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伊斯蘭(Islam)是所有使者及先知們信仰的宗教，而
真主(Allah)的使者則是始於亞當(Adam)而止于使者穆罕默德(Muhammad)。在阿拉伯語裏『伊斯蘭』(Islam)即指『服從』之意。在心中相信並且用口說出：〝除了
真主(Allah)以外再沒有主，穆罕默德(Muhammad)是
真主(Allah)的使者〞這樣，一個人就成爲穆斯林(Muslim)了。非穆斯林若要成爲穆斯林(Muslim)時，必須要開口說出：〝
真主(Allah)是唯一的創造者，穆罕默德(Muhammad)是
真主(Allah)的使者〞。所謂的穆斯林(Muslim)就是信仰伊斯蘭(Islam)及伊斯蘭(Islam)的追隨者。
Islam
is the Religion of all the Prophets of Allah starting with Adam and
ending with Muhammad. In Arabic Islam means submission. To believe in
the heart and declare with the tongue: "No one is God except Allah
and Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah" is how one becomes Muslim.
Utterance with the Two Professions (ash- Shahadatan) is required of the
person who is not already a Muslim. A Muslim is a believer and a
follower of Islam.
第一段〝除了
真主(Allah)以外再沒有主〞即指：唯有
真主(Allah)【註1】值得被崇拜。第二段〝穆罕默德(Muhammad)是
真主(Allah)的使者〞包括了相信穆罕默德(Muhammad)是最後一位使者及先知，他從不說謊，而且他（與以前所有的使者及先知一樣）受到
真主(Allah)的啓示(Wahiy)。真主（即創造者）派遣使者及先知們【註2】教導我們正確地崇拜
真主(Allah)，這是
真主(Allah)給我們的一項恩典。穆斯林(Muslim)必須相信所有的使者及先知們。
The
First Profession (ash-Shahadah), i.e., "No one is God except
Allah" means nothing deserves to be worshipped except Allah.
[1].The second Profession, i.e., "Muhammad is the Messenger of
Allah" includes believing Muhammad was the last of the prophets, he
was truthful in all he told about and conveyed from Allah (as were all
the prophets before him), and the Creator gave us prophets and
messengers to guide us to worship Him correctly. A Muslim must
believe in all the prophets and messengers .
上述兩段清真言[除了
真主(Allah)以外再沒有主，穆罕默德(Muhammad)是真主(Allah)的使者]是伊斯蘭(Islam)信仰的精髓，也是伊斯蘭(Islam)信念的基礎。就以建造大樓爲例，若沒有堅固的基礎就無法築成一棟堅固的大樓。同樣地，首先必須要有正確的信仰，在後世才會獲益及享有豐碩的果實(報酬）。這樣舉例，說明了起始點對後續發展的重要性，同樣的，想要維持堅定宗教的信念就必須先有正確的信仰做基礎。
The
Two Professions are the essentials of belief in Islam; they are the
foundation of the faith. The analogy of constructing a building is
useful in explaining the importance of this basic belief. There will be
no building without a concrete foundation. Likewise, there will be no
benefit and fruitful results in the Hereafter without having the correct
belief first.This analogy illustrates the need to start from the
beginning and build upward; before one can remain steadfast in the
Religion one must have the proper belief
穆斯林(Muslim)堅決相信只有獨一的創造者，祂的名字就是真主(Allah)，而穆罕默德
(Muhammad)是祂的使者及先知。這知識與信念就是穆斯林(Muslim)信仰的基礎，所有的穆斯林(Muslim)以此基本的信念而團結一致（即他們都有著一致的原則）。
穆斯林(Muslim)以健全的理智來辨別真理，正因爲擁有的健全理智與伊斯蘭(Islam)正確信念是毫無衝突的，所以不可忽略理智【註3】。這知識能強韌一個人的意志和毅力，因此它是不可或缺的。
Muslims
firmly believe only one Creator exists, His name is Allah, and Muhammad
is His Prophet and Messenger. Knowledge and belief in this are the
foundation of the faith, and all Muslims are united by this basic
belief. The Muslim uses the mind as a guide because the mind and faith
go hand-in-hand. Knowledge is essential since learning gives one
strength and purpose.
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健全的理智以及使者穆罕默德
(Muhammad)受到的啓示都確信了對真主(Allah)的信仰、祂的存在及祂完美的特性。真主(Allah)不等同於
真主(Allah)的特性，例如我們可說
真主(Allah)有全能的特性，但不可說
真主(Allah)就是力量。真主(Allah)沒有缺點及弱點，我們讚美說祂是完美的。祂的特性是完美的而且是不會改變的。
The
sound intellect and the explicit statements revealed to Prophet Muhammad
affirm the belief in God, His existence, and His attributes. One must
understand that Allah is not His attributes nor is He other than them.
For example: One can say: "Allah has the attribute of power"
but one cannot say: "Allah is power." God has no faults or
weaknesses. He, the Exalted, is flawless. His attributes are without
flaw and are unchanging.
真主(Allah)是不像萬物的。就理智上來說，如果
真主(Allah)像萬物，那麽祂就會如同萬物一樣受到各種事物（同樣物）的影響，祂也會像萬物一樣有弱點，而且有被創造的物性，這一點對於
真主(Allah)是不可能的。
God
does not resemble any of His creation. Intellectively,
if Allah resembled any of His creation, He would be susceptible to the
same things the creation are susceptible. If He were susceptible, as the
creations are, He would be weak and created--as they are--and this is
impossible.
真主(Allah)是沒有形狀的、沒有形像的，而且是沒有極限的，祂【註4】不像任何在宇宙中人類所看到的或所能想像到的，因爲想像力是被創造的一部份。
Allah
is without
shape, without form, and without limitations. He [4]does not resemble
anything man sees in the universe or anything he can imagine--since
imagination is part of the creation.
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真主(Allah)的確存在。不用與被創造者比較，人們就可用理智來證明創造者的存在。例如您看到一建築物的時候，就知道有建築工人，看到一幅畫的時候您就知道有一位畫家。看到萬物的時候您就知道有一位創造者。
真主(Allah)就是創造者。
Allah
exists. Without comparing Allah to the creation one can use mental
evidences to prove the existence of the Creator. When one sees a
building, one knows there is a builder; when one sees a painting, one
knows there is a painter; when one sees the creation, one knows there is
a Creator. Allah is the Creator
真主(Allah)存在不占空間，正因爲祂存在無始無終，而所有的空間都是被祂所造。真主(Allah)的存在無始，但空間的存在卻有開始，而
真主(Allah)現在的存在也是跟以前一樣不占空間的，不論這些空間是天空，地球、天園、火獄或六方位的任何其他地方。 真主(Allah)是不會改變的，改變是一種需求的象徵，而需求的特性是不屬於真主(Allah)的。 真主(Allah)是完美的。假如一些事物變壞了，那就表示不再完美了；如果一些事物變好了，那就是它原先就不完美。因此
真主(Allah)是永遠不會改變的。 真主(Allah)不住在天園，祂不在任何人身上，祂也不在任何地方。祂現在不占空間，過去不占空間，祂未來也不會占空間，因為
Allah
(真主)存在不需要空間。
Allah
exists without a place because He always existed and He created all the
places. Allah existed eternally and place did not, and Allah exists now
as He has been, i.e., without residing in a place, whether this place is
skies, Earth, Paradise, Hell, or any other place in the six directions.
Allah does not change. Change is a sign of need and need is
non-befitting to attribute to God. Allah is perfect. If something
changes for the bad, it is no longer perfect, and if it changes for the
good, it was not perfect to begin with. Therefore, Allah does not
change. He is not in Heaven. He is not in everyone. He
is not everywhere. He does not occupy a space now, He never did,
and He never will. Allah exists without a place.
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真主(Allah)是獨一的，祂是不可分割的，分割是物體的特性，也就是說，祂不是物體。
真主(Allah)沒有夥伴，沒有對等，沒有配偶，沒有子女。如果是有兩個主宰的話，那麽假如兩者間其中一位要一件事情發生，而另外一位卻不要那件事情發生，以理智來判斷，這是不可能的，因爲我們知道相反的事情是不會同時發生在同一件事情上，所以兩者間其中要事情發生而沒有發生的那一位就表現了其弱點，真正的主宰是不可能有弱點的。也由此可證，創造者是獨一無二的。同樣地，撒旦（Shaytaan）無法超越 真主(Allah)，因爲 真主(Allah)是控制一切的主宰。而邪惡的事情（包括撒旦的所作所爲）也是憑著
真主(Allah)的意願才會發生。必須相信每件事情的發生背後都有智慧存在，縱使我們不知道這個智慧，但是 真主(Allah)知道。
Allah
is one; He is indivisible, i.e., He is not a body. Allah has no partner,
no counterpart, no wife, and no son. Intellectively, this is understood
because if there were two partners and one partner willed for one thing
to be and the other partner willed the opposite thing—we know
opposites do not happen simultaneously--so the one who willed what did
not occur is weak. Weakness is non-befitting to attribute to God;
therefore, there is only one God. For the same reason, the Devil does
not have control over God and evil occurs because Allah willed it. There
is wisdom behind everything--even if we do not know the wisdom--Allah
knows.
真主(Allah)的存在沒有開始，有開始的事物都是被造物，
真主(Allah)創造了一切的被造物，無論是動態、靜態、思想（想法、想像）及意念。有開始就表示有所需，而 真主(Allah)
無所需。
真主(Allah)存在沒有結束，有結束就表示有弱點，而
真主(Allah)
絕沒有弱點。
Allah
has no beginning to His existence. Anything that has a beginning is
creation. Allah created every creation, every movement, every rest,
every thought, and every intention. To have a beginning is a sign of
need, and Allah is not in need. Allah has no end to His existence. To
have an end is weakness; the Creator is not weak.
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真主(Allah)對被造物是無所需求的。有所需求則（的）表示能力不足，這也就是弱點，創造者沒有弱點，而弱點也絕非 真主(Allah)的特性，真主(Allah)有影響萬物的能力，祂使萬物存在，但祂也能毀滅一切。
Allah does not need any of His creation. To need
something means to be unable to perform without it, and this is
weakness. The Creator is not weak--it is impossible to be among His
attributes. Allah has the attribute of power by which He affects the
creation. He makes them exist and He annihilates them.
真主(Allah)有「意願」的特性，任何事如果
真主(Allah)要它發生，就一定會發生。任何事如果 真主(Allah)不要它發生，就一定不會發生。好與壞的事情都是憑著
真主(Allah)的意願才會發生。
Allah has the attribute of Will. Whatever Allah
willed to be shall be and whatever Allah did not will to be shall not
be. Both good and evil happen
according to God's will.
真主(Allah)有「全知」的特性，真主(Allah)知道一切的事物，不論是過去所發生的、正在發生的及未來將發生的。
Allah has the attribute of knowledge. Allah knows
everything: what has happened, what is happening, and what will happen.
真主(Allah)聽著所有一切的，看著所有一切的，而不需要器官也不受到任何限制。人類需要耳朵及空氣傳達聲音，也需要借著光線才能看到事情，但
真主(Allah)是不需要萬物的。
真主(Allah)以祂無始無終的「Kalam」(話)下達命令，禁止人類做禁止的事，承諾信士們天園的回賜及警惕人類火獄的懲罰，而祂的「Kalam」(話)不需藉由任何器官、工具、文字、語言或聲音。
Allah
hears all hearable things and Allah sees all seeable things without
organs and without limitations. Man needs ears and air to transfer sound
in order to hear and light in order to see. Allah does not need any of
the creation. Allah, with His eternal kalam, orders the obligations,
forbids the prohibitions, promises the reward of Paradise, and threatens
the punishment of Hellfire without instruments, letters, languages, or
sounds
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真主(Allah)有活著的特性，因爲如果祂不是活著的話，就不可能有知識、意願、能力的特性，也就無法創造其他的。真主(Allah)活著不像人類的活著，人類需要肉體、骨頭、血液及靈魂等。真主(Allah)創造一切的，祂的活著不需要任何所被祂創造的。
Allah
has the attribute of life because he who is dead cannot be attributed
with knowledge, will, power, and consequently, cannot create. Allah's
life is not like ours. We need flesh, bones, blood, and spirit. Allah
created all these; His life is not in need of any of them.
真主(Allah)創造了一切，包括伊斯蘭(Islam)的信仰，它是唯一有效及正確的信仰。伊斯蘭(Islam)的開始隨著第一位使者及先知亞當(Adam)而來，亞當(Adam)是第一位使者及先知，然後伊斯蘭(Islam)的信仰繼續著許多位先知，他們當中有一些同時也是使者的身份。
Allah
created all the creation, and this includes the Religion of Islam--which
is the only valid and true Religion. Islam began among humans with the
first man, Adam, who was the first prophet and messenger, and Islam
continued through many prophets, some of which were also messengers.
所有的使者及先知教授人們〝 除了真主(Allah)外沒有其他的創造者〞，並且教導人們相信及追隨當時的使者及先知。所有的使者及先知曾經教授〝除了
真主(Allah)以外都不是創造者〞〝除了
真主(Allah)以外都不值得被崇拜〞，也教授了前述
真主(Allah)的特性及先知的德性。他們引導人們走在伊斯蘭(Islam)的道路上，教導人們如何正確地崇拜真主(Allah)，他們傳達
真主(Allah)所命令的及 真主(Allah)所禁止的。
All the prophets and messengers taught "No
one is God except Allah" and to believe in and follow the prophet
and messenger of their time. All the Prophets taught there is only one
God, the aforementioned attributes of Allah, and the attributes of the
prophets. They called the people to Islam, taught them how to worship
Allah properly, and conveyed what Allah ordered and what Allah forbid.
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真主(Allah)賜給使者及先知有展現奇踦的能力來證明他們具有使者的身份，而且讓人們相信他們所教授的爲正確的信仰。有些律法從前一位使者到另一位使者會有所改變，但是信仰仍然沒有改變。使者們帶來了新的律法，例如：在亞當(Adam)使者時代，穆斯林(Muslim)一天只須做一次禮拜，在耶穌(^Isa)使者時代，穆斯林(Muslim)一天要做兩次禮拜，而依照最後一位使者穆罕默德
(Muhammad)的律法，穆斯林(Muslim)每天要做五次禮拜，使者穆罕默德
(Muhammad)之前的律法是一定要在特定的地方做禮拜，而現在最後一位使者穆罕默德
(Muhammad)所受到的律法則不須在特定的地方做禮拜。
The
prophets had miracles to support their claim of Prophethood and to prove
to the people what they were teaching was the truth. Some of the rules
changed from one messenger to another but the belief remained the same.
The messengers came with new laws. For example: at the time of Adam,
Muslims used to pray once per day. They were ordered to pray twice per
day at the time
of Prophet ^Isa. Now, according to the rules of the last
Messenger--Prophet Muhammad--Muslims pray five times per day. In
previous laws of the messengers,
Muslims were ordered to pray in specific places. Now, in the rules
revealed to Prophet Muhammad, Muslims are not required to pray in
specific places.
真主(Allah)給人們的其中一項恩典就是派遣使者及先知們來引導人們如何正確地服從真主(Allah)，並警告他們不能不服從
真主(Allah)，穆斯林(Muslim)們必須相信所有的使者及先知，因爲他們曾經受到
真主(Allah)啓示的恩典，他們並將此啓示傳達給人們。但是現在的穆斯林(Muslim)只能跟隨最後一位使者及先知穆罕默德
(Muhammad)的律法。
Allah blessed the people with the prophets and
messengers to guide them to obedience and warn them from disobedience.
Muslims must believe in all the prophets and messengers because Allah
blessed them all with Revelation and they conveyed this to their people,
but now Muslims must follow the rules of the last Prophet and Messenger,
Prophet Muhammad.
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真主(Allah)命令先知們將該傳達的啓示確實傳達，而他們也已完全傳達，他們以身教與言教傳授伊斯蘭(Islam)。先知們都是誠實、可信賴及有機智的，同時也被
真主(Allah)賜與無瑕疵的特性，因此〝欺騙〞、〝不誠實〞、〝邪惡〞、〝
愚蠢〞及〝
遲鈍〞等這些字眼，是不容許冒犯於他們所被賜與純淨的特性中。他們也絕不可能會犯
KUFR【註5】，或任何大罪（如飲酒及不法的殺戳）以及卑劣的小罪（如偷一粒葡萄等）。
Allah
ordered the Messengers to convey the laws, and they did. They taught by
words and example. The prophets were attributed with truthfulness,
trustworthiness, and intelligence. Consequently, lying, dishonesty,
vileness, stupidity, and dullness were impossible to be among their
attributes. They were also
attributed with impeccability of blasphemy (Blasphemy includes any
belief, action, or saying which belittles Allah, His Books, His
Messengers, His Angels, His Rites, the Ma^alim of His Religion, His
Rules, His Promise, or His Threat.), the great sins (such as drinking
alcohol and unjustful killing), and abject small sins (such as stealing
one grape).
使者穆罕默德(Muhammad)曾經教授他的追隨者，他的追隨者再教授他們的追隨者，以此類推，直到伊斯蘭(Islam)的知識傳達到今日的穆斯林(Muslim)。信仰及教義由可信賴的【註6】穆斯林(Muslim)傳述者傳授給可信賴的穆斯林(Muslim)。縱然經由代代口耳相傳，但其中的教義及真理仍然追溯到使者原先所傳達的信仰，沒有偏離。對於探索伊斯蘭(Islam)問題，如果穆斯林(Muslim)不知道答案時，他決不可發表他自己的意見或者是他自己所認爲的答案。因爲他應該向那些更有伊斯蘭(Islam)知識的老師那兒尋求答案，而那些老師是以上述的方式獲得知識的。
Prophet Muhammad taught his Companions and those
Companions taught their followers and so on until the knowledge of Islam
reached the Muslims of the present day. The beliefs and teachings were
passed from trustworthy Muslim ('Trustworthy' as defined by Islam means
the Muslim who does not commit great sins, small sins in a way that they
will be more than this good deeds, and does not behave in violation of
the behavior of those who have his status.) To trustworthy Muslim with a
chain of reliable realtors back to the Prophet. In Islam it is a great
sin to judge without knowledge. If a Muslim does not know an answer to
an Islamic inquiry he must not give his opinion or what he thinks the
answer might be. Instead, he seeks the answer from someone more
knowledgeable in the Religion who attained the knowledge in the
aforementioned manner.
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真主(Allah)以不同顔色及各種不同特徵的土創造了第一個人，就是Adam（亞當），而所有的人都是Adam（亞當）的後裔。世界上所有穆斯林(Muslim)男女不論年齡、種族、膚色、國籍、社會背景、經濟狀況、語言及政治關係都因爲他們有同樣信仰而聯結在一起；他們都信仰唯一的主宰，祂的名字就是
真主(Allah)，穆罕默德
(Muhammad)是祂的最後一位使者及先知，同樣的，他們（穆斯林們）也實行相同的(伊斯蘭)律法。
Since
Allah created Adam, the first man, from soil of different colors and
different textures, and all people are the descendants of Adam, this
accounts for the various
races and temperaments of people. Muslim men and women around the world
of all ages, races, colors, nationalities, social backgrounds, economic
status', languages, and political affiliations are united by their
belief that there is only one God, His name is Allah, and Muhammad is
His last Prophet and Messenger and by practicing the same rules of the
Religion.
伊斯蘭(Islam)不但是信仰制度，也是一種生活方式。只有創造者知道所有萬物的極限、弱點及易受傷害的特性，因此祂給萬物頒降了公平公正的律法，
真主(Allah)知道什麽對萬物是有益的，什麽是有害於萬物的。
伊斯蘭(Islam)的基礎依據下列五件事項：
（1）作證除了
真主(Allah) |