holy books

Question 1

quotes

Answer 1

• ‘this is the scripture which there is no doubt’
• ‘we sent Jesus in their footsteps, to confirm the Torah. we gave him the gospel’

Question 2

contents of the Qu’ran

Answer 2

• mixture of historical accounts and advice on how to follow God
• begins with a short prayer
• arranged in length of surahs
• always written in Arabic as words are written exactly as Allah dictated them
• known as revelation which means Allah has revealed his words to a man in order to be shared by all humanity

Question 3

how was the Qu’ran formed?

Answer 3

• Allah dictates
• Muhammed memorises and recites as he couldn’t read / write
• other people write down what he says

Question 4

hadith v Qu’ran

Answer 4

• Muhammed’s sayings (hadith) are kept separate so people could tell the difference between Allah’s words and Muhammed’s

Question 5

evidence for Qu’ran

Answer 5

• written in most beautiful Arabic possible, which must have come from God
• only miracle Muhammed ever performed
• fits with tradition: God has chosen to reveal himself through holy books before
• argue it contains scientific explanations that have only recently been verified by science

Question 6

importance of Qu’ran

Answer 6

• word of God
• foundation of every believer’s faith
• most sacred test of Islam
• infallible source of authority
• written in perfect Arabic

Question 7

Torah

Answer 7

• Tawrat
• believe this was given to Moses
• mentioned 18 times in the Qu’ran

Question 8

Psalms

Answer 8

• Zabur
• revealed to David
• mentioned on 3 occasions in the Qu’ran
• believed to be similar to the Psalms in the Bible

Question 9

Gospel

Answer 9

• Injil
• believed to refer to a book divinely revealed to Jesus (Isa)
• mentioned 12 times in the Qu’ran

Question 10

Scrolls of Abraham

Answer 10

• referred to in the Qu’ran but they no longer exist
• believed to be the earliest scriptures of Islam