islam

You can become Muslim no matter where you are in life: white, black, homeless, addicted, gay, woman, young, old, rich, or poor

Anyone can become a Muslim by a simple declaration of faith: only God deserves worship and Muhammad is His messenger

Fruits are squeezed for juice, diamonds come from pressure. If you are being pushed in life, it's just God bringing the best out of you

Destiny is not a matter of chance, but choice. You don't wait for it, but achieve it

You decide your fate by the choices you make, God happens to already know it

Nothing happens to us in life out of pure chance: God knows how to shift things around so you can be where you were meant to be

If the world were free of problems, Paradise would lose its value

Islam teaches of life after death, where people will be judged for their deeds that will determine their eternal fate: Paradise or Hell

The Torah, Gospel, and Psalms of today are not the original ones God revealed; no originals exist, and different versions are read

To be a Muslim, one must believe that God sent down the Torah, the Gospel, the Psalms, and the Quran

In Islam, Jesus is a special prophet of God, the Messiah, and born without a father, but he is not the son of God

Every prophet - including Abraham, Moses, Jesus, Muhammad - brought the same message from God: worship Him alone

God communicates with human beings through messengers whom He sent to all people, the last of whom was Muhammad

God made angels of light, they bring His messages, and carry out His commands in the universe

Angels are obedient to God; there are no fallen angels who rebel against Him

Shirk is the only sin that God will not forgive from a person who dies without repenting from it

'Shirk' is the biggest, and only unforgivable, sin in Islam: to worship other objects or beings, or to associate them with God in worship

Belief in God in Islam means that only Allah is the Lord; worship Him alone, and know Him by His unique Names and attributes

Essence of Islam, main teaching of all prophets, and the 1st article of Islamic belief: belief in the One God and worshipping Him alone

5 'pillars' of Islam: testifying the Oneness of God and prophethood of Muhammad, 5 daily prayers, charity, fasting Ramadan, & pilgrimage