THEO 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Quran, God Speaks, Omnipotence
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Seemed to be the culmination of the authentic prophets. A prophet: someone who brings a message from a higher power and protects the morals of religion. He was born into a leading tribe in mecca, where he later lived. God must be: omnipotent, omniscient, and omnipresent. Muhammad considered it as a miracle, it is grammatically perfect. Ideas came through multiple revelations: hearing the voices was ongoing, the experience of these voices were like reverberating bells, gabriel and michael are the angels. In the koran, god speaks in rst person. Each sentence is a revelation and each sound is a means of grace. Surah, arabic for chapter: surah 3: he has revealed the book with the truth, he has already revealed the. These give guidance for people throughout their daily lives. Ve pillars: the profession of faith the shahada. The most fundamental expression of islamic beliefs.