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What is tawhid?
the belief that there is only one God
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How does Surah 112 explain tawhid?
'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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How does the belief in tawhid influence muslims? (3 things)
1. worship one God 2.make God the most important thing in their life 3. dont use images of God
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Give four points about the supremacy of God's will
1. nothing happens unless God allows it to happens 2. God can make anything he wants to happen 3.Muslims gain confidence from this because its a part of Gods plan 4. Muslims live to gods will
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what are the 6 articles of faith in sunni islam?
tawhid, angels, the holy books, the prophets, day of judgement and supremacy of Gods will
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what are the 5 roots of shi'a islam?
tawhid, prophethood, Adala (justice of God, imamate and resurrection
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Why are there two branches of islam?
after muhammed died there was an argument as who should succeed him
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what are the 6 main qualities of God?
transcendant, immanent, omnipotent, merciful, beneficent and fair and just
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what is immanent?
that god is present in everything
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what is benficent?
god is all loving and all-good
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what are 5 properties of angels?
pure and sinless, have no free will, praise and serve god, spiritual beings and able to take human form
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4 roles of angels
1.messengers of God 2.take care of people 3. record everything a person does 4. take people's souls to God
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what is predestination?
God knows everything that will happen in the universe
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give a quote for predestination
'only what God has decreed will happen to us'
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what is shi'a belief in predestination?
they believe god knows what will happen but does not decide what will happen?
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Give a quote for the shi'a belief in predestination
'God does not change the condition of a people unless they change what it is themselves'
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what do muslims believe about the day of judgement?
they have free will to make choices that will be judged, on judgement day God will judge them for everything theyve done, even thought God knows what will happen humans are responsible
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what are the 3 stages of life after death for muslims?
Barzakh, the day of judgement and heaven and hell
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What is Akhirah?
everlasting life after death
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what are the two main angels in islam?
Jibril and Mika'il
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Who was jibril?
the angel of revelation
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what did angel jibril do?
he purified Muhammeds heart when he was a child and then recited the qur'an to Muhammed and passed on messages to Muhammed through his life
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Who was Mika'il?
The angel of mercy
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What did Mika'il do?
sends rain to the ground to nourish the world.he brings reward to people who deserve it
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What is Barzakh?
The day of judgement
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What is the importance in the belief of Akhirah? (4 things)
1. encourages muslims to take responsibility for their actions 2. gives hope to muslims who suffer 3. helps muslims to accept unjust situations 4.motivates people to follow the teachings of the qur'an
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what is prophethood? ( 4 things )
1.A gift from God to help humans to understand his message 2.when gods message has been misunderstood God sends prophets to bring people on the right path 3.good role models and set a good example
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Why is adam important to Muslims?
God gave him knowledge and understanding. God taught Adam how to live a good life and adam passed this knowledge
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Why is ibrahim important?
1.he showed great faith in God 2.proclaimed faith in one God when others worshipped many Gods 3.he passed all the tests by God
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Why was ibrahim a good role model?
1.he was willing to sacrifice his son to God 2.he rebuilt the ka'ba that was destroyed by a great flood 3.he refused to worship idols and destroyed idols in the temple
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why is muhammed important?
he is 'Gods messanger'
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what 3 things did muhammed do?
recieved the word of God from Jibril, challenged people in Makkah to follow God and angel jibril took him on a journey to jerusalem where he spoke to prophets
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what is the imamate?
the leader of the imams
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what is an imam?
the leader of shi'a muslims
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what do shi'as believe about imams?
That they should be a decendant of Muhammed
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How many imams have their been
twelve, they have all been related to muhammed
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Why are imams necessary?
people need divine guidance on how to live
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What are the four other holy books?
the torah, the gospels, the psalms and the scrolls of abraham
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Give three facts about the Qur'an
it was revealed by jibril to muhammed, muhammed learned it by heart and it was scribed, there was a scare that the book would be distorted so the qur'an was made official
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