DIAGNOSTIC MISCONCEPTIONS IN CS 1

• Core Beliefs - The Nature of God


  • Monotheism
  • Tawhid
  • Transcendence
  • Immanence
  • Beneficence
  • Shahadah
  • Shirk
  • Qur'an
  • Salat
  • Omnipotence
  • Sunnah
  • Allah (99 names)
  • Islam
  • Merciful
  • Halal
  • Hadith
• Tawhid


  The belief that Allah is the only god
• Zakat


  Charitable giving
• Rakat


  Cycles of prayer
• Du'ah


  Supplication, prayer
• Hajj


  Pilgrimage to Mecca
• Sadaqah


  Voluntary charitable giving
• Mihrab


  Prayer niche in a mosque
• Muezzin


  Person who calls Muslims to prayer
• Qiblah


  Direction of Mecca, which Muslims face during prayer
• Adhan


  Call to prayer
• Muslims believe that Allah is one. The word comes from the Arabic al-ilah, meaning the only god.
• The Shahadah, the declaration of faith, states that Allah is the only god.
• Islam teaches that Allah has 99 names.
• Immanence


  • Allah is always involved in the world and knows every single human being
• Transcendence


  • There is no equal to Allah and is not to be thought of as human in any way (hence the ban images)
• Omnipotence


  • Allah created everything and is all-powerful
• Merciful


  • Allah shows compassion and mercy. 113 out of 114 chapters in the Qur'an start with this: 'bismillah'
• Beneficence


  • Allah does no evil and is all-good
• Islam means 'submission to God'. Muslims must try and live a life in submission to the will of Allah.
• Greater Jihad


  A spiritual struggle within oneself against sin
• Shahadah is the declaration of faith: 'there is no god but God (Allah) and Muhammad is the messenger of God'.
• Shirk is the idea that a belief in any other god or that anything is equal to Allah is a sin. It is considered to be the worst sin.
• Polytheism – a belief in many gods – is definitely out. Most Arab tribes before Muhammad believed in many gods. It is said there were up to 360 gods worshipped as idols in the Kaaba before Muhammad.
• Key Sources of Authority


  • Qur'an
  • Hadith
  • Sunnah
• Core Beliefs - Hadith and Sunnah


  • Monotheism
  • Tawhid
  • Sawm
  • Transcendence
  • Zakat
  • Rakat
  • Immanence
  • Beneficence
  • Du'ah
  • Shahadah
  • Hajj
  • Shirk
  • Sadaqah
  • Qur'an
  • Mihrab
  • Salat
  • Muezzin
  • Qiblah
  • Omnipotence
  • Adhan
  • Sunnah
  • Allah (99 names)
  • Islam
  • Minaret
  • Merciful
  • Halal
  • Hadith
• Sunnah


  A record of Muhammad's life as laid out in the Hadith
• Hadith


  A collection of Muhammad's words and actions as recorded by his followers
• The Hadith do not have the same status as the Qur'an as they were not revealed by Allah
• Muhammad: 'let the first thing to which you will invite them, be the Tawhid of Allah'
• According to this quote, the first thing to know about Islam is the unity and oneness of Allah
• Key Sources of Authority

  • Qur'an
  • Hadith
  • Sunnah
• The Importance of the Hadith and Sunnah for Muslims


  The Sunnah is an example of the best type of behaviour a Muslim can aspire to; both the Hadith and the Sunnah offer extra valuable advice to Muslims on how to live their daily lives
• There are different collections of Hadith
• Operating System (OS)


  Software that helps to manage the resources of a computer system and provide the interface between the user and the computer's hardware
• Main functions of an operating system


  • Memory Management & Multitasking
  • Peripherals Management & Drivers
• Memory Management & Multitasking

  1. Programs temporarily stored in RAM for CPU to process

  2. OS transfers programs in and out of memory from hard drive (or virtual memory) when processing is required

  3. OS can only perform one process at a time, but through memory management it can appear that more than one process is being executed (multitasking)
• Peripheral


  External device connected to a computer system to input or output data
• Device driver


  Program that provides an interface for the OS to interact and communicate with an external device
• Device drivers are hardware dependent and OS-specific