RELS 226 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Shahada, 6 Years, Qibla

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Religious Studies
• Course: RELS 226
• Professor: Sayeh Meisami

Document Summary

Introduction to the nature and the scope of the course. A ge(cid:374)eral i(cid:374)troductio(cid:374) to isla(cid:373)"s basic teachi(cid:374)gs a(cid:374)d practices. Islam is an arabic word meaning surrender to the universal god allah. Allah is the same god worshipped by jews and christians who came before islam in the ancient. Near east arabic speaking christians call god allah. All three religions recognize themselves as being part of a shared heritage reaching all the way back to the biblical patriarch abraham. Muslims consider their religion, islam, to be the fufillment of the jewish and christain traditions. Musli(cid:373)s (cid:271)elie(cid:448)e the qu(cid:396)(cid:859)a(cid:374), isla(cid:373)(cid:859)s hol(cid:455) s(cid:272)(cid:396)iptu(cid:396)e to ha(cid:448)e (cid:271)ee(cid:374) (cid:396)e(cid:448)ealed i(cid:374) a(cid:396)a(cid:271)i(cid:272) la(cid:374)guage segments from allah to the prophet muhammad by the archangel gabriel over the period of 22 years. Following are the five basic beliefs required of muslims, which are presented in detail in chapter. I(cid:374) additio(cid:374) to the fi(cid:448)e (cid:271)eliefs just listed a(cid:396)e fi(cid:448)e (cid:396)e(cid:395)ui(cid:396)ed (cid:396)itual p(cid:396)a(cid:272)ti(cid:272)es, k(cid:374)o(cid:449)(cid:374) as the (cid:862)fi(cid:448)e.