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This 3 page paper discusses the basic beliefs of Islam and the Five Pillars of Wisdom, and argues that the First Pillar, belief in God and the prophets, is the most challenging to accomplish. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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to man through an intermediary, in this case, the Prophet. This paper discusses the basic beliefs of the Islamic faith, how they relate to the Five Pillars of Wisdom; and
which of the five pillars would be the most difficult to achieve. Discussion The Five Pillars are related to the basic beliefs, but are not the same. According to one
source, the basic Islamic beliefs are as follows. The first is "faith in the absolute unity of God" (Horn, 2004). This means that Allah is "the only creator and disposer
of the Universe, has no partner and no comparable being, and none but Allah is worthy of worship" (Horn, 2004). The Islamic faith is strictly monotheistic and refuses to compromise
this position (Horn, 2004). Practicing this belief is referred to as "Tawhid," which means "making God one" and is "so essential and central to the faith that shirk, or the
associating [of] anything with God, is the one fundamental error for Muslims" (Horn, 2004). The second basic tenet of Islam is the belief in angels "as part of Gods creation"
(Horn, 2004). The angels are sexless and made of light, and they are all believed to be good, with the exception of Iblis/Satan, "who was sent out of heaven after
he refused Gods command to bow down to Adam" (Horn, 2004). This is slightly different from Christian theology, which maintains that Satan was expelled from heaven for the sin of
pride. In Islam, angels "have various functions that are concerned with the spirits and souls of humans" (Horn, 2004). These functions include carrying messages and orders to prophets, preaching the
truth, encouraging believers and "registering all human deeds" (Horn, 2004). The angels in Islam are not the celestial beings that we find in the Christian tradition. Instead, they are not
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