RS110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Unmoved Mover, Abrahamic Religions, Jinn

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Religious Studies
• Course: RS110
• Professor: Peter Frick

Document Summary

Quran says two spouses male and female: humanity made from dust/clay, and also sperm and blood. The purpose of creation (man and jinn) is so that they could worship god: the laws of god are never changed, they have been the same forever islam is the completion of religion immutability. Everything in the universe has a purpose and every creation holds the structure of the universe/life together: everyone lives within their own purpose which is to submit to god. God: mushrik is one who associates other things with allah idolatry, salvation is the mercy of god at the end of times. The quran means the reciting, recitation and began on the night of power in the year 610, which was the very first revelation. Within 25 years of muhammad"s death, the quran was collected, arranged and copied in uniform duplicates the task of abu bakr: during this time, the arabic text was vocalized how to pronounce.