The Six Pillars of Faith and Other Islamic Beliefs

# 7 Obeying God is the most rational thing to do “And obey God and the Prophet[1] so that you may be given mercy.” (Quran 3:132) When I travel by plane, I usually hear the pilot announce—via the inflight audio system—to fasten our seat belts due to oncoming turbulence.  My typical response involves sitting down, fastening […]

Special Mercy Connected to Ar-Rahmaan is Ar-Raheem.  These names share the same root as the previous, which comes from the Arabic word for womb.  The difference in meaning however is significant.  Ar-Raheem refers to a special mercy for those who want to embrace it.  Whoever chooses to accept God’s guidance has essentially accepted His special mercy.  This special mercy is

# 3 God provides us with innumerable favours “And if you should [try to] count the favours of God, you could not enumerate them.  Indeed mankind is [generally] most unjust and ungrateful.” (Quran 14:34) We should be eternally grateful to God because we could never thank Him for His blessings.  The heart is an appropriate

7 Reasons why God is worthy of worship # 1 God is worthy of worship by virtue of who He is The best place to start is to understand who God is.  God, by definition, is the One who is entitled to our worship; it is a necessary fact of His own existence.  The Quran

The gravest sin Associating partners with God is the gravest sin.  The consequence of this sin is that the one who dies in such a state and has not repented dies in a state of disbelief.  This will never be forgiven by God.  (This applies to major forms of associating partners with God.  There are

God makes it very clear that the purpose of our lives is to worship Him, “And I did not create the jinn (spirit world) and mankind except to worship Me.” (Quran 51:56).   The concept of worship in the Islamic tradition is profound.  Worship entails that we must know, love and obey God, as well as single out

The creed of Islam is more than a religion; it is a way of life.  There are no aspects of our daily lives that Islam does not cover.  The Quran and the traditions of Prophet Muhammad, may the mercy and blessings of God be upon him, teach us how to live our best life.  Most

When a person follows a religion, any religion, it is probably safe to say that they believe in an afterlife.  They believe that there is something beyond this vale of tears we call earth.  A reward or a punishment awaits.  Nobody wants to be punished; everybody wants to be saved from whatever punishments they believe

Islam defines a miracle as an extraordinary act or event that is contrary to the laws of nature and can only come about through the direct intervention of God Almighty Himself.  The Arabic word for miracle is mu’jizah.  It stems from the word ajz, meaning something that incapacitates, cannot be resisted, unique.  According to Islam, miracles are

Any serious message that emerges within society for the first time will appear strange and unfamiliar.  It will consequently be met with hostility and disapproval.  It will be at the very least doubted and looked upon with suspicion.  In most cases it will be condemned violently and rejected. The degree of aversion and hostility that