REL 134 Week 4 Islam Worksheet

1. Asalama is an Arabic word and is the root word of the Word Islam. Asalama is translated to mean purity, peace, and submission, therefore the word Islam means "surrender to Allah". Muslim, according to these translations, means "one who submits to Allah." Islamics believe that submission to Allah is the will of god and it is stated such in the Qu'ran. All the branches of Islam, the Shia, Sufis, and Sunnis, accept that this submission is important to Islam.

2. Islam is a monotheistic religion. Islamic belief is that there is only one god, Allah, and his prophet, Muhammad, is the Last Prophet and ends a long line of prophets that have been sent to the world throughout the history of human civilization. The holy scripture of Islam is the...