key words

What is ‘Adl/ Adalat?

A belief that Allah is just and fair and will bring Divine Justice

What means ‘the sin of associating other things with God; it is the worst sin’?

Shirk

The word ‘Sunni’ comes from the word ‘Sunnah’. What does Sunnah mean?

The example and way of the Prophet Muhammad

The Three sections of the Six Beliefs of Sunni Islam are Tawhid, Risalah and Akirah. What does Risalah mean?

Allah’s messengers. A belief in Allah’s angels, prophets and holy books

What does Akirah mean?

The last things. A belief in the Last Day and life after death.

What is al-Qadr?

Belief that everything that happens has already been decided (predestination)

What is Al-Jannah?

Heaven, often described as a garden of perpetual bliss

What is the Arabic word for hell, where it is described as a place of fire and torture?

Jahannam

What is the Arabic word for angels, used in the Qur’an?

Malaikah

What is the name of the angel of death?

Izra’il

What Arabic word means holy books?

Kitub

Name four holy books.

Scrolls of Ibrahim, Tawrat, Zabur and Injil

One of the Five Roots of Usul ad-din in Shi’a Islam is the belief in the Imamate. What is the Imamate/Imamah?

The office of the Imam. A Shi’a belief in the successors of the Prophet Muhammad, the first being Ali.

Shi’as who believe that the seventh Imam, Isma’il, was the final Imam are called Seveners. What are the Seveners also known as?

Ismaili Shi’as

What is the Hidden Imam?

The belief that the twelfth Imam who disappeared and will return alongside Isa on Judgement Day. This is accepted by Twelvers (largest group of Shi’as).

What is the Ahl al-Bayt?

The family of the prophet Muhammad