1. Key Beliefs
2 - Risalah

2. Hadith
A man came up to Muhammad and said “Prophet of Allah, tell me what is Iman (faith)?’ Upon this the Holy Prophet replied ‘You must believe in Allah, His angels, His holy books, His Messengers, in the Last Day and life after death’ This is where the idea of the 6 key beliefs came from.

3. Risalah
There has been disagreement over the final part of this Hadith – did Muhammad mean life after death or was he referring to destiny/predestination?
The six beliefs are now often broken down into 3 categories:
Tawhid (belief in Allah)
Risalah (belief in Allah’s angels, holy books and His messengers)
Akirah – belief in the last day and life after death

4. Risalah
Due to the wonder and greatness of Allah, he cannot communicate directly with humans. However, He did not leave us alone. Allah left us in charge of the world and gave us free will, but punishing us for not doing the right thing without guiding us is not omnibenevolent.

5. Risalah
So Allah utilises numerous different paths to communicate with humans and help them know what He expects. We are going to make notes on the A3 sheet.

6. Angels
Prophets
Muhammad
(Seal of the Prophets)
Holy book

7. Angels Angels were Allah’s first creation.
Immortal and cannot go against the will of God (therefore they are unlike humans).
Do not have free will and so they cannot sin; because of this they can enter the presence of Allah.
However, they are not as holy as Allah and so can also enter the presence of man.

8. Angels
Hadith: God created the angels from intellect without sensuality, the beasts from sensuality without intellect, and mankind from both intellect and sensuality. So when a person’s intellect overcomes his sensuality, he is better than the angels; but when his sensuality overcomes his intellect, he is worse than the beasts.

9. Angels’ roles
Jibrail – chief angel. Responsible for giving messages from Allah to the prophets.
Mikail – guardian of Heaven (keeps the devil out of Heaven).
Israfil – responsible for the Day of Judgement (will sound the Last Trumpet).
Izrail – takes the final breath from humans when they die.

10. Angels’ roles
Recording angels – note down human actions into a book, which every person will have to read out on the Day of Judgement.
Guardian angels – protect faithful Muslims from the Devil.
Iblis/Shaytan (Devil) – was an angel, but was thrown out of Heaven. Tempts people to stray from Allah, but will also be punished for his actions on the Day of Judgement.

11. Tasks Explain the differences between angels and humans
Outline the importance of angels as messengers between Allah and humans
Explain, including examples, the different types of angels

12. Homework
Create a model-map detailing all the information you’ve learned during this lesson. You will obviously need to use the notes you’ve made today, but remember that you should be doing extra reading/research for all lessons – so add in further detail while doing this.

13. Where does this information come from? How do you know this?
What do you know?
Work in pairs/threes to mind-map/model-map what you know about the prophets. You have four minutes to write down anything and everything you know about prophets (any).
Prophets
Challenge:
Where does this information come from? How do you know this?

14. Tawhid The Oneness of God
Write down the quote you’ll see on the next slide. Make sure you leave space, because we’re going to analyse the different parts and annotate (make notes around it) to understand the full meaning of it for Muslims.

15. Shirk
According to Islamic teachings, there is only one unforgivable sin – shirk. Shirk is associating other beings (including oneself) with Allah. Anyone who commits shirk can no longer consider themselves a Muslim. Why do you think shirk is unforgivable for a Muslim?

16. In pairs/threes
Using Watton pages (and your own knowledge/homework information): Read through information on your given topic and make notes of key information. Be prepared to feedback and peer-teach what you have learned back to the rest of the class.

17. In pairs/threes Implications of God’s Oneness in Muslim Life
The Creativity of God
The Power of God
The Mercy and Compassion of God
The Ninety-nine Names of God
General Beliefs about God’s Nature

18. In pairs/threes 2) The Creativity of God:
Allah created the world and everything in it alone (omnipotent)
Everything is organised and designed in a particular way and for a particular reason – even if we don’t understand it. (Intelligent design)
Link between Allah and scientific ideas about the universe
Are the Qur’an and evolution contradictory?

19. In pairs/threes 6) General Beliefs about God’s Nature
Allah created everything, but is Himself created out of nothing (“nor is He begotten”)
Beyond human comprehension and understanding (transcendent)
99 names and descriptions relate to non-material characteristics
e.g. Allah sees everything – this does not mean he has physical eyes
Faithful Muslims will come face to face with Allah on the Last Day
Descriptions and characteristics are supposed to help Muslims understand the nature of Allah further; they are not included to cause disagreement about logicistics

20. Allah’s Immanence
Although Tawhid teaches Muslims that Allah is transcendent (greater than us, beyond our understanding, far from us); Islam also teaches Muslims that Allah is close to us and cares for us. Note down the three quotes from the top of page 15 and give a brief explanation of each.

21. The three aspects of Tawhid
As you’re watching the video clip, make notes of key information. The video goes into more detail and uses more key terminology than you will need, but feel free to write it down if it helps you.

22. Progress Check Plenary
What have you learnt this lesson?
Facts – e.g
Ideas/viewpoints
Similarities/differences - diversity
Key words/concepts
Examples of how religion affects the world around us – e.g. culture
What contribution to your learning did you make?
Contributed to class discussion
Worked in a pair/group
Organised my time well
Found out information for myself
Answered thoroughly and thoughtfully
Completed extension task
Monitored my progress
Peer/ self assessed work
How did you learn it?
Research work
Discussion
Questioning
Pairs/ group work - collaborative
Independent learning
Using technology e.g video/ internet
What do you need to do in order to make further progress?
Do further research
Background reading
Develop my writing technique
Contribute more in class
Proof read my work
Give examples to back up my ideas
Make connections between different beliefs and faiths