Islam revision for test (key words)

Question 1

Prophethood:

Answer 1

In Islam, Prophets are Allah’s messengers who delivered His guidance. Belief in them is a key part of faith. Muslims believe Prophet Adam (pbuh) was the first prophet and Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) the final one.

Question 2

Risalah

Answer 2

An Arabic word that means ‘MESSAGE’. Muslims believe that the prophets are an important channel of communication
between God and humanity.

Question 3

Tawhid

Answer 3

The Oneness and Unity of Allah

Question 4

Monotheistic

Answer 4

A religion that believes in only one God

Question 5

Shirk

Answer 5

the sin of associating partners with Allah, essentially denying the oneness of God (Tawhid) and attributing any form of divinity to anything or anyone other than Him

Question 6

Sunni

Answer 6

The largest group of Muslims in Islam.
Sunni Muslims Abu Bakr, Muhammad’s closets
friend was the true Successor of Muhammad.

Question 7

Shi’a (Shi’i)

Answer 7

Muslims who believe in the
Imamate, the successorship of Ali. believe that
successors to Muhammad should be
connected in some way to his ancestry e.g. Ali
– Muhammad’s cousin.

Question 8

The Six Articles of Faith in Sunni Islam

Answer 8

ANGELS

TAWHID

AUTHORITY OF THE BOOKS

THE PROPHETS OF GOD

THE SUPREMECY OF GOD’S WILL

DAY OF JUDGEMENT

Question 9

The FIVE ROOTS OF ‘USUL AD-DIN IN
SHI’A ISLAM

Answer 9

PROPHETHOOD

TAWHID

THE JUSTICE OF GOD

THE IMAMATE

RESURRECTION

Question 10

Immanent

Answer 10

The idea that God is present and involved
with life on earth and in the universe; a quality of God.

Question 11

Transcendent

Answer 11

The idea that God is beyond and outside
life on earth and the universe; a quality of God.

Question 12

Omnipotent

Answer 12

Almighty, having unlimited power; a quality
of God.

Question 13

Beneficent

Answer 13

Benevolent, all loving, all good; a quality of
God.

Question 14

Merciful

Answer 14

The quality of God that shows compassion or
forgiveness to humans, even though He has the power to
punish them.

Question 15

Fairness

Answer 15

The idea that God treats people fairly and
impartially without favour or discrimination.

Question 16

Justice (Adalat in Shi’a Islam)

Answer 16

The idea that God is just
and fair and judges human actions, rewarding the good
and punishing the bad.

Question 17

Allahu Akbar

Answer 17

God is Great

Question 18

Angels

Answer 18

Spiritual beings believed to act as
messengers of God.

Question 19

Day of Judgement

Answer 19

A time when the world
will end and every soul will be judged by God,
and either rewarded or punished.

Question 20

JIbril

Answer 20

The Arabic name for Gabriel, the
archangel who brought God’s message to the
prophets, particularly to Muhammad.

Question 21

Mika’il

Answer 21

The Arabic name for Michael, the
archangel of mercy who rewards good deeds
and provides nourishment to people

Question 22

The role of Angels

Answer 22

They act as messengers to the prophets.

They take care of people.

They record everything a person does, and this information is used
on the Day of Judgement.

Izrail, the Angel of Death, takes people’s souls to God when they die.

They welcome Muslims into Paradise and also supervise the pits of
Hell.

Question 23

Predestination quote Quran 9:51

Answer 23

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

Question 24

Predestination quote Quran 13:11

Answer 24

“God does not change the condition of a people (for the worse)
unless they change what is in themselves.”

Question 25

Predestination quote Quran 2: 277

Answer 25

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

Question 26

What do Sunni Muslims believe about predestination

Answer 26

God has written everything down in the ‘Book of Decrees’ Allah created people and they must acct according to his will. Allah is so powerful that He is able to make anything happen that He wants. Humans do not have the freedom to change their destiny, or the overall plan that Allah has set for them but they do have some choice over how they behave.

Question 27

What do Shi'a Muslims believe about Predestination

Answer 27

Allah is the Creator of time. He is outside time and so not bound by it. God id Omniscient. He knows everything that happens in the past, present and future. God knows the choices that people will make but they still have the freedom to make their own choices.

Question 27

Resurrection definition:

Answer 27

there will be a resurrection (‘rising’) on the Day of Judgement. On that day Allah will eternally separate the righteous from the wicked.

Question 27

Akhirah definition:

Answer 27

Akhirah is an Islamic term referring to Islam

Question 28

JANNAH – HEAVEN – PARADISE:

Answer 28

Jannah literally translates as ‘GARDEN’. It is a state of eternal happiness in the presence of God. Some Muslims also refer to Jannah as ‘Paradise’.

Question 29

JAHANNAM - HELL

Answer 29

Jahannam in Islam refers to an afterlife place of punishment for evildoers. The punishments are carried in accordance with the degree of evil one has done during their life. For Muslims it is a state of total separation from God.

Question 30

Name two Angels in Islam

Answer 30

Angel Mika'il Angel Jibril

Question 31

Imam in Sunni Islam

Answer 31

A person who leads communal prayers.

Question 32

Imam in Shi'a Islam

Answer 32

In Shi’a Islam, the title given to Ali and his successors.