humans especially Muhammad. (Sunnah contains the prophets life) 5. Muslim holy books 6. Malaikah (angels) Angel Role 7. Al-Qadr (fate) Muslims believe that God sent prophets (rasul) with his message and Muslims believe that Allah cannot communicate Chief of the angels. This means power, fate or predestination. This means that the most important of these were given the message in the form of directly with humans. Allah created angels as Deliver Allah’s message to the prophets to everything in the universe is following a divine plan. God’s holy book. immortal beings without free will. pass onto humanity Told Ibrahim (Ishaq/Isaac), Zechariah - They are male and have wings. ‘In all things the master-planning is God’s (Surah 13:42) There is some dispute over these books because: - They obey all of Allah’s commands so never (Yahya/John the Baptist) and Maryam (Isa/Jesus) about the birth of significant - Some Muslims believe that God made one holy book, the Qur’an, commit sins and each holy book given to a prophet was simply a copy of that people.