Islamic concepts
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- Created on: 18-01-17 16:51
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- Religious concepts-Islam
- Tawhid
- the 'oneness' of god
- this gives life a purpose as Muslims but submit to islam and submit to God
- to accept this you accept that all creation is dependent on God
- this gives life a purpose as Muslims but submit to islam and submit to God
- It is a shirk to campare anyone to God or give Him any partners
- However the only way we can understand him is through metaphors as he is so unlike us he must be anthropomorphise for us to understand
- Elias "God's thrown was a metaphor for his majesty, speech was revelation and his hand was his omnipotence"
- "For Allah sees all that they do"
- Shirks
- greater shirk-when you associate someone with god
- saying Jesus was his son
- lesser shirk
- going against the religion ie wearing a non Islamic talisment
- hidden shirk
- showing off your religion with the wrong intentions
- ie glorifying your prayer because someone is watching
- showing off your religion with the wrong intentions
- greater shirk-when you associate someone with god
- However the only way we can understand him is through metaphors as he is so unlike us he must be anthropomorphise for us to understand
- the 'oneness' of god
- Transcendence
- used to reflect the idea that in no way god resembles his creation
- beyond all limitations
- doesn't die/be born
- Greater than us
- created us and everything else in the universe
- Above and beyond use
- far away outside of creation
- separate to use
- unlike any of his creation
- outside of time and space
- he's everywhere and he wont ever age
- distent
- doesn't obviously communicate with us
- unimaginable and incomparable
- we need metaphors to understand him
- beyond all limitations
- Brown "The otherness of god"
- Crossley "God is by very definition far above and beyond the grasp of the human mind"
- To maintain a relationship with God Muslims must pray 5 times a day
- Ibadah- is worship through submission
- Muslims base their relationship with God on taqwa-fear
- used to reflect the idea that in no way god resembles his creation
- Immanence
- in us/with us
- withing creation
- close to us
- personal
- intimate-a part of us
- friend
- mutual-two way relationship
- "wherever you turn is the face of god"
- "God is closer to man than his jugular vein"
- Gods transcendence is very apparent but his immanence is harder to see
- immanence is based more on faith and feelings
- The Shahada
- First pillar of islam
- Much believe to become a muslim
- First and last thing a muslim should hear
- Muslims are obliged to follow the laws rather than just beliefs
- Much believe to become a muslim
- "There is no god but Allah, and Muhammad is his messenger"
- Public decoration of faith, recognising tawhid and the Muhammad as a exemplary Muslim
- making the decoration with the correct intent and two witnesses is the entrance to islam
- Gives their life true purpose to submit to Allah and follow the example Muhammad set.
- "It is belief in god that should fuel ones desire to follow the pillars rather than just mere habit or the material benefit these acts may bring" Turner
- "God judges not just the act but the intention with which it is carried out" Tuner
- Gives their life true purpose to submit to Allah and follow the example Muhammad set.
- reasons why it should be public
- Widely defined as 'public declaration of faith'
- can be seen as invalid if not whitnissed
- public acts should naturally follow from the shahada rather than keeping it priavte
- muslims are expected to share thier belief so other can understand it
- reasons why it shouldn't be public
- can be accepted without whitnesses
- hidden shirk, private intent is the main focus
- Muslims should be privately minded about Allah at all times-taqwa
- should be the last words a Muslim says regardless of where they are in public or not
- making the decoration with the correct intent and two witnesses is the entrance to islam
- First pillar of islam
- Tawhid
- "he is the one and only, God the eternal absolute"
- "There is none like him"
- the opposite of us
- doesn't need to learn anything-he's omnsicient
- used to reflect the idea that in no way god resembles his creation
- beyond all limitations
- doesn't die/be born
- Greater than us
- created us and everything else in the universe
- Above and beyond use
- far away outside of creation
- separate to use
- unlike any of his creation
- outside of time and space
- he's everywhere and he wont ever age
- distent
- doesn't obviously communicate with us
- unimaginable and incomparable
- we need metaphors to understand him
- beyond all limitations
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