Monday, May 19, 2008

About Islam written by Shakeela jahangir




Islam



Today ,Islam is the second largest and faster growing religion in the world.Islam began with Muhammad. Muhammad means that he was a messenger of God. Islam is a religion based on the teachings of the prophet Muhammad.Followers of Islam ,known as Muslims live throughout the world.
They are concentrated from southwest to central Asia and part of Africa.Islam also has many followers in Southeast Asia.Islam teaches the existence of only one God called Allah in the Arabic language.All means the concept of belief in one god.Muslim believe in all prophets of Judaism and Christianity. They show their devotion by performing lifelong acts of worship known as the five pillars of Islam.These include faith, prayer, alms giving,fasting and pilgrimage.Islam affects nearly every aspect of Muslims lives.Islam is a religion that developed almost 1400 years ago in Mecca. Islam means the peace that comes when Ana's life's surrendered to God. God called Allah.Islam has 99 names for God. Islam is way of life based on teaching of the prophet Muhammed who lived from 570-632.Thus Muslim believe all actions must be guided by God 's will.The fundamental cones of Islam is man others the belief that there is one God: Alla, and Muhammad is his messenger. Muslim have six fundamental beliefs called there articles of faith.The six are believe in Allah, believe in angels, believe in the previously revealed books of God .believe in all the prophets, believe in the day of judgment and believe in divine laws.









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