Articles of Faith

1. A Muslim believes in One God, Supreme Eternal, Infinite, Mighty, Compassionate and Merciful. Creator and Provider.God is free from all dependents yet all are dependent on Him. God neither begets nor was He begotten and there is non comparable unto Him. He has no sons or daughters, father or mother. None equivalent to Him.God is the Lord of all humankind, not of special tribe or race.God is high and supreme but He is very near to the pious, thoughtful believers. He loves the people who love Hi and forgive their sins. He gives them real peace, happiness, knowledge and success.God is the Loving and Provider, the Generous and the Benevolent, the Rich and the Independent, the Forgiving and the Clement, the Appreciative, the Unique and the Protector, the Judge and the Peace.
God creates in humans the mind to understand, the soul and conscience to be good and righteous, the feeling and sentiments to be kind and humane. God’s blessings are countless.
God asks us to know Him, to remember Him, to love Him and to enforce His law for our own benefit.
2. A Muslim believes in all Messengers and Prophets of God without and discrimination.
All messenger and prophets were mortals, human beings, endowed with Divine revelations and appointed by God to teach mankind.
These include Noah, Abrahim, Ishmael, Issac, Moses, Jesus and Muhammad (peace be upon them). Their message is the same; Islam, and it came from the One and the Same source:
3. A Muslim believes in all scriptures and revelations of God, as they were complete in their original from; the Scrolls of Abrahim, the Torah revealed to Moses, Psalms to David, Gospel to Jesus, and the Quran to Muhammad (peace be upon them).
Revelations were given to guide people to the right path of God.
Today, the books before the Quran do not exist in their original form. They are in -part lost, corrupted or concealed. Weakness in the early period of Judaism and Christianity are partly responsible.
The Quran reiterates, reinforces and completes the message of previous scriptures. It is the only authentic and complete book of God. No scholar has questioned the fact that the Quran today is the same as it was more than 1400 years ago.
4. A Muslim believes in the angles of God.
5. A Muslim believes in the Day of Judgement.
This world as we know it will come to an end and the dead will rise to stand for their final and fair trial. Everything we do, say, make, intend and think are accounted for and kept in accurate records.
People with good record will be generously rewarded and warmly welcomed to God’s Heaven. People with bad records will be justly punished and cast into Hell.
Some people, who commit sins, neglect God and indulge in immoral activities, seem superficially prosperous in this life, but absolute justice will be performed on the Day of Judgment.
6. A Muslim believes that the purpose of life is to worship God.
Worshipping God does not mean living in seclusion and absolute meditation. To worship God means to know Him, to remember Him always, to love Him, to obey His commands, to enforce His law in every aspect of life, to serve His cause by joining in what is right and forbidding evil and to be just to Him, to ourselves and to our fellow human beings.
The various aspects of life are not separated into religious, worldly or secular. Life is viewed in its entirety and all its facets are considered to be for the worship of God whether it is ritual prayers or making a rightful living.
7. A Muslim believes that humankind is the highest creations of God.
Humans alone are gifted with rational faculties, spiritual aspirations, powers of action and the freedom of choice. God has shown the right path and the life of Prophet Muhammad provides a perfect example for achieving success and salvation.
8. A Muslim believes that every person is born free of sin.
When a person reaches the age of maturity and if he/she is sane, he/she becomes accountable for all deeds and intentions.
There is no inherited sin. One is free from sin until he/she commits sin. Adam committed the first sin, he prayed to God for pardon and God granted Adam pardon.
9. A Muslim believes that humans must attain salvation through the guidance of God.
To obtain salvation, a person must combine faith and action, belief and practice. Faith without doing good deeds and doing good deeds without faith are insufficient.
10. A Muslim believes that God does not hold any person responsible until he/she has been shown the Right Way.
11. A Muslim believes that faith is not complete when it is followed blindly or accepted unquestioningly.
One must build his/her faith on well-grounded convictions through rational and spiritual avenues.
Islam ensures freedom to believe and forbids compulsion in religion (some of the oldest synagogues and some of the oldest churches in the world are in Muslim countries).
12. A Muslim believes that the Quran is the word of God revealed to Prophet Muhammad through the Angel Gabriel.
The Quran was revealed from God in a piecemeal from to answer questions, solve problems, and settle disputes and to be one’s best guess to the universal truth.
The Quran was revealed in Arabic and it is still in its original and complete version today. The Quran is the greets miracle given to Prophet Muhammad. Its poetic nature and style are unrivalled by anything mankind can produce. It is memorized by millions. Its meaning has been translated to most languages.