Questions To A Muslim Child (5)

What is Tawhid?

It is the belief in God's existence and His Oneness.

What is Shirk?

It means to associate partners with God. This is done by attaining gods besides Allah and worshipping someone other than Him.

Who is called a Prophet?

A an who is charged by Allah to communicate the religion of Allah is called a Prophet.

How many Prophets have been sent to man?

According to a tradition narrated by our Prophet (s.a.s.) one hundred and twenty four thousand prophets were appointed. Yet, by another tradition the number of Prophets is two hundred twenty four thousand.

How many Prophets are mentioned in our Holy Qur'an?

Twenty-eight.

Would you please list their names?

Adam, Enoch, Noah, Hood, Salih, Abraham, Lot, Ishmael, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, Job, Moses, Aaron, David, Solomon, Elijah, Dhulkifl, Jonah, Zachariah, John, Jesus, Ezra, LoQman, Dhul Qarnain and Muhammad Mustapha, peace upon them all. some call Ezra, Loqman and Dhul Qarnain (a.s) special friends of Allah (awliyahs).

What ar Nabi or Rasul ?

He is a distinguished person who conveys to people whatever receives from God.

What are the names of the four divine books and which Prophets (a.s) were they sent to?

The Torah to Moses (a.s), the Psalms to David (a.s), the Gospel to Jesusu (s.a.) and the Holy Qur'an to our Prophet Muhammad Mustapha (s.a.s)

What are the written pages (suhuf), how many pages are there and to whom were they sent?

There are a hundred written pages (suhuf) which Allah sent by the Archangel Gabriel (a.s) to some prophets. Ten written pages were sent to Adam (a.s), fifity to Seth, (a.s), thirty to Enoch (a.s), and ten to Abraham (a.s)