50 Questions And Answers On Islamic
Monotheism
Q1 Who is your Rubb? (the Lord,the Creator etc).
A. My Rubb is Allah Who has created me and all that exists. He nourishes me
and all creatures by His Bounties.
Q.2. What is your religion?
A. My religion is Islam, which is submission and obedience to the Order oF Allah
and His Messenger with love, hope and fear.
Q.3. How did you know Allah?
I know Him by His signs and creation like the day and night; the sun and the
moon; the heaven and the earth, and all that is there in and between them.
Q.4. Where is Allah?
A. Allah is above the heavens raised over the Throne and separated from His
creatures.
Q.5. Is Allah with us (in person)?
A. Allah is settled over His Mighty Throne, but He is with us by His Knowledge,
hearing ,seeing and other attributes. As He said: "Fear not verily! I am with you
both hearing and seeing (V,20. :46)
Q.6. Who are the friends of Allah?
A. Those people are the friends of Allah who are pious and righteous, fear Him
much abstain from all kinds of sins and perform all kinds of goods, and holdfast
to the Qur`an and Sunnah.
Q. 7. How do you worship Allah?
A. I worship Allah in a manner in which all my ibadah is dedicated to Him Alone. I
do not ascribe anyone with Him in worship.
Q-8. Why did Allah send Messengers?
A. Allah has sent Messengers so that they call the people to worship Him Alone,
not ascribing any partner with Him, and in order that mankind should have no
plea against Allah.
Q-9 What is the meaning of Islam ?
A. Islam means i.e. submission to Allah with Tawhid .
Q-10 What are the pillars of Istam?
A. 1. Testimony of Faith (There is no true God except Allah and Muhammad
is the Messenger of Allah )
2. To establish Salat (prayers).
3. To pay Zakat.
4. To observe Saum (fasting) in Ramadan.
5. Hajj (pilgrimage to the Sacred House) if one can afford the journey.
Q-11 What is Iman?
A. Iman (Faith) means to believe in the heart, to confess by the tongue and to act
with the parts of the body.
Q-12 Can there be any variation in Iman?
A. By some words and deeds it may increase and by some words and deeds it
may decrease.
Q-13 What do you mean by increase and decrease in Iman?
A- Iman (Faith) increases by obedience to Allah and good deeds while it
decreases by sins and evil acts.
Q-14 What are the pillars of Iman (Faith)
A. The pillars of Iman are six i.e. to believe in:
1. Allah.
2. His Angels.
3. His Messengers.
4. His Books.
5. The Last Day.
6. Divine Preordainments good or bad.
Q-15 What is Belief in Allah?
A. The Belief in Allahi is that you should believe that Allah is the Sole Creator
Sustainer Provider and the One in Whose Hand is the disposal of all affairs.
Everything stands in need of Him, but He stands in need of none. He is the Only
One Who is worthy of being worshipped. He has the Best Names and Perfect
Attributes.
0-16 Who are the angels?
A. The angels are creatures of light. They are Allah's obedient slaves, they do
that which they are commanded and are incapable of disobedience.
Q-17 What do you mean by Belief in the Book and the Messengers?
A. It means that Allah sent the Messengers like Moses, Jesus,Abraham. Noah
etc. and sent down the books like the Torah, Injeel, Zaboor (Psalms) etc. to call
the people to worship Allah Alone, associating nothing with Him. He sealed
(finalized) the Messengers with Prophet Muhammed and abrogated all
previous books with the Qur'an. Therefore the worship should be done according
to the Qur'an and the Sunnah of the Prophet .
Q-I8 What is meant by Belief in the Last Day?
A. The Belief in the Last Day means to believe that Allah has ordained a fixed
term for everything, and a term for this world. He will assuredly raise the dead
from their graves and will account for everyone their deeds in this world. On that
Day of Resurrection, rewards and punishments will be assigned. Every one will
be justly rewarded or punished.
Q-19 What is meant by Belief Preordainment (Qadar)?
A. The Belief in Preordainment (Qadar) means to believe that everything — good
or bad — happens or takes place according to what Allah has ordained for it. He
has created everything in due proportion.
Q-20 What is the cleaning of "There is no God but Allah"?