Islam
Islam
is a monotheistic faith based on revelations received by the Prophet Muhammad
in 7th-century Saudi Arabia. Islam began in Arabia and was revealed to humanity
by the Prophet Muhammad. Those who follow Islam are called Muslims. Muslims
believe that there is only one God. The Arabic word for God is Allah.
Most
Muslims belong to one of two groups. The most common is Sunni Islam (75–90% of
all Muslims are Sunni Muslims). The second is Shia Islam (10–20% of all Muslims
are Shias – also called Shiites). With about 1.8 billion followers (24% of the
world's population), Islam is the second-largest religion in the world. Islam
is also the fastest-growing religion in the world. The country in the world
where the most people are Muslim is Indonesia.
All
of its teachings and beliefs are written out in the Qur'an. They believe that
the Qur'an was spoken to Muhammad by the angel Gabriel, and that it is the word
of Allah. They view Muhammad as a prophet. Other beliefs and rules about what
Muslims should do come from reports of what Muhammad taught and did. Muslims
believe Muhammad was Allah's last prophet. Muslims believe that there were many
other prophets before Muhammad, including Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses and Jesus.
They believe that all these prophets were given messages by God of the oneness
of God to their communities at different times in history of mankind, but
Satan, God's enemy, made the past communities deviate from the message of
oneness and other social codes. Muslims believe that the content of the Qur'an
is protected by Allah as mentioned in the Quran and is the final message of God
for all of mankind until the day of judgment.
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