Muslim Beliefs To Believe In God

In their creed, Muslims believe in six articles: to believe in God, in the angels, the Books, the prophets, eschatology, and predestination. As with Christians with regard to their Nicene Creed, when a Muslim calls aloud with inner conviction the “Al-shahâda” (profession of faith) that person is a Muslim, who is one who is submitted to God: “There is no god but God (Allah), and Muhammad is the messenger of God.” As opposed to the Christian view, Muslims believe in a truly transcendent God who could never take to himself a son, “And say, "Praise to Allah , who has not taken a son and has had no partner in [His] dominion and has no [need of a] protector out of weakness; and glorify Him with [great] glorification.” Muslims view Jesus as a simple prophet among others, who confirms the Torah and announces the coming of a prophet named Ahmad, “O children of Israel, indeed I am the messenger of Allah to you confirming what came before me of the Torah and bringing good tidings of a messenger to come after me, whose name is Ahmad.” Borrmans points out that in the Qur’an Jesus has nothing in common with God. The Qur’an also denies that Jesus is third in the Trinity and accuses

Muslims are invited to follow these five pillars and it is upon these acts of worship that their catechisms and preachings insist. Within these rites, every Muslim is required to intervene in public life to bring about the “moral order” wished by God and should adhere to the divine law, the Shari’a, whose regulations come from the Qur’an, the Sunna, and the canonical schools. At this point, what does “intervene in public life” mean for