Believing in Allah mind map

Believing in Allah mind map

1. Muslim upbringing and belief in Allah

   • Can upbringing influence belief in Allah?
     • Yes
       • Parents send you to and Islamic institute
         • Surrounded by students of their own age - friends influence their beliefs (support them)
         • Better understanding of Islam
       • Children are influenced by their parents, they look up to them as role models.
         • If their parents are practicing Islam and firm in their belief in Allah then naturally the child will follow in their footsteps.
       • Those around them are practicing
         • Family, friends and other relatives can provide a supportive network which, encourages child to believe in Allah.
     • No
       • Parent's are not always their to guide their children
         • Leaves children more vulnerable and inclined towards external influence e.g Media/non-muslim friends.
       • Forceful parents & other family members
         • Makes child want to rebel and go against parents belief.
       • Free will
         • Humans are still able to make their own decisions, despite background and upbringing
   • What is a Muslim upbringing?
     • When a baby is born the Adhaan is recited into their ear.
     • 5 pillars are practiced.
     • Home is kept halal.
       • Food and drink are halal.
       • Music isn't played.
       • Quran often recited.
     • Iqamah recited in left ear of new born.

2. The design argument and belief in Allah

   • Is the design of creations evidence of Allah's existence?
     • Yes
       • William Paley - British Philosopher
         • He argued that the Earth could not have come into existence by itself and that there must have have been someone who CREATED it.
         • Paley used the analogy of a watch in the desert, with all it's interconnecting complex cogs, and how it would lead one to believe in a watch maker, to explain how something as complex and as perfect as the Earth must have a CREATOR.
       • Only Allah is powerful enough to have designed certain creations.
         • E.G The universe.
       • Humans have been designed in such a way that each person is unique, only Allah has the power to have created us like this.
         • E.G The fingerprint of each person is different.
         • Only Allah could have created the first human.
     • No
       • The design of humans is a result of evolution, not Allah.
         • Charles Darwin's theory of evolution states that overtime species evolved to suite the changes in their environment.
       • The universe wasn't part of a carefully designed plan it just happened as a result of matter expanding, according to science which there is physical evidence for unlike Allah.
   • What is the design argument?
     • The Design Argument
   • Everything designed has a purpose.

3. Religious experience and belief in Allah (Numinous, Conversion, Miracle & Prayer)

   • Does a religious experience lead to belief in Allah?
     • Yes
       • Miracles convince people that only Allah could have done this because there is no other logical explanation.
         • E.G The birth of Isa (A.S).
       • An answered prayer is proof for people that Allah exists.
         • E.G Yunus (A.S) in the whale.
       • Numinous experiences lead one to believe that a greater presence exists, that can only be God.
         • E.G The atmosphere of unity created in a masjid.
       • A conversion experience changes a persons life. Some do research and end up enlightened. People are left striving for a connection with Allah.
         • E.G Cat Stevens, a rock star, converted and changed his name to Yusuf Islam.
     • No
       • People often regard religious experiences, such as miracles as hallucinations.
         • You aren't in your senses when you're hallucinating or have a mental illness therefore, anything you witness/experience is unreliable.
       • Those who witness such events do not always make the link between these events and Allah.
       • Some people completely disregard these occurrences as special
   • Key words & definitions:
     • Miracle - Something which seems to break a law of science.
     • Answered Prayer - Contacting Allah, usually through words, by making dua that has been accepted.
     • Numinous - An indescribable feeling that leaves people in a state of awe, leading you to believe in a supreme deity.
     • Conversion - When your life is changed by giving yourself to Allah.

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