Islam

Question 1

Islam is the ___ largest religion

Answer 1

2nd

Question 2

Submission or surrender

Answer 2

Islam

Question 3

One who submits/ surrenders to God and his will

Answer 3

Muslim

Question 4

Arabic word for God

Answer 4

Allah

Question 5

God’s messenger, the final prophet

Answer 5

Muhammad

Question 6

What is the problem in Islam

Answer 6

Pride, not needing God

Question 7

What is the goal in Islam?

Answer 7

submission to God

Question 8

Abraham’s servant that he had a kid with

Answer 8

Hagar

Question 9

Oldest son; should’ve been the heir but was sent away

Answer 9

Ismail

Question 10

When was Muhammad born?

Answer 10

570 CE

Question 11

__ CE had a tribal structure/organization

Answer 11

500

Question 12

High god over pantheon and tower tribe gods

Answer 12

Allah

Question 13

Housed tribal idols

Answer 13

Kaaba

Question 14

___CE met and married Khadija

Answer 14

595

Question 15

____ CE received the message from Gabriel; night of power and excellence

Answer 15

610

Question 16

___ CE Muhammad lived in Hijira; life in Medina and started the Islamic calendar

Answer 16

622

Question 17

____ CE Muhammad dies, pilgrimage to Mecca, Farewell sermone didn’t say who was going to be the next leader which lead to conflict

Answer 17

632

Question 18

What is paradise like?

Answer 18

Garden, bliss, flowing rivers, sensual pleasure

Question 19

What is hell like?

Answer 19

Forever separated from God and physical torment

Question 20

How many characteristics does God have?

Answer 20

99

Question 21

What is the Islamic view of God?

Answer 21

monotheistic, center and foundation of Islam

Question 22

What are the 5 pillars of Islam?

Answer 22

Shahalah, Zakat, Hajj, Salat, Fasting during Ramadan

Question 23

Central to Muslim community and personal identity; outlines expectations that are key to orthopraxy

Answer 23

Sharia (Islamic Law)

Question 24

What are the 2 sources of Sharia?

Answer 24

Quran and Hadiths

Question 25

The struggle to submit, pride, create a fair/just society, spreading faith, between self and god, and violence

Answer 25

Jihad

Question 26

Is Islam a missionary religion?

Answer 26

Yes

Question 27

God's message, words, untranslatable, infallible, unaltered; revealed through angel of Gabriel to Muhammad, initially an oral tradition but written down by Muhammad's followers

Answer 27

Quran

Question 28

Recordings and teachings of Muhammad, still holds authority and value but not as much as the Quran

Answer 28

Hadiths

Question 29

What does the Quran contain?

Answer 29

114 Suras organized by length

Question 30

What are the major themes in the Quran and Hadiths?

Answer 30

Justice and poverty, afterlife, minor themes such as war, Christians and Jews

Question 31

Prayer

Answer 31

Salat

Question 32

Declaration of Faith

Answer 32

Shahalah

Question 33

Donating 2.5% of your income, duty to help others

Answer 33

Zakat

Question 34

Pilgrimage to Mecca

Answer 34

Hajj

Question 35

How many times do Muslims pray?

Answer 35

5 times a day

Question 36

Holy month that remembers Muhammad getting God's messages; 3 day celebration afterwards to symbolize community

Answer 36

Ramadan

Question 37

What is the purpose of Ramadan?

Answer 37

understand suffering and reflecting on life

Question 38

When does Ramadan happen?

Answer 38

9th month of Islamic calendar

Question 39

What is the importance of Mecca?

Answer 39

Has the Kaaba, the center of the Islam community

Question 40

What is the purpose of the Hajj?

Answer 40

Remember to submit to God; reminder of Muhammad's Journey

Question 41

Dietary restrictions; no pork, animal that's a carnivore, and nothing intoxicating

Answer 41

Halal

Question 42

Largest population of Muslims (85%) Caliph is selected and Imams are at the local level

Answer 42

Sunni

Question 43

Meaning is tradition

Answer 43

Sunna

Question 44

Have social/political authority only in Sunni Muslims

Answer 44

Caliph

Question 45

Mosque leaders

Answer 45

Imam

Question 46

Who was considered to be the 1st Caliph to the Sunnis?

Answer 46

Abu Bakr

Question 47

Under 15% of population, only have Imam

Answer 47

Shia

Question 48

Considered the direct bloodline of Muhammad, have social, political, and religious authority

Answer 48

Imam in Shias

Question 49

Who was the 1st Imam according to the Shias?

Answer 49

Ali

Question 50

Translates to Partisans of Ali

Answer 50

Shiat Ali

Question 51

Translates to one who wears wool

Answer 51

Sufi

Question 52

Mystical/interior path, includes ascetics and gurus, focuses on love from and to Allah

Answer 52

Sufism

Question 53

Guru figure in Sufism

Answer 53

Sheik

Question 54

___ CE religion split following Muhammad's death

Answer 54

632

Question 55

First Caliph, Muhammad's father in law

Answer 55

Abu Bakr

Question 56

4th Caliph, Muhammad's cousin and son in law

Answer 56

Ali

Question 57

Who was Ali killed by?

Answer 57

Mauwiya (governor of Syria)

Question 58

Majority is Shias, believe in 12 Imams, Muhammad al Mahdi was the last Imam

Answer 58

Twelver Shi'ism

Question 59

When did Muhammad al Mahdi disappear?

Answer 59

873 CE

Question 60

Minority in Shias; disputed authority after death of 6th Imams

Answer 60

Ismaili Shi'ism