RLG204H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Sadaqah, Tayammum, Orgasm
14 Feb 2017
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Week 3 readings: the principal source of islam: the holy quran. Frederick mathewson denny, an introduction to islam, fourth edition, 99-148. (on. The testimony is the shahada, the closest thing to a creed in islam. Faith in the absolute unity of god. Monotheism is tawhid, which means making gos one. Shirk is the associating something with god, which is an unforgiveable sin. Belief in angels and their important work as messengers and helpers of god. Satan(iblis) is an evil angel, he was cast out of heaven after he refused god"s command to bow down to adam. Angels have no sex, are made out of light, whereas humans are created from clay. Supernatural beings, created of fire, known as jinn. Much lower than the angels, being in most respects like humans. They have a limited life spans, are either male or female, and can be either good or evil. Quran speaks of some of them as having been converted to.
