3. 3
Existence of God
1. Fitrah (innate sense of realization)
2. Logical Reasoning
3. World Religions
4. Observations
– Prayers
– Prophets & Prophecies
– Miracles
4. 4
The Unforgivable Sin
[An-Nisa 4:48]
“Verily, Allah forgives not that
partners should be set up with
Him, but He forgives what is less than
that to whomever He wills; and
whoever sets up partners with Allah in
worship, he has indeed invented a
tremendous sin.”
6. 1. Rububiyah 6
[Al-Anaam 6:14]
Say, “Shall I take for my master other
than Allah Who is the Initiator of the
heavens and the earth? And He
provides all without return. Feeds but is
not fed.” Say, “ I have been commanded
to be the foremost among those who
surrender to Him and ascribe not divinity
besides Him.”
7. Intercession (shafaat) 7
& Means of Access (tawassul)
[Al-Isra 17:56-57] “Those whom they call
upon, desire (for themselves) means of
access to their Lord (waseela), as to which of
them should be the nearest; and they (those
who are called, they themselves) hope for His
Mercy and fear His Torment. Verily, the
Torment of your Lord is (something) to be
afraid of!”
8. 2. Uluhiyyah 8
[Al-An’aam 6:162] “Say: 'Verily, my
prayer, my sacrifice, my living, and
my dying are for Allah, the Lord of the
'Aalameen.'”
9. 2. Uluhiyyah 9
• Acts of worship are only for Allah
–Prayer (salah, bowing)
–Dua (asking only Allah)
–Fasting
–Hajj (circumambulating – tawaaf’)
–Charity
–Sacrifice (slaughtering an animal)
10. 3. Asmaa was-siffaat 10
[Ash-Shura 42:11] “There is nothing
like Him, and He is the All-Hearer, the
All-Seer.”
11. Where is Allah? 11
[al-Nahl 16:50] “They fear their Lord
above them, and they do what they
are commanded.”
[al-Mulk 67:16] "Do you feel secure
that He, Who is over the heaven, will
not cause the earth to sink with you?"
13. Other forms of shirk 13
1. Swearing by other than Allah
2. Wearing Amulets/Taweez
3. Involvement in sihir (magic)
4. Believing in fortune-telling
5. Believing in evil omens
6. Internal dissatisfaction with
inevitable events
15. Angels 15
• Existence of Angels
• Angels have bodies
–Even wings
• They are always obedient to Allah
• Love for the angels
16. Functions 16
• Breathe the soul into our bodies
• Angel of death
• Recording angels
• 19 guarding hell
• Gate keeper of hell – Malik
• Angels in Paradise
• Carriers of Allah’s throne
17. Benefit 17
in
believi
• Recording your deeds 24/7
ng
• Observe their obedience to Allah
• Looking at their greatness helps us
reflect on Allah’s Majesty
18. IIbli 18
s an
s
angel?
[al-Hijr 15:30-31] “So, the angels
prostrated themselves, all of them
together. Except Iblis (Satan) - he
refused to be among the prostrators.”
19. IIbli 19
s an
s
angel?
[al-Kahf 18:50] “And (remember) when
We said to the angels: "Prostrate
yourselves unto Adam." So they
prostrated themselves except Iblis.
He was one of the jinn.”