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What does the word ‘Islam’ mean in Arabic?

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What does the word ‘Islam’ mean in Arabic?

Obedience or peace

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What is Tawhid

The Oneness of God

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Surah 12 - Qur’an

Say, ‘He is God the one, God the eternal. He begot no one nor was He begotten. No one is comparable to Him.’

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Belief repeated daily in the Shahadah

There is no God but Allah and Muhammad is his prophet

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What is a Muslim’s most important duty?

To declare faith in the one God

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Qur’an 4:59 - Supremacy of God’s will

You who believe, over God and the Messenger

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What does the word Muslim mean

One who has submitted to God

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What impact does belief in the supremacy of god’s will have on Muslims

Bad things that happen in life are ‘meant to be’

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Qur’an 64:11 - Bad things

Misfortunes can only happen with God’s permission

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Who did Sunni Muslims elect to be the caliph after the death of Muhammad pbuh

Abu Bakr

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What is a caliph

A religious leader

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Do Caliphs make laws or enforce them

Enforce them

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When do caliphs enforce laws

After the community has considered the views of scholars who studied the Qur’an and the Sunnah

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What does Sunni mean

Followers of the Sunnah

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Who do followers of Shi’a Islam believe should have succeeded Muhammad pbuh?

His cousin Ali, married to Muhammad’s daughter, Fatima

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Who did Ali and his supporters believe the true leader had to be

A descendent of Muhammad and chosen by God

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How would an Imam appoint his successor

He would identify the next one before he died

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What are the six articles of faith in Sunni Islam?

Tawhid, Angels, Authority of the holy books, supremacy of god’s will, prophets of god, day of judgement

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What does belief in angels mean to Sunni Muslims

Angels communicate the message of God to humans

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What does belief in the holy books mean to Sunni Muslims?

The Qur’an is the most important belief and has the highest authority in Islam

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What does belief in the prophets mean to Sunni Muslims?

Muhammad is the most important prophet of God

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What does belief in the Day of Judgement mean to Sunni Muslims?

When all humanity will be judged by god and sent to paradise or hell

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What are the five roots of Usul ad-Din in Shi’a Islam?

Tawhid, Prophethood, justice of God, Resurrection, the Imamate

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What does belief in prophethood mean to Shi’a Muslims?

Accepting that Muhammad is God’s last prophet and that god’s revelations through him are true

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What does belief in the justice of god mean to Shi’a Muslims

God is just and wise, cannot do wrong, and holds humans accountable for their actions

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What does belief in the Imamate mean for Shi’a Muslims?

Accepting that the twelve Imams are the leaders of Islam and guard the truth of the religion without error

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What does belief in Resurrection mean to Shi’a Muslims?

They will be resurrected after death to be judged by God

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How many names are there for God in the Qur’an and the Hadith

99

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What does each name of God describe

A quality he has revealed about himself

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How to Muslims memorise the names of God

Recite them while praying privately, sometimes use prayer beads

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Qur’an 7:180 - Names of God

The Most Excellent Names belong to God: use them to call on Him

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God is immanent

within all things and close to his people

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God is transcendent

beyond all things

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God is omnipotent

all powerful, creator, sustainer and owner of all things

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God is all knowing

aware of everything including human actions and thoughts

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Qur’an 6:102-103 - Nature of God

This is God, your Lord, there is no God but Him, the Creator of all things, so worship Him; He is in charge of everything. No vision can take Him in, but He takes in all vision. He is the All Subtle, the All Aware

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God is beneficent

The source of all goodness

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What is god’s beneficence linked to

his mercy and compassion

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Bismillah - Daily prayers - God’s mercy

In the name of God, the Lord of Mercy, the Giver of Mercy

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What does god act with

fairness and justice

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Qur’an 35:1 - angels

Praise be to God, Creator of the heavens and earth, who made angels messengers with two, three, four [pairs of] wings

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What to Muslims believe angels receive

god’s words directly from him and pass them on to the prophets of God

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Why can angels receive god’s word

Because they are pure and sinless

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What do angles not have

Free will so they cannot do anything it displease God

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What do angels do to do with god

Ceaselessly praise and worship God

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What do guardian angels do?

take care of each person throughout their lives, Qur’an 13:11

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What are angels responsible for - Qur’an 18:49

Recording in a ‘book of deeds’ everything each person thinks, says or does to be presented on the Day of Judgement

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What does the Angel Israfil do?

Will blow trumpet to announce Day of Judgement

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What does the angel of death and his helpers do

Helps take people’s souls to God Qur’an 32:11

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When did the angel Jibril first appear to the prophet Muhammad

When he was a child

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What did Jibril and Mika’il do when Muhammad was a child

Came during the night to purify his heart so he would be able to receive God’s revelation later

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Where did the angel Jibril appear to Muhammad pbuh?

Mount Hira

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Guardian Angels - Qur’an 13:11

Each person has angels before and behind, watching over him by God’s command

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What is Mika’il an angel of

Mercy

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What is Mika’il assigned to do

Reward righteous people for the good they do during their lives

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What other responsibilities does Mika’il have?

Sending rain, thunder and lightning to earth

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What nourishment do Mika’il and Jibril bring to humans?

Mika’il brings nourishment for the earth and human life, Jibril brings spiritual nourishment

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Where do some Sunni Muslims believe God has written down all things that will happen

In a book of decrees

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God’s decrees - Qur’an 9:51

Only what God has decreed will happen to us. He is our Master: let the believers put their trust in God

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What do many Shi’a Muslims believe about predestination

God knows everything that is going to happen, but it doesn’t mean he decides

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Free will - Qur’an 13:11

God does not change the condition of a people [for the worse] unless they change what is in themselves

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Rewards from God - Qur’an 2:277

Those who believe, do good deeds, keep up the prayer, and pay the prescribed alms will have their reward with their Lord

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What is the stage of life after death?

Akhirah

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What does a person still have after death in the grave

Conscious existence

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What is the stage of waiting after death called

Barzakh or barrier

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What is barzakh for

No one can cross the barrier to amend things they have done wrong or warn the living

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What happens as someone lies in the grave

God sends two angels to question them about their faith

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When will the Day of Judgement come

When God’s purpose for the universe has been fulfilled

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What will happen to the world when Angel Israfil blows the trumpet?

It will be destroyed and transformed into a new world called Akhirah

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What happens when Angel Israfil blows the trumpet a second time?

Everyone who has ever lived will be raised from the dead and judged by God

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What happens if someone receives their book of deeds in their right hand

They will go to Heaven

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What happens if someone receives their book of deeds in their left hand?

Hell

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How does God sort the souls

Making them cross the Sirat Bridge that spans the fires of hell, good people cross bad people fall

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Hell - Qur’an 56:42-44

They will dwell amid scorching wind and scalding water in the shadow of black smoke, neither cool nor refreshing

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Is life after death one of the six articles of faith or one of the five roots of Shi’a Islam

Both

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Why is belief in life after death important?

it encourages human responsibility and accountability

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What does belief in life after death mean for wrongdoers

satisfies human need for justice that people will be held accountable and be punished for wrongdoing

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What is the beliefs in prophets called

risalah

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Why are prophets important to Muslims

They provided a method of communication between God and human beings

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How many prophets were there all together

Around 124,000

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How many prophets are named in the Qur’an

25

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What five prophets were some of the most important

Adam, Ibrahim, Musa, Isa and Muhammad

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Who was Adam

The first man on Earth, the first prophet of Islam and the father of Islam

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Creation of man - Qur’an 32:7 & 9

He breathed from His Spirit into him; He gave you hearing, sight and minds

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What happened after Adam was created

God told him to tell angels the names of things and then told the angels to bow down to him

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Which angel refused to bow down to Adam

Iblis

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What happened to the angel that refused to bow down to Adam

He was thrown out of paradise and vowed to tempt humans to sin against God

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Why is Adam important to Muslims as a Prophet?

God gave him understanding and Adam passed on his knowledge to the rest of the human race

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What things was Adam the first to do

Learn to plant seeds, harvest crops, and cook food

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What did God reveal to Adam

the food Muslims are allowed to eat, how to repent for wrongdoing and how to bury the dead

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Abraham - Qur’an 4:125

God took Abraham as a friend

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Why is Ibrahim a role model to Muslims

kindness, compassion and refusal to worship idols

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Who rebuilt the Ka’aba

Ibrahim

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