CAS RN 106 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Tawhid, Israfil, Heavenly Creatures
9 Jan 2017
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Islam arabic word, generally refers to submission , submitting to the will of god: followers muslims. Islam has come to the name of the religion that received its revelation through the prophet muhammad (570-632) in the form of the qur"an. Abrahamic tradition abraham was from the hebrew bible, founder of monotheism, the first human who is going to create lineages of monotheism, founding father of judaism, christianity and now islam. Key beliefs: unity of god (tawhid, say: he, allah, is one. Allah is he on whom all (beings and things) depend. He does not beget, nor is he begotten. And none is like him: angels: heavenly creatures in service of god. Mika"il (michael), israfi"l and izra"il: qur"an: holy scripture initiated with the first revelation to adam and completed with the last to muhammad. The human person: the quran represents the human self as confluence of bodily impulses (nafs) and.
