Islam quotes

Core Beliefs

  • Surah 4:136: “O you who believe! Believe in Allah and His Messenger and the Book which He sent to His Messenger and the Scripture which He sent before.”

  • Sahih Muslim, Hadith 6400: “Predestination (Qadr) has been written about everything, and nothing occurs except by Allah’s decree.”

  • Surah 16:36: “And We certainly sent into every nation a messenger, [saying], ‘Worship Allah and avoid Taghut.’”

Nature of Allah

  • Surah 1 (Al-Fatihah): “You alone we worship, and You alone we ask for help. Guide us on the Straight Path.”

  • Surah 2:117: “When He decrees a matter, He only says to it, ‘Be,’ and it is.”

  • Surah 112 (Al-Ikhlas): “Say, ‘He is Allah, [who is] One, Allah, the Eternal Refuge. He neither begets nor is born, nor is there to Him any equivalent.’”

Prophethood (Risalah)

  • Surah 3:31: “If you love Allah, then follow me, and Allah will love you and forgive you your sins.”

  • Surah 3:144: “Muhammad is not but a messenger. [Other] messengers have passed on before him.”

  • Surah 21:105: “And We have already written in the Psalms after the Torah that the land will be inherited by My righteous servants.”

Books (Kutub)

  • Surah 96 (Al-Alaq): “Recite in the name of your Lord who created—created man from a clinging substance. Recite, and your Lord is the most Generous.”

  • Surah 5:48: “And We have revealed to you, [O Muhammad], the Book in truth, confirming that which preceded it of the Scripture and as a criterion over it.”

Angels (Malaikah)

  • Surah 16:102: “The Holy Spirit has brought it down from your Lord in truth, to strengthen those who believe.”

  • Surah 35:1: “Praise be to Allah, Creator of the heavens and the earth, who made the angels messengers with wings—two, three, and four.”

Eschatological Beliefs and Life after Death (Akhirah)

  • Surah 33:38: “And Allah knows what is in the heavens and what is on the earth, and Allah is Knowing of all things.”

  • Surah 101 (Al-Qari’ah): “The Striking Calamity… as for one whose scales are heavy [with good deeds], he will be in a pleasant life. But as for one whose scales are light, his refuge will be an abyss.”

  • Surah 2:155: “And We will surely test you with fear, hunger, loss of wealth and lives, but give good tidings to the patient.”