20 years after the birth of Mohammed in Mecca, fearfulness and confusion was filled within his thought. At that time, he saw people in Mecca was serving themselves for many God. Their God describes as statue and called as Latta and Uzza. Mohammed believed that if people believe for many God it’s also the same they do not believe to all of them.
After received the first verse, Al-‘Alaq (1-5), Mohammed explained people in Mecca must omitted their faith on many God (polytheism) and to worship only one God. Then, the essential thing from the first verse is to understand all sorts of universe and humanity. It is a relationship between human and the human-creator. Islam has been teaching people to have faith only one God (monotheism). It is also known as Tawhid in Arabic language.
The most fundamental of Islamic tuition is the teaching of faith. It is a concept to believe six pillars of Islam. The first one is the believing of God (Tauhid). Then, the believing of Angels, Holy Books (revelations), Prophets, Resurrection and Judgment. Finally it’s the believing of Predestination. Those are called “six essential principle”.
According to the understanding of Islam, the main resources from Islamic teaching are Koran and Hadith. Both of them were conveyed at the haji wada’ event. It was a last pilgrimage for Mohammed as God’s Prophet. Commonly, Koran as the general rules for human beings is described as the truth instructions. However, the Koran is a general rule, furthermore, Hadith explains the rules more specifically. So that, a thousand years teaching has to be believed.
The meaning of faith actually was started when Mohammed receiving first verse. He did the religious preaching to people in Mecca. He asked people to follow Gods commands and the rules and stay away from prohibition. Those commands were delivered through revelation and they had been written as the name of Koran. The process of believing of following Gods commands from Allah to Gabriel and to Mohammed throughout as Koran in one part of teaching is called Iman (faith).
Since that day (around 600 AD) until now, Islam has been developing into not only as the Faith but also becomes human culture and civilizations.
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