The first pillar is Shahadah, which is the profession of faith for the Muslims and it says, "There is no god but God (Allah) and Muhammad was the messenger for God (Allah). ... The oneness of Allah (Tawhid) is by far the most important. ... God (Allah) and pre- destination (Al- Qadar) belong in the category of Tawhid. ... Muslims call him by a different name, which is Allah, but they are one in the same. ...

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Islam believes in one and only God who has 99 names, but is most popularly referred by the name Allah. Islam is based on the sayings of the Almighty Allah that have been conveyed to us through the many Prophets, Muhammad being the last one. ... The two sacred texts of Islam are the Qu'ran, which are the words of Allah "the One True God" as given to Mohammed, and the Hadith, which is a collection of Mohammed's sayings. ... Fast during the month of Ramadan, the month that Mohammed received the Qu'ran from Allah. 5. ...

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