1 Prophecy and revelation: scholars Flashcards
‘The ____ act as the _________________ and man’ (____)
’ The angels act as the interface between God and man’ (Turner)
‘_____ are not there because _______ but because____’ (____)
‘Angels are there not because God needs them but because we need them’ (Turner)
“Islam ____________________ obscurity”
“Islam liberated women from the dark age of obscurity” (Sarwar)
Muhammad’s aim was to…
“Build up a self contained community which would hold together and maintain its position.” (Guillaume)
Muhammad’s work in Medina became the
“paradigm for the Muslim empires that expanded throughout the Middle East after the Prophet’s death.” (Aslan)
Muhammad ‘to his followers, he is____________’
“To his followers, he is the exemplar of perfect virtue, the mirror in which they see the image of God.” (Watt)
‘Muhammad________________________mankind’
“example still serves to inspire and elevate mankind.” (Carlyle)
‘intellect alone cannot ____________________________’
‘intellect alone cannot discern the purpose of creation,’ (Turner)
‘_______________________is merely an instrument, _______________________________’
‘Muhammad is merely an instrument. He is neither author nor editor of the Qur’an but Allah’s intermediary’ (Esposito)
Why is the Qur’an not chronological?
‘this lack of order has come from God’ (Haleem)
‘____________ lives orally in the __________’
‘scripture lives orally in the Muslim’s daily routine to the present day’ (Waines)
How does one scholar describe the recitation of the qur’an - who is he?
‘the recitation proceeds, the intensity grows, a man hides his face in his hands, another weeps quietly’ (Nelson)
