<ISLAM MUSLIM OFFICIAL CREED:
1. We believe in Allah's Divinity, that is He is the Lord, the Creator, the Sovereign, and the Manager of all affairs.

2. We believe in Allah's Godship; that is, He is the True God and every other deity is false.

3. We believe in His Names and Attributes, that is He has the most magnificent Names and the sublime perfect Attributes.

4. We believe in His Oneness in all this, that is, He has no associate in His Divinity, His Godship, His Names, or His Attributes. Allah says in the Qur'an: “He is the Lord of the Heavens and the Earth and all that is in between them, so worship Him and be patient in His worship, do you know any equal to Him.” (19:65)

5. We believe that He is “Allah there is no God but He, the Living the Everlasting. Slumber does not seize Him, neither sleep; to Him belongs all that is in the Heavens and the Earth. Who is there that shall intercede with Him except by His permission? He knows what is before them and what is behind them, and they do not encompass anything of His knowledge except what He wills. His Throne extends over the Heavens and the Earth; the preservation of them does not burden Him; He is the High, the Great.” (2:255)
We believe that “He is Allah, there is no god but He--the Knower of the Unseen and the Visible, He is the Most Gracious, Most Merciful. He is Allah, there is no God but He, the King, the Holy One, the Source of Peace, the Keeper of Faith, the Guardian, the Almighty, the Subduer, the Sublime. Glory be to Allah above what they associate with Him. He is Allah, the Creator, the Maker, the Shaper, His are the most beautiful Names. All that is in the Heavens and the Earth glorifies Him. He is the Almighty, the Wise.” (59:22-4)

6. We believe that to Him belongs the kingdom of the Heavens and the Earth: “He creates what He pleases. He gives, to whom He wills, females, and He gives, to whom He wills, males, or He couples them, males and females; and He makes whom He wills barren. Surely, He is the Knowing, the Powerful.” (42:49-50).

7. We believe that “There is nothing whatever like unto Him, He is the All-Hearing, the All-Seeing. To Him belongs the keys of the Heavens and the Earth. He enlarges and restricts provisions to whom He wills. Surely He has knowledge of everything.” (42:11-12).

8. We believe that “There is no creature that moves in the Earth but its provision depends on Allah. He knows its dwelling and its resting place. All is recorded in a clear Book.” (11:6)

9. We believe that “With Him are the keys of the Unseen; none knows them but He. He knows what is in land and sea; not a leaf falls, but He knows it. Not a grain in the deep darkness of the Earth, not a thing green or dry but it is in a clear Book.” (6:59).

10. We believe that “Allah alone has the knowledge of the Hour, sends down rain, and knows what is in the wombs. No soul knows what it shall earn tomorrow, and no soul knows in what land it shall die. Surely, Allah is All-knowing, All-aware.” (31:34)

11. We believe that Allah speaks whatever He pleases whenever He pleases “And Allah spoke to Moses directly.” (4:164) “And when Moses came at Our appointed place, and his Lord spoke to him.” (7:143) “We called to him from the right side of the Mount (Sinai), and We brought him near in communion.” (19-52)

12. We believe that “If the ocean became ink for the words of my lord, the ocean would be finished before the words of my Lord came to an end.” (18:109) “And if all the trees that are in the earth were pens, and the ocean (were ink), with seven oceans swelling it therefore, the words of Allah would not be exhausted. Surely, Allah is Mighty, Wise.” (31:27).

13. We believe that Allah's words are the most truthful in conveying information, the most just in ruling, and the fairest in conversation. He said, “The word of your Lord has been fulfilled in truth and justice.” (6:115) “And who is more truthful in his word than Allah?” (4:74).

14. We believe that the Qur'an is Allah's words. He literally spoke it to Gabriel who conveyed it to the Prophet, peace be upon him: “Say (O Muhammad) the Holy Spirit has brought it down from your Lord in truth.” (16:102) “Truly it is the revelation of the Lord of the worlds brought down upon your heart by the Faithful Spirit so that you may be one of the warners, in a clear Arabic tongue.”(26: 192-5)

15. We believe that Allah is well above his creatures in His person and His Attributes, because He says, “He is the High, the Great.” (2:255) “He is Supreme over His servants, and He is the Wise, the All-aware.” (6:18).

16. We believe that He “created the Heavens and the Earth in six days, then He settled Himself on the Throne; He manages everything.” (10:3) His “settling on the Throne” means that He is sitting in person on His throne in a way that is becoming to His Majesty and greatness. Nobody except He knows exactly how He is sitting.

17. We believe that He is with His creatures while He is still on His Throne. He knows their conditions, hears their sayings, sees their deeds and manages their affairs. He provides for the poor and the broken. He gives sovereignty to whom He pleases and takes away sovereignty from whom He pleases; He exalts whom He wills and He abases whom He wills. In His hand is all good and He is powerful over everything. Whoever possesses these qualities is literally with His creatures even if He is literally above them on His Throne. “There is nothing whatsoever like unto Him; He is the All-hearing, the All-seeing.” (42:11)

18. We do not say as the Incarnationists among the Jahomites and others say, that is, Allah is living with His creatures on Earth. We consider whoever says this a non-believer or straying away because he attributed to Allah that does not become Him of defects.

19. We believe in what His Messenger told us that He descends to the near sky before the last third of every night and says: “Who prays to Me and I will answer his prayers? Who asks Me and I will give him? Who asks my forgiveness and I will forgive him?” (Bukhari & Muslim).

20. We believe that He will come at the Day of Judgement to judge among His people because He said, “No indeed! when the Earth is crushed to powder, and your Lord comes down with the angels in rows after rows, and Hell is brought out that day. On that day man will remember, but what will remembrance avail him?” (89:21-23) We believe that He is the Doer of what He wills.

A little tongue-in-cheek here. The officialness of the creed is derived from a Bible site, that being The Interactive Bible. As they represent at least one of the contenders in this game of world domination, I believe a morsel or two of sodium chloride might be advised.

The above creed, though, pretty much summarizes any current deity. If there is a God, this is He. Can there be more than one? I’ve been digging pretty deeply into the Greek pantheon. Not exactly current, but I think I’ll just keep mum about that.
;^)

BOOKS KNOWN:
1. The Torah which was revealed to Moses, peace be upon him. It is the greatest among the Israelites' books. "Surely, We sent down the Torah, wherein is guidance and light; by its laws the Jews have been judged by the Prophets who surrendered themselves to Allah,the rabbis and the doctors of law because they were entrusted the protection of Allah's book and were witnesses thereto." (5:44).

21. The Gospel which Allah revealed to Jesus, peace be upon him. It is a confirmation of the Torah and a complement to it. "And we gave him the Gospel, wherein is guidance and light and confirming the Torah before it, as a guidance and an admonition to the godfearing." (5:46) "And to make lawful to you certain things that, before, were forbidden to you." (3:50)

22. The Psalms which Allah gave to David, peace be upon him.

23. Tablets of Abraham and Moses, peace be upon them.

24. The Glorious Qur'an which was revealed to His Prophet Muhammad, the Seal of the Prophets. It is "a guidance to the people and clear signs of guidance and criterion between right and wrong." (2:185)

Well, at least there are other recognized writings in the Islamic world, other than the much-touted Qur’an.

THE QUR'AN IS PROTECTED FROM CHANGE:
• The Qur'an is "confirming the scripture that was before it and stands as a guardian over it." Thus, by the Qur'an Allah abrogated all the previous Books. Allah has also guaranteed its protection from any play or mischievous distortion. "Indeed, We sent down the message and We will guard it." (15:9) That is because the Qur'an is a proof against mankind till the Day of Judgement.

I suppose advocating illiteracy helps to keep the tome pure -- as well as misinterpreted.

PREVIOUS SCRIPTURES CHANGED:
• The previous scriptures were meant for a limited period that ended with the revelation of what abrogated them and exposed what had taken place in them of distortion and change. That is why they were not protected from corruption. They underwent distortion, addition and omission. "Some of the Jews pervert words from their meanings." (4:46) "So woe to those who write the Book with their hands, and then say, 'This is from Allah,' that they may sell it for a little price. So woe to them for what their hands have written, and woe to them for their earnings." (2:79) "Say, who sent down the Book that Moses brought as a light and a guidance to people? You put it into sheets of paper showing some of them and concealing much." (6:91) "And there is a group among them who twist their tongues with the Book, that you may think it is a part of the Book, but it is not part of the Book. And they say 'It is from Allah,' yet it is not from Allah, and they tell a lie against Allah and they know it. It is not for any human being to whom Allah has given the Book, the Wisdom and the Prophethood to say to men ‘Worship me intead of Allah,’" (3:78-70) "People of the Book! Our Messenger has come to you, making clear to you many things you have been concealing of the Book and forgive you much. A light has come to you from Allah and a glorious Book, with which He will guide whoever follows His pleasure in the way of peace, and brings them forth from darkness into the light by His will." (5:15-16).

Heavy.

There’s a lot more here, if interested, including, though not limited to:
• Myth of Muslim toleration (The hidden agenda of Muslims living in North America.)

• Official creed, teachings and beliefs of Islam

• A Brief History of Islam

• Muslim version of their own history

• Muslims kill and persecute Christians in their home dictatorship-countries, while demanding their religious freedoms when they immigrate to the civilized world.

• The Truth about Jihad

• Why Muslims pray five times a day.

• The 5 Pillars of Islam

• Islamic view of the origin of all Holy Scripture

• Which book did God write? The Qur’an or the Bible?

• Origins and beliefs of The Nation of Islam

• Muslims argue the Bible is corrupted and undependable.

• Qur'an is different than what Muhammad delivered

• 10 reasons why Islam is not from God

• Picture of Kaba

And the battles rage on -- and on -- and on...

Cheers, all -- and goodnight,
Dan