Beliefs and Practices Flashcards
Qur’an means
reading or reciting.
The Qura’an is the product of . . . , written between the years . . .
one man, Muhammad
610-622.
The chapters of the Qur’an are arranged according to . . .
length - with the longest towards the beginning.
The Quran is ______percent of the size of the BIble.
85
All translations are referred to as . . .
interpretations, since they don’t capture the perfect beauty of the original words of Muhammad.
The Quran contains the unique doctrine of abrogation, by which
Muhammad was able to override or nullify earlier revelations with new ones.
The Quran says that Mary gave birth to Jesus
under a desert palm tree.
The Quran pictures Mary as a person of the
Trinity. (Sura 5:116)
The Quran says Jesus was never
crucified. (Surah 4:157-158)
The Quran says Noah was 950 years old when . . .
the Flood began. (Sura 29:14-5)
100 verses of the Quran are echos of the . . .
Mishna and Gemaras of the Jews.
Muhammad received some of his revelations
through seizures.
Muhammad told his wife he feared he was possessed by . . .
demons (Caner and Caner 85)
Five basic Beliefs of Islam
- belief in Allah: one God
- Belief in the last day
- Belief in angels (the jinn)
- Belief in the scripture: The Bible and Quran
- Belief in the prophets - Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses, Jesus and Muhammad.
When Christians unite human nature with God, Muslims say they are guilty of the greatest sin known as
shirk - associating God with something in worship.
Second to the Quran as the source of Muslim believe and practice is . . .
hadith - Arabic for “speech”. purported sayings of Muhammad taken from other sources.
Five Pillars of Islam
- The Creed
- Ritual Prayer - five times daily - towards Mecca
- Almsgiving
- Fasting
- Pilgrimage
The consecrating act in prayer is to say
Allahu akbar (God is greater)
Once a week, on Friday,
Muslims gather for worship.
Mihrab is an
ornate niche - readily visible so worshipers know which way to face.
The lunar month of Ramadan, the ninth month of the Islamic year, Muslims. . .
abstain from food, drink, music, entertainment and sexual relations from sunrise to sunset.
Every year during the 12th month, Dhu al Hijjah,
about 2 million Muslims make the hajj - complex rituals over a period of ten days.
The hajj is . . .
a major event in a muslims life.
Orthodox Muslims consider jihad to be . . .
literal, while liberals interpret it spiritually.
One wife of Muhammad was his favorite, Aisha, had been engaged to him since she was
6, married to him at 9 when he was 53.
Muhammad was allowed more than
four wives, unlike other Muslim men.
