Religious studies

• Al-Qadr


  Predestination of the will of Allah; the belief that Allah has decreed everything that is to happen in the universe
• How many names does Allah have?

  99
• Six articles of faith in Sunni Islam

  1. Tawhid (One God)

  2. The angels

  3. The books of God (Qur'an)

  4. The prophets

  5. The day of judgement (or the afterlife)

  6. The supremacy of God's will (or predestination)
• 5 roots of Islam

  (shia) tawhid, prophethood, justice of god, imamate, resurrection
• 7 qualities of God

  Immanent

  Transcendent

  Just

  fair

  Beneficent

  Merciful

  Omnipotent
• Tawhid (Islam)


  Oneness of God
• Describe Angels in Islam

  Beam of light, no free will, serve Allah, form of Risalah
• Name 4 angels in Islam

  - mikial

  - Jibril

  - shoulder angels

  - israfil
• What did Jibril do?

  Delivered the whole Qur'an to the prophet Muhammad over 23 years
• What does Mika'il do?

  He oversees the provision and maintenance of life, weather and harvest
• What is Al-Qadr/predestination?


  the idea that Allah had long ago decided what would happen to everyone (fate or destiny)
• Akhirah


  Belief in life after death
• Risalah


  The belief that prophets are an important channel of communication between God and humans
• Torah


  The first five books of Jewish Scripture, which they believe are by Moses, are called this
• The Psalms in Islam


  Given to David
• Quran


  the sacred writings of Islam revealed by God to the prophet Muhammad during his life at Mecca and Medina
• Scrolls of Abraham


  Holy book/source of authority; individual revelations to Ibrahim that were written on parchment but have perished.
• Gospel


  Given to Jesus
• The imamate


  It means 'leadership' and refers in Shi'a Islam to the twelve imams who succeeded Muhammad as the leaders of Islam.