Articles of Faith

Articles of Faith
Belief in Prophets
Q (a) Write about Muslim belief in Prophets.
It is mentioned in the Imaan-e-Mufassal, which is: “I believe in Allah, in His angels, in
His books, in His messengers, in the last day and in the fact that everything good or
bad is decided by Allah, the Almighty, and in life after death”. It is an article of faith
without which a Muslim’s faith is incomplete.
It is the fourth article of Muslim faith. All the messengers were chosen by Allah. They
were sent throughout history for the guidance of mankind and they acted as a link
between Allah and mankind. All the messengers were human but sinless which means
that they never disobeyed Allah. They were all men and many of them got married and
had children. They did not have any physical relation with God. The Holy Quran
condemns the Christian belief that Prophet Isa was the son of the God. All the
messengers conveyed the same teachings that are belief in oneness of Allah and in the
life hereafter but with the exception of Quran all previous messages were either lost or
corrupted.
They were sent to particular communities and then messages were only for the guidance
of those communities for example, Prophet Musa and Prophet Isa were sent for the
guidance of Bani Israel. They all have preached their people the oneness of Allah and
about the day of judgement. Some of these messengers were given the miracles as a
sign of their divinity for example Prophet Muhammad SAW split the moon, and Prophet
Musa was given the miracle of the staff which turned into a snake. Similarly, Prophet Isa
could cure the blind and lepers and even raised the dead and iron softened in the hands
of Hazrat Daud. All the messengers were to be obeyed as the Quran says, “We did not
send any messenger but to be obeyed in accordance to God’s will.” [Ch4:V64]
According to Muslim belief the line of prophets started from Hazrat Adam. According to
a Prophet’s hadith, the line numbered 1, 24,000 approximately. The Quran mentions
only 25 of them by name. Major Prophets include Hazrat Ibrahim (Suhuf), Hazrat Musa
(Torah), HazratDaud (Zaboor), and Hazrat Isa (Injil) and Prophet Muhammad pbuh (the
Holy Quran).
Muslims believe that all the messengers were morally perfect which means that they
were honest upright and truthful and they did not make any addition or omission in
Divine revelations. All the messengers should be respected equally because they are
equal in status. The Quran says, “And We make no distinction between one and
other of His messengers.” [Ch2:V285]
Prophet Muhammad pbuh was the last in the line of prophetic messengers, therefore,
he is also known as “Seal of the Prophets”. The Holy Quran says, “Muhammad is not
the father of any of your men but the Messenger of Allah and the seal of
prophets.” [Ch33:V40]. Prophet pbuh himself said, “I am the seal of prophets and
there will be no prophet after me.” His message was the same as the previous ones
but it was sent for all mankind and for all times to come. Allah himself has taken the
responsibility of protecting His message from any change or corruption. God says, “This
is a Glorious Quran in a Tablet preserved.” [Ch85:V21-22]
b. Why is belief in all prophets important in Islam? Give reasons for your answer.
Belief in all of prophets is important because they were all sent by God; or it could be
said that it is written in the Qur’an that we should make no distinction between them, al
Baqarah,2:285. The Qur’an tells us stories of the various prophets of God sent over the
ages which teaches Muslims respect for other revealed religions and promotes religious
tolerance. Every prophet carried the legacy of the prophet before him and the Prophet
Muhammad (pbuh) carried this legacy in totality. Though belief in all prophets is
essential in Islam the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) has the distinction of being the last
prophet of God and was the one on whom the religion was perfected.
Belief in Resurrection and Last Day
4(a) What do Muslims believe about the Day of Resurrection and

Judgment? [10] M/J 2018
4(a) Write in detail about Muslim belief in Life after Death and
the Day of Judgement. [10]
It is mentioned in the Imaan-e-Mufassal, which is: “I believe in Allah, in His
angels, in His books, in His messengers, in the last day and in the fact that
everything good or bad is decided by Allah, the Almighty, and in life after
death”. It is an article of faith without which a Muslim’s faith is incomplete.
Belief in Resurrection and the Last Day is the sixth article of faith. Every Muslim
must believe in the life after death, all life will come to an end one day. Mankind
will be resurrected and will be presented in the court of Allah with the record of
his deeds. He will be given an account of all his deeds.
According to Muslim belief, upon death a person enters an intermediate phase,
the waiting period between death and resurrection called barzakh. In barzakh
starts the lesser judgment where the dead will be questioned by angels about
their religion, prophets, and their lord, Allah. Depending on how one responds in
this lesser judgment, one’s grave can be reflection of Paradise or Hell. The soul
rest in Barzakh where they will remain till the resurrection, Allah says, “Before
them is partition (Burzakh) till the day they are raised up (Ch23: V100)
The Day of Judgment can be divided into three stages.
Life will come to an end at appointed day. Everything of this universe shall be
destroyed. The day is called Qayamah. Qayamah will be the day of clamour and
noise, people will be running in confusion and bewilderment. Allah says, “(it is) a
Day whereon Man will be like moths Scattered about. And the mountains
will be like carded wool” (Al Qariah 101:4-5).Mothers will forget their children
everyone will be concerned about his own self, Allah says, “When the deafening
blast is sounded that day man shall flee from his brother, his mother, and
his father” (Abas 80:33-35). The sun will be folded up, the stars will lose their
lights and scatter away. The earth will be rent asunder. The mountains will set in
motion and they will be blown away. “One day we shall remove the
mountains and you will see the earth as a level (20:100). The ocean will boil
over and burst forth. All the people will die. Allah says, “Every soul must taste
of death” (Al Anbiya 21:35).
The second trumpet will be blown and there will be resurrection not only of men
but also of angels and Jinn. “Then, a second one will be sounded when
behold they will be standing and looking on! And the earth will shine with
the glory of its Lord: the Record (of deeds) will be placed (open)” (68-69).
A new world will emerge with a new sky. All human beings who had lived on this
earth since its start will come back to life, this is called HASHR. “You were
lifeless and He gave you life and He will cause you to die and will bring you
again to life” (2:28)
Men will be presented in the court of Allah with the record of their deeds and
they will be judged according to their deeds. Allah says, “And the book of
(Deeds) will be placed (before you) and you will see the sinful in great
terror because of what is (recorded) therein” (Al Kahf 18:49) Scales will be set
up and the deeds will be weighted. Furthermore, the Quran tells us that those
who have done good deed will be handed their record in their right hands, and
those who have sinned will receive the records in their left hands. ‘Those who
are given their record in their right hands will read it (with
pleasure)”(17:71). “ And he that will be given his record in his left hand
will say Ah! Would that my record had not be given to me.” (69:25)
As-Sirat will be laid across Hell and Muhammad (P.B.U.H) shall be the first
amongst the Believers to cross it with the followers. Those who emerge successful
in this judgment will go to paradise Allah says, “Then he whose Scales are
heavy shall be in state of bliss and he whose scales are light shall have a
deep pit for his dwelling.” (Al Qariah 101:9-10)
Paradise and hell are described in the Quran and Hadith with concrete and material
things of this world. This is to give an idea to human mind about the intensity of
pleasure in paradise and severity of the punishment in Hell.

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