RS110 : module 9.docx

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

Document Summary

Islam: root s-l-m means submission or surrender: can also mean salam, "peace, total submission to will of god gives inner peace and safety. Muslim: s-l-m once again: one who submits to the will of allah, inanimate life is muslim by nature, humans are muslim by will and obedience, muslim must confess faith (shahadah) in front of 2 muslim witnesses. Muhammad is the messenger of god: there is no worship of muhammad, only god, you submit to the will of god as it is revealed to muhammad. Quran, koran are holy scriptures: recitation; speak out loud words of holy scripture, 114 surahs; somewhat similar to chapters or books in bible, more sections than bible, written in arabic; technically not accurate when translated. Sunnah: tradition about muhammad"s life and actions, collected orally initially. Hadith: prophetic, written, often legal tradition, believed to be divinely inspired, sometimes compared to oral torah, origin in 8th century. Period of 1500 years understood as pre-islamic history.