Beliefs About Allah In the beginning, the entire universe did not exist. Allah brought it into existence. Allah is One. He is not dependent on anyone. He has not given birth to anyone, nor was He begotten. He does not have any wife. There is no one equal to Him. He has been since eternity and will remain till eternity. There is nothing similar to Him. He is unique. He is alive. He has power over everything. Nothing is beyond His knowledge. He sees and hears everything. He speaks, but His speech is not like ours. He does whatever He wishes and there is no one to stop or reprimand Him. He alone is worthy of being worshipped. He has no partner. He is Merciful to His slaves. He is the Lord. He is free of all blemishes. He is the one Who saves His slaves from all calamities. He is the possessor of honour and greatness. He is the Creator of all things; nothing has created Him. He is the forgiver of sins. He is all-powerful.He gives in abundance. He is the One who provides sustenance and decreases or increase the provision of whosoever He likes. He humiliates or elevate whomsoever He wishes. He gives honour or disgraces whomsoever He wishes. He is just. He is extremely tolerant and forbearing. He values and rewards service and worship rendered to Him. He accepts duas  (supplications). He is all-encompassing. He is the ruler over everyone and no one rules over Him. No work of His is devoid of wisdom. He fulfils the needs of everyone. He is the One Who created everyone and He is the One Who will bring everyone back to life on the day of qiyaamah. He is the one who gives life and causes death.Everyone knows Him through signs and attributes. No one can know the essence of His being. He accepts the repentance of the sinners. He punishes those who deserve punishment. He is the One Who gives guidance. Whatever happens in this universe occurs under His order. Without His order, even an atom cannot move. He does not sleep nor does He slumber. He does not get weary of protecting the entire universe. He is the One Who is keeping everything in control. He has all good and beautiful qualities. There is no bad or defective quality in Him, nor is there any blemish in Him. All His qualities are from eternity and will remain till eternity. No quality of His can ever disappear. He is free from the qualities of the creation. Wherever such qualities have been mentioned in the Quraan or Ahadith, their meanings are known only to Allah. He is the One Who knows the reality of these things. We believe in these things with the  conviction that whatever their meanings, they are correct. And this is the best way of looking at these things. Alternatively, we might describe them to be able to gain an understanding of them. The good or evil that takes place in the world is in Allah’s knowledge eternity and He give it existence accordingly. This is known as taqdir (pre-destination). There is much wisdom in creating the creation of evil things. Everyone cannot fathom this wisdom. Allah has given man an understanding and the power of choice with which he chooses between good and evil. But he cannot bring anything into existence of his own accord. With good deeds pleasing Allah and evil deeds displeasing Him. Allah has not command man to do anything beyond his power. Allah is not bound by anything. Whatever mercy He shows is solely out of His kindness and virtue. Beliefs About the Prophets Allah has sent many Prophets to guide mankind onto the right path. All of them are all free from sins. Their actual number is known to Allah alone. In order to establish their truthfulness, Allah enabled them to do certain things which others could not do. Such acts are called miracles (mu’jizaat).The first Prophet is Aadam (alayhis salaam) and the last is Muhammad (SAW). There were others in between these two. Some of them are famous, such as: Nuh alayhis salaam, Ibrahim alayhis salaam, Is’haaq alayhis salaam, Ismail alayhis salaam, Yaqub alayhis salaam, Yusuf alayhis salaam, Daood alayhis salaam, Sulayman alayhis salaam, Ayyub alayhis salaam, Musa alayhis salaam, Harun alayhis salaam, Zakariyyah alayhis salaam, Yahya alayhis salaam, Isa alayhis salaam, Ilyas alayhis salaam, al-Yasa’ alayhis salaam, Yunus alayhis salaam, Lut alayhis salaam, Idris alayhis salaam, Zul Kifl alayhis salaam, Salih alayhis salaam, Hud alayhis salaam, and Shuayb alayhis salaam. Allah has not disclosed the exact number of Prophets to anyone. We should therefore resolved to have faith in all the Prophets of Allah, those that we know and those we have no knowledge of. The status of some Prophets is higher than that of others. The highest status is that of our Prophet Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam. No Prophet will come after him. He is the Prophet of all mankind and jinn right until the day of qiyamah. Allah took our Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam physically while he was awake, from Makkah to Baitul Maqdis, and from there to the seven heavens, and from there to wherever He wanted. He then sent him back to Makkah. This journey is known as the Mi’raj. Beliefs About Angels and Jinn After creating certain creatures from light, Allah concealed them from our sight. These creatures are called angels. A lot of work has been entrusted to them. They never do anything contrary to the orders of Allah. They  do whatever work has been assigned to them. Among them, four angels are very famous. They are: Hadrat Jibra’eel alayhis salaam, Hadrat Mika’eel alayhis salaam, Hadrat Israfeel alayhis salaam, and Hadrat Izra’eel alayhis salaam. Allah created certain creatures from fire. We cannot see them too. They are called jinn. There are good and bad jinns. They also have children. The most famous among them is the accursed Iblis, i.e.