Islam:
God's Message of Guidance to Humanity
By Hassan Ali El-Najjar
Table of Contents
I. Introduction:
Basic Information
1.
Islam: A Brief Introduction
2.
Three
Levels of Faith: Islam, Iman, and Ihsan
3.
The
Scientific Evidence That God Exists and the Holy Qur'an Is His Message to
Humanity
4.
Creation and Evolution in the Holy Qur'an
5.
Humans, As God's Caliphs on Earth
6.
Adam's
Contest With the Angels, and Getting Out of Paradise
7.
Worshippers By Choice Or Forced Slaves?
8.
The Relationship Between the Spiritual and the Physical Aspects of Islamic
Teachings
9.
Mind,
Self, Soul, Spirit, and Happiness from an Islamic Perspective
10.
Heart-Mind Relationship in the Holy Qur'an
II. Islam: The
Five Pillars of the Faith Structure
1. Islamic
Proclamation of Faith
2. Performing
Islamic Prayers
3. Giving Zakat,
Charity, The Third Islamic Duty
4. Fasting and
Ramadhan, Great Gifts from Allah to Muslims
5. Haj, Pilgrimage,
the Fifth Pillar of Islam
III. Iman:
Allah, His Angels, Messengers, Messages, Latter Day, and Qadar
1.
Allah,
As He Described Himself in the Holy Quran
2.
Angels
3.
Noo'h,
Noah, in the Holy Quran
4.
Ibrahim, Abraham,
in the Holy Quran
5.
Moussa, Moses, in the
Holy Quran
6.
'Eissa, Jesus Christ, in the Holy Quran
7.
Muhammed in the Holy Quran
8.
Prophet
Muhammed's Night Journey and Ascent to Heavens, Al-Issra Wal Mi'raj
9.
The Last Day, The Hour, Resurrection, Reckoning, and
Judgment
10.
God's Precise Measurement and His Just Decree, Al-Qadar
Wal Qadha
IV. I'hsan:
Watching Allah in What We Say and What We Do
1.
Introduction to
Islamic Law, Shari'a, Part I, Prohibition, Don't Do, and Do Commands in
the Holy Quran
2. The No (La) Commands
3. The Imperative Commands
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Articles with Islamic
Perspective:
Health Care Crisis
in the US: An Islamic Perspective
"Terrorism" & "Islamo-Fascism"
Propaganda Campaigns:
An Interactive
Lecture
Six Questions About
Islam, Muslims and Jews
Five Islamic
Issues: Predestination and choice, position toward other religions,
angels, and the End of Days
Food Islamic Rules
and Teachings
Are Muslim women
second-class citizens
The French Ban on
Islamic Headscarf, an Interview with
Links to Islamic Topics 2007-2010
Links to Islamic Topics 2007
Links to Islamic topics 2006
Links to Islamic topics 2005
Links to Islamic topics 2004
Links to Islamic
topics, 2003
2002 Links to Islamic
topics
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Islam:
God's Message of Guidance to Humanity
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Adam's Contest With the Angels, and Getting Out of Paradise
By Hassan Ali El-Najjar
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Jumada Al-Thaniya, 1431, June 8, 2010
Revised During Rabi' Al-Thani, 1438 - January 2017
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1438 2017
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ۡ ٱ ٱٰۡ ٱ
I seek refuge with God from the stoned Shaytan (Satan)
In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful
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Introduction
This Chapter addresses the story of Adam, God's will to make
him and other humans His caliphs on Earth, his contest with the angels, living in Paradise, and
getting out of it. However, a necessary background for this
Chapter can be found in two other chapters.
The first is Chapter
I.4,"Creation
and Evolution in the Holy Quran,"
which tells the Quran story
of how Allah (God), praise to Him, created life on Earth, let it evolve, and intervened to
improve His creation.
The second is Chapter I.5, " |