Muslims believe that life is meaningful, and that the purpose of life is to worship and serve God To worship God means more than prayer It means to love Him, to obey His commandments and to do what is right God expects each of us to carry His Islamic commitments Muslims believe that individuals must work for their good in this world and the next Each Muslim must combine faith with action, belief with practice Faith must come through rational thinking and acceptance of Gods ordainments The teachings of the Quran are based on revelation and reason Islam will propa- gate not by force but by conviction Muslims are commanded by God to observe five basic creeds We call these creeds the five pil- lars of Islam The first pillar is the profession of faith "There is no God except Allah and Muhammad is a messenger of Allah" When this profession of faith is made with sincerity, an individual is on the way to the Islamic way of life When this profession is put in force, then an individual has become a Muslim
COMPREHENION
a Answer the following questions
1 What does the word Islam mean in Arabic ? Mb
2 How can a person find peace?
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3 What is the difference between a messenger and a prophet?
4 How was the Quran revealed to Muhammad PBUH ? was revealed
5 What does Hadith include ? non
6 What does a Muslim believe the purpose of life to be?
What does " to worship God really mean?
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8 Why is surrendering to Gods Will an essential article of the Muslim faith? B everything hendis
9 What is the first pillar of Islam?
10 How does an individual become a Muslim?**
b Decide whether the following statements are True or False T/F by referring to the information in the text Then make the necessary changes so that the false statements become true
1 Islam came after the Christian religion T
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