RELIGST 2Q03 Chapter Notes -Hazira, Old Testament, Kaaba

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Religious Studies
• Course: RELIGST 2Q03
• Professor: Liyakat Takim

Document Summary

Muslim: one who submits to one god. Qur"an uses the word muslim in a generic sense (one who submits to god) Only one god, is the creator of all of humanity, he creates and communicates. Qur"an retells some of the stories told in the old testament. God created human beings out of nothing (told them to be and they became) Qur"an does differentiate from the old testament (adam did not make eve and eve did not make adam eat a forbidden fruit) Abraham was born in ur approximately 4000 years ago. Covenant: contract between god and abraham (terms were to worship only one god, and to become leader) Abraham had two wives (original wife was sarah who could not conceive, so gave. Hajra permission to have a kid by the name of ismail) Miraculously sarah then also had a kid named isaac. Sarah then asked abraham to send off ismail and hajira to the dessert (mecca) (importance: first migration)