One of the main parts of the Golden age was the further development of Religion, mostly Muslim (as it was the main religion for Islam) but also others, as really there was no 'official' religion. what will be shown is today called the Religion of Islam (muslim) as it was then and still is today the most popular religion for the Civilization/ now country.
The Muslim Faith
A muslim is seen as someone who derives from Islam (originally that is) and is a follower of Qur'an which is the holy book of Islam as a whole. The Quran is seen as being the actual word of God, not just an interpretation, but the actualy things said, as seen and heard by the Prophet Muhhammad. They are also accountable for their actions as they are meant to follow the teaching and practices that were taught to them by Muhammed, well those in the early days were, the rest learned from ancestors. Muslim (in arabic) directly translates to 'One Who Submits To God' and this is what they see themselves as doing. Submitting to God and putting them before they would put themselves in all situations. They had 4 rules imposed to them by their God. These rules are not all directly rules as statements of what is seen as fact, the 4 are-
1.They had to be well-behaved and omnipotent
2. Judged all men on the last day of their life, and assign them a place in either Heaven or hell.
3. That men have to never forget to thank God for creating the world.
4. God expects men to be generous with their wealth in all circumstances.
This was abit like the basis of their religion, or not exactly that, but they were the groundwork of what they believed their God wanted them to do. This goes along with the basis of what the six articles of faith are, these six are as follows.
The Muslim Faith
A muslim is seen as someone who derives from Islam (originally that is) and is a follower of Qur'an which is the holy book of Islam as a whole. The Quran is seen as being the actual word of God, not just an interpretation, but the actualy things said, as seen and heard by the Prophet Muhhammad. They are also accountable for their actions as they are meant to follow the teaching and practices that were taught to them by Muhammed, well those in the early days were, the rest learned from ancestors. Muslim (in arabic) directly translates to 'One Who Submits To God' and this is what they see themselves as doing. Submitting to God and putting them before they would put themselves in all situations. They had 4 rules imposed to them by their God. These rules are not all directly rules as statements of what is seen as fact, the 4 are-
1.They had to be well-behaved and omnipotent
2. Judged all men on the last day of their life, and assign them a place in either Heaven or hell.
3. That men have to never forget to thank God for creating the world.
4. God expects men to be generous with their wealth in all circumstances.
This was abit like the basis of their religion, or not exactly that, but they were the groundwork of what they believed their God wanted them to do. This goes along with the basis of what the six articles of faith are, these six are as follows.
- One God (Allah)
- The Angles Of God (greatest is thought to be Gabriel)
- The Books Of God (actually means his revelatins that were sent to prophets)
- The Prophets Of God (Moses, Jesus, etc)
- The Day Of Judgement (when you die, and they decide whether you are sent to Heaven or Hell)
- The Supremacy of God's (To know that allah, is in every single way supreme to you)
They consider this to be the ONE TRUE religion, and would stand by it before
anything else. It was founded in 622 CE by the Prophet Muhammad. It is believed
that if the human(mankind) doesn't submit to God in life, then once death comes
they will not be allowed in Paradise. This is a cause for fear of many, because
one mistake could get them kicked out of paradise, which is why certain people
within the faith take it extremely seriously, while others are slightly more
relaxed. But this religion is not under any circumstances a pleasure religion.
This is here, because people want to worship the God who brought them here, and
thank him for everything he has offered them.Allah (the name of their God) is a being that's beyond our comprehension. It's outside of what we as lowly human beings can imagine, or even start to understand, and he is self-sustaining. Most of what would be seen as the founding of the core beliefs are what would be called The Purity and is featured within the Qur'an. This is where Allah tells the faithful that purity of faith is of utmost importance. Islam is seen as the most universally correct faith to them, as was revealed by many prophets such as moses, muhhammad, jesus, etc. they think that while most religious statements over time have been true, that over time they've been corrupted. Therefor they see their testament of faith as the Final Testament and within that knowlegde it is said that Muhammad is to be the 'Seal Of The Prophets' or in other words the last prophet.
anything else. It was founded in 622 CE by the Prophet Muhammad. It is believed
that if the human(mankind) doesn't submit to God in life, then once death comes
they will not be allowed in Paradise. This is a cause for fear of many, because
one mistake could get them kicked out of paradise, which is why certain people
within the faith take it extremely seriously, while others are slightly more
relaxed. But this religion is not under any circumstances a pleasure religion.
This is here, because people want to worship the God who brought them here, and
thank him for everything he has offered them.Allah (the name of their God) is a being that's beyond our comprehension. It's outside of what we as lowly human beings can imagine, or even start to understand, and he is self-sustaining. Most of what would be seen as the founding of the core beliefs are what would be called The Purity and is featured within the Qur'an. This is where Allah tells the faithful that purity of faith is of utmost importance. Islam is seen as the most universally correct faith to them, as was revealed by many prophets such as moses, muhhammad, jesus, etc. they think that while most religious statements over time have been true, that over time they've been corrupted. Therefor they see their testament of faith as the Final Testament and within that knowlegde it is said that Muhammad is to be the 'Seal Of The Prophets' or in other words the last prophet.
Islam (muslim) is a monotheistic religion, as said before, but it's also seems to be an Arbahamic relgion , which is essentially religions which originate in the Middle East and can be traced back to Abraham. They have several special beliefs and things similar to that such as 'Day Of Ressurection' which is when you die, it is decided whther you get enterance to heaven or hell. This is decided upon by how you acted in your life. Whether you commited good deeds or bad deeds. If you were good, and charitable, and honest, etc then you will go to heaven, if you are bad, dishonest, unloyal, and selfish, you will not. It's quite simple really. Heaven is considered to be a beautiful place full of treasures, and happiness, and physical pleasures of all sorts. As you can imagine, hell is seen as the opposite. This is a bit in contrast to what they call 'predestination' or belief that everything that ever happens, is because God willed it to. This is strange merely because if that was the case, then you don't have to worry about how you act as he will no that you were only doing it under his orders. So if you were predestined to kill someone, in an attempt to be good, could you stop yourself and accidently throw the entire life plan for yourself out of wack. Or will you get in trouble for not following your fate? Either way, this is thought of as the law of god, and your destiny is already written out waiting for you to recieve it.