Now, you probably share the widespread Western belief that the Lord Buddha is the most compassionate of the gods, much more so than Jehovah and Allah and the rest.

The practice is sanctioned in the Qur ' an by Surah 48: 10: " Verily, those who give thee their allegiance, they give it but to Allah Himself ".

) The mosques that were built after the conquest of Constantinople ( Istanbul ) by the Ottoman Turks in 1453, and influenced by the design of the 6th century Byzantine basilica of Hagia Sophia, had increasingly elevated and large central domes, which create a vertical emphasis that is intended to be more overwhelming ; in order to convey the divine power of Allah, the majesty of the Ottoman Sultan, and the governmental authority of the Ottoman State.

He ordered that an imam meet him there in order to chant the Muslim Creed: “ I testify that there is no God but Allah.

I testify that Muhammad is the Prophet of Allah .” This turned the Greek cathedral into a Turkish mosque, solidifying Turkish rule in Constantinople.

Indeed, mail armour is mentioned in the Koran as being a gift revealed by Allah to David:

Muslims declare the shahada, or testimony: " I bear witness that there is no god but ( the One ) God ( Allah ), and I bear witness that Muhammad is God's messenger.

The Islamic creed is the Shahadah, the proclamation لا اله الا الله محمد رسول الله ( lā ʾilāha ʾillà-llāh, muḥammadun rasūlu-llāh ) – “ There is no god but Allah ; Muhammad is Allah's messenger .” Taking this creed is one of the five pillars of Islam.

It is used in the Qur ' an to establish Adam's role as representative of Allah on earth.

Kalifa is also used to describe the belief that man's role, in his real nature, is as khalifa or viceroy to Allah.

Kalima is the declaration of faith, i. e. the professing that there is only one God ( Allah ) ( monotheism ) and that Muhammad is God's messenger.

Kalima is a set statement normally recited in Arabic: La ' ilaa-ha ' il-lal-laa-hu mu-ham-ma-dur ra-soo-lul-laah " I bear witness that there is none worthy of worship except Allah and Muhammad is His Servant and Messenger.

The fast is meant to allow Muslims to seek nearness to Allah, to express their gratitude to and dependence on him, atone for their past sins, and to remind them of the needy.

Allah, or God, is the center of Muslim belief.

The Qur ' an speaks of the oneness of God: " Allah has borne witness that there is no God but Him-and the angels, and those with knowledge also witness this.

: Say, He is Allah, the One

The lord of Badajoz, Abd Allah ibn Muhammad, grandson of Abd-ar-Rahman ibn Marwan al-Yilliqi, not only fortified his city against a possible attack of Ordoño, but also acted in complete independence from Córdoba.

The Qur ' an ( 57: 27 ) states, " But the Monasticism which they invented for themselves, We did not prescribe for them but only to please Allah therewith, but that they did not observe it with the right observance.

Although Muslims respect the divine prophets, the prophets-including Muhammad-are still only servants of Allah.

There were only five universal prophets, and their names were Noah, Abraham, Moses, Jesus, and Muhammad ( may the peace of Allah be upon all of them ).

The right to ordain imams belongs only to Almighty Allah, and the Qur ' an speaks about this in many verses:

Yusuf Ali ’ s translation reads " That they said ( in boast ), " We killed Christ Jesus the son of Mary, the Messenger of Allah ";― but they killed him not, nor crucified him, but so it was made to appear to them and those who differ therein are full of doubts, with no ( certain ) knowledge, but only conjecture to follow, for of a surety they killed him not .― ( 157 ) Nay, Allah raised him up unto Himself ; and Allah is Exalted in Power, Wise.

Dougan says that the many critics of Fitzgerald miss the point as he is only an instrument for what Allah wanted to happen – there have been many more literally correct translations, but Fitzgerald ’ s is divine inspiration, something far superior, a miracle.

Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah is claimed to have repaired the Old Cairo to Red Sea passageway, but only briefly, circa 1000 AD, as it soon " became choked with sand.

This thorough riddance, this most blessed deliverance, is the only reparation we can make to those heaps and heaps of dead, the violated purity alike of matron and of maiden and of child ; to the civilization which has been affronted and shamed ; to the laws of God, or, if you like, of Allah ; to the moral sense of mankind at large.

Mistakes in repetitions may be intentionally introduced as a show of humility by artists who believe only Allah can produce perfection, although this theory is disputed.

" Allah commands the believers to constantly remember Him (" O you who have believed, remember Allah with much remembrance ") and to invoke Him alone (" And whoever invokes besides Allah another deity for which he has no proof-then his account is only with his Lord.

Later, Allah will send a cool wind, taking life ( gently ) from all of the believers, leaving only the Kufaars ( non-believers ) to see the last day till the Day Of Judgment will arrive.

There is a necessary clarification that Sarah was not annoyed with Hagar but it was only the order from Allah that Abraham bring them in the Arab Desert.

Examples of this shirk, asking forgiveness, admittance to paradise, and other things that only Allah can provide, from other than Allah.

According to the Qur ' an, Tawhid, meaning literally unification or asserting the oneness of Allah ( to be the only God who deserves to be worshiped in truth and confirming all attributes with which He has qualified Himself or that are attributed to Him by His Messenger ), can be categorised into three tenets of theology ; Tawhid al Rubu ` biya, Tawhid al ` Uluhiyya and Tawheed-al-Asma was-Sifaat.

Meaning Belief in the Oneness of the Lordship of Allah, where it is to believe that there is only one Lord for all the universe, its Creator, Organizer, Planner, Sustainer, and the Giver of security and so on that is Allah.

This also includes emotions like love, trust, and fear all of which have degrees which should only be directed to Allah.

It is claimed by Muslims that the one and only God Allah sent all prophets in all times and places around the world, including Adam, Moses, Abraham, Jesus, etc.

Meaning Belief in the Oneness of the Worship of Allah, where it is to believe in total obedience to Allah, that none has the right to be worshiped ( praying, invoking, asking for help ( from the unseen ), swearing, slaughtering sacrifices, giving charity, fasting, pilgrimage and so on ) except Allah.

Allah is Besought of all, needing none.

Say: He is Allah, the One and Only ; Allah, the Eternal, Absolute ; He begetteth not, nor is He begotten ; And there is none comparable unto Him.

come to a proposition which is the same for us and you-that we should worship none but Allah and not associate any partners with Him and not take one another as lords besides Allah.

*-teaches that none but Allah is Omniscient:

And We have set none but angels as Guardians of the Fire ; and We have fixed their number only as a trial for Unbelievers ,- in order that the People of the Book may arrive at certainty, and the Believers may increase in Faith ,- and that no doubts may be left for the People of the Book and the Believers, and that those in whose hearts is a disease and the Unbelievers may say, " What symbol doth Allah intend by this?

" Thus doth Allah leave to stray whom He pleaseth, and guide whom He pleaseth: and none can know the forces of thy Lord, except He and this is no other than a warning to mankind.

But none will keep it in remembrance except as Allah wills: He is the Lord of Righteousness, and the Lord of Forgiveness.

* Tawhid al ` Uluhiyya-meaning Belief in the Oneness of the Worship of Allah, where it is to believe in total obedience to Allah, that none has the right to be worshiped ( praying, invoking, asking for help ( from the unseen ), swearing, slaughtering sacrifices, giving charity, fasting, pilgrimage and so on ) except Allah.

Also, as Muhammad was the last messenger of God which means the message he brought was the last and final message to the people from Allah, none is supposed to bring a message from Allah after Muhammad, therefore, if people were left with the message alone, the true message could not survive long and would have undergone changes.