Islam has six pillars of faith that every Muslim must believe in.

1. Belief in Allah: Muslims believe in one, incomparable God who, alone, created the entire universe and controls all affairs within it.

He alone gives life, causes death, and all affairs are in His Hands. He has no sons or daughters, no siblings, no mother, no father, and no wife. Allah has no likeness and no equal; consequently, He is the only One that deserves to be worshipped. Directing any as pect of worship to anyone other than Him is the greatest of all sins. Muslims do not worship prophets, ancestors, trees, stones, idols, stars, the sun, the moon, or anything from the creation. Muslims only worship Allah, praying directly to Him with no intermediary.

2. Belief in the Angels: Angels are a creation of Allah that is not visi ble to our eyes. They worship Allah, never disobeying Him. Count less angels perform assorted tasks at His command. The angel Ga briel delivers Allah’s revelation to the prophets. Mikail is entrusted with rain. The angel of death collects the souls of man.

3. Belief in the Books: Allah has sent down many books to His mes sengers. Among them are the Torah, revealed to Moses; the Psalms, revealed to David; the Gospel, revealed to Jesus; and the Quran, which was revealed to Muhammad (peace be upon all of them). The Quran is the only book that was protected and remains intact today exactly as it was revealed. Accordingly, the Quran has abrogated all previously revealed books.

4. Belief in the Prophets: There are numerous prophets. Among them are Noah, Abraham, David, Solomon, Lot, Joseph, Moses, and Jesus (peace be upon all of them). Muslims believe Jesus was born from a virgin birth; and that he spoke from the cradle and performed many miracles. Jesus is from the greatest prophets, but he has no share in divinity and is not the son of God. You can read the story of Jesus and his noble mother, Mary, in the Quran chap ter entitled “Maryam.” The final prophet sent to all of mankind is Muhammad, the son of Abdullah (peace be upon him). He is the final prophet. Therefore, it is compulsory for everyone who comes after him to follow his guidance. Prophet Muhammad has no share in divinity and Muslims do not worship him.

5. Belief in the Day of Judgment: This is the day when all of man kind will be raised to life from their graves and taken to account for their actions. Whoever fulfilled their purpose in life, by worship ping Allah, alone, as He commanded, will be rewarded with eternal bliss in Paradise. Whoever refused, will spend eternity in the fire of Hell. Those oppressed by others in this life with regards to their honor, wealth or person, will be granted retribution against their oppressors on the Day of Judgment.

6. Belief in Divine Decree: This is to believe that everything happens according to the will of Allah. Whatever He wills will happen; and whatever He does not will, then it will not happen. It is to believe that Allah’s knowledge encompasses everything. He has written everything that will occur. And He is the Creator of all things.