1 Prophecy and Revelation : Quotations

Question 1

Israfil is the angel of death who takes the dead to Barzakh - how is this described in the Qur’an?

Answer 1

‘he has let free the two bodies of flowing water meeting together. Between them is a Barrier which they do not transgress.’ Qur’an

Question 2

Qu’ranic quote which suggests that you don’t want to offend an angel

Answer 2

‘Whoever is an enemy to Allah and His angels and apostles, to Jibril and to Mikail, Lo! Allah is an enemy to those who reject faith’ Qur’an

Question 3

What happened concerning Muhammad Jibril and ZamZam

Answer 3

‘Jibril descended, opened my chest and washed it with zam-zam water. Then he brought a golden tray full of wisdom and faith and poured its contents into my chest’

Question 4

‘Jibril used to….’

Answer 4

‘Jibril used to meet him (muhammad) every night of Ramadan to teach him the Qur’an’

Question 5

Why did Jibril convey the message of the Qur’an

Answer 5

‘Jibril said ‘I was ordered to do so’

Question 6

How do we know Jibril was forceful

Answer 6

‘The angel caught me and pressed me so hard that I could not bear it anymore’
Muhammad heard one voice which said ‘Ikra (read)’
and he replied ‘I cant, I’m not one of those who read’.
The voice returned ‘ikra’ Muhammad replied the same
On the third command ‘ikra’ Muhammad replied ‘what shall I read’

Question 7

What do the rasul do

Answer 7

‘We send the messengers (rasul) only to give good news and to warn: so those who believe and mend their lives upon them shall be in no fear’

Question 8

what suggests that there is not a superior rasul?

Answer 8

‘We make no distinction between any of them and to Him we do submit’

Question 9

In return for setting a moral and spiritual example what title did Allah grant Ibrahim?

Answer 9

‘I will make thee an Imam to the Nations’

Question 10

Quote showing Ibrahim’s submission

Answer 10

When his Lord said to Ibrahim, “Submit”, he said “I have submitted [in Islam] to the Lord of the worlds.”

Question 11

mention of the Kabah in the Qur’an

Answer 11

‘Abraham and Ismail should sanctify My House for those who compass round, or use it as a retreat, or bow’

Question 12

what did Muhammad say about Ibrahim

Answer 12

“My Lord has guided me onto a straight way through an ever true faith, the way of Ibrahim, the hanif’

Question 13

What is said about the Torah

Answer 13

“We send down the Torah, wherein is guidance and light..”

Question 14

What was given to Isa

Answer 14

“And We gave unto Isa, son of Maryam, clear proofs (of Allah’s sovereignty), and We supported him with the Holy spirit.”

Question 15

Isa is …

Answer 15

“A messenger to the Children of Israel’
‘the word’ and ‘the spirit’ of Allah

Question 16

How do we know Isa will return?

Answer 16

“And Isa shall be a Sign for the coming of the Hour of Judgment’

Question 17

What was said about clots on LA-Q which proves the Qur’an was a miracle

Answer 17

“Read in the name of thy Lord and Cherisher who created man out of a mere clot of blood.”

Question 18

What revelation did Mmd receive that concreted his belief in polytheism (Proclaim…)

Answer 18

“Proclaim what you have been ordered and turn away from the Polytheists”.

Question 19

(Hadith) what does Mmd not bring - shows the Qur’an is inerrant

Answer 19

“Say, I am no bringer of new fangled doctrine’.

Question 20

Hadith - miracle of the Qur’an

Answer 20

“I have not been given anything like the Qur’an as a miracle.”

Question 21

Qur’an - Mmd is the seal

Answer 21

“Muhammad is not the father of any of your men, but he is the Apostle of God and the Seal of the Prophets”.

Question 22

SURA 112

Answer 22

“In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

Say: He is Allah, the One and Only;

Allah, the Eternal, Absolute;

He begetteth not, nor is He begotten;

And there is none like unto Him.”

Question 23

What does the Qur’an say about Mmd to suggest he is merciful

Answer 23

“mercy to all the worlds”
“To the believers is kind and merciful”

Question 24

Mmd telling you to be humble.

Answer 24

‘Allah does not like everyone self-deluded and boastful”

Question 25

Qur’an supports Zakat

Answer 25

“Whatever you spend of good, is for parents and near relatives, and orphans, and the needy”

Question 26

Qur’an supports sawm

Answer 26

“Fasting is prescribed for you, as it was prescribed for those before you, that you may learn self-restraint” (sawm)

Question 27

Qur’an supports Salah

Answer 27

“Verily, prayer is enjoined on the believers to be performed at fixed hours”.

Question 28

Qur’an supports shahada

Answer 28

“There is no god but Allah, and Muhammad is the messenger of Allah”

Question 29

Mmd pleading for others forgiveness bless him

Answer 29

Hadith - “O God! Forgive my people for they know not what they do!”

Question 30

What does the Qur’an say about itself?

Answer 30

Qur’an ‘this is the book, in it is guidance sure without doubt to those who fear Allah’

Question 31

How do we know the qur’an is legit?

Answer 31

Qur’an ‘ we have without doubt sent down the message and We will assuredly guard it from corruption’

Question 32

what is LA-Q better than?

Answer 32

‘the night of power (lilat-al-qadr) is better than a thousand months’

Question 33

what happens to sins on LA-Q - Hadith

Answer 33

‘whoever establishes the prayers on the night of Qadr out of sincere faith… all his past sins will be forgiven’ Hadith shows allah’s Mercy (rahma)

Question 34

How does the natural world reveal Allah’s existence

Answer 34

‘behold in the creation of the heavens and the earth and the alternation of night and day…Indeed these are signs for men of understanding’

Question 35

how do we know that putting something above the Qur’an would be shirk

Answer 35

‘men who take for worship others beside Allah as equal… if only the unrighteous could see… they would see the penalty’