Beginning of Islam

Question 1

What are the 6 beliefs of Islam?

Answer 1

1. Belief in the day of judgement.
2. Belief in predestination: Al-qadar
3. Belief in the holy books
4. Belief in the prophets
5. Belief in Allah in the one and only God
6. Belief in Angles.

Question 2

Where and when does Islam originate?

Answer 2

Mekkah 7th centenary.

Question 3

What does Islam mean?

Answer 3

‘voluntary submission to God’.

Question 4

What does Muslim mean?

Answer 4

‘surrender to the will of God’.

Question 5

What type of religion is Islam

Answer 5

Monotheistic.

Question 6

Who do they follow and who was he?

Answer 6

The prophet Muhammad who was the last prophet.

Question 7

When was he born and what did he do?

Answer 7

570 AD and he brought the Qur’an.

Question 8

What do Muslims have beliefs in?

Answer 8

The Qur’an and the Sunnah.

Question 9

In 2001 how many Muslims were there in the UK?

Answer 9

1,591,000/

Question 10

What percentage of the UK is Muslim?

Answer 10

2.7%

Question 11

What are the percentages of Sunni and Shi’a?

Answer 11

90%-sunni

10%-shi’a.

Question 12

What do they differ in?

Answer 12

Ideas of leadership, the interpretation of the Qur’an and some ritual practices.

Question 13

What is the third group of Islam called?

Answer 13

The Sufism.

Question 14

How are the Sufism different?

Answer 14

They believe it is important to learn about Islam from teachers rather than books.

Question 15

What have the Sufism helped?

Answer 15

To shape Islamic thought.

Question 16

What is the day of judgment?

Answer 16

A day where all people are judged to see if they deserve to go to heaven or hell.

Question 17

What is the belief of predestination?

Answer 17

It is the belief that Allah knows everything that will happen, what you will do.

Question 18

In Islam do people have free will?

Answer 18

Yes.

Question 19

What holy books do Muslim people believe in?

Answer 19

The Torah, the scrolls of Moses, the Gospels and the Qur’an.

Question 20

What do Muslims believe is special about the Qur’an?

Answer 20

They believe it is the only book which hasn’t been changed or corrupted.

Question 21

Do Muslims accept other main religions?

Answer 21

Yes, because Islam is part of the three Abrahamic religions.

Question 22

In Islam, what are prophets?

Answer 22

Prophets are sent by Allah and send his message.

Question 23

What are examples of prophets and who was the last?

Answer 23

Musa (Moses), Isa (Jesus), Muhammad was the last.

Question 24

What is special about Allah?

Answer 24

He is the one true God.

Question 25

Does Allah have a family?

Answer 25

He has no parents, children or a partner.

Question 26

Is Allah the strongest or weakest God?

Answer 26

There is no greater or lesser God than Allah.

Question 27

What do Muslims believe it is their duty to?

Answer 27

To carry out Allah’s will, and surrender and submit themselves to Allah.

Question 28

What are angles made from?

Answer 28

Light.

Question 29

Do they have physical bodies?

Answer 29

No.

Question 30

What do they have to do to have a body to control?

Answer 30

They can take a human’s form.

Question 31

What are they?

Answer 31

The messenger of God?

Question 32

Do angles have free will?

Answer 32

No.

Question 33

What can they only do?

Answer 33

What Allah tells them to do. Communicate Allah’s message to the prophets.

Question 34

What do some Angles do?

Answer 34

Test human beings.