Islam is based on the belief in the oneness and uniqueness of God (tawhid), and belief in an afterlife (akhirah) with the Last Judgment —wherein the righteous will be rewarded in paradise (jannah) and the unrighteous will be punished in hell (jahannam).
Islam is the second-largest religion in the world after Christianity, with about 2 billion Muslims worldwide. As one of the three Abrahamic religions—the others being Judaism and Christianity—it...
Islam is the youngest of the major world religions, and as such, it is also the most well documented and historically verifiable. The story of Islam begins with the story of Muhammad ibn Abdullah, born in 570 ce in Mecca, which is located in the modern nation of Saudi Arabia./LearnReligionsDefaultShareImage-144c756bc5424252b4051b050153fac1.png)
The basic beliefs of Islam, including Islamic teachings about Allah/God, prophets, books of revelation, angels, heaven and hell, destiny and free will, and the creation of earth.