1- Muslim lifestyle is based on God, they follow a set of daily rituals to remind oneself of allegiance to God. Penalty for self indulgence is a stint in Hell.
2- Allah is the one and only God. When people talk about the god of Abraham, Moses...they are talking about Allah. Everything exists due to His will. Things always return to Allah for review (even the stars). There are 4 proofs of God
* Natural world, beauty
*Human abilities and capabilities
*Revelation of God's guidance and the existence of religion
*Our inner feelings
3- You can either resist Allah or surrender, either following God's way or resisting. The whole universe follows Islam. Muslim means they have surrendered to Allah. Animals and plants are Muslim, they follow their instinct.
4- Jinns are like genies. They are the cause of supernatural occurrences and paranormal events. They pre upon human by guiding them towards doing the wrong things. They know Allah exists.
5- Angels are Muslim (they do not have a choice). God's robots, no shortcomings or foibles. There are four top angels:
*Jibra'il (Gabriel)- revelations to prophets
*Azra'il-angel of death
*Mika'il-contorls weather
*Israfil- will blow the horn signaling the end of the universe
they are supposed to look for people who are praising God and join them.
5- You have the choice to do right or wrong. When you choose to do right you go to a whole new level. God offered the gift of self awareness.
6- God created humans and jinns so that they could serve him and surrender to his will. Islam states that our most basic needs are fulfilled when we achieve union with God. Muslims are free from stress and are calmer because they accept God. Love of God is the ultimate reward.
7- Humans have FREE will, self awareness, and intelligence. We have a moral compass. We have a "soul".
8- Humans have a weakness: desire. Our animal desire plague us. We need a nudge from the inside to counterbalance the animal instinct. At birth we are equipped with free ill, we have the choice to surrender to Allah.
9- Physical bodies are Muslim, blood, cells..everything works as they were made to. We are half Muslim and half not. Our final destination is to return to God and be as sincere as we can make ourselves.
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