Islam

Question 1

Allah

Answer 1

-god
-the creator
-everything
-not a person, not a “thing”
-there before space and time
-has 99 names

Question 2

6 Articles of Faith

Answer 2

1. Allah the God
2. His prophets including Muhammad
3. Angels of God including Jibrael
4. Books of God the Qur’an
5. Day Judgement - heaven or hell decision
6. Gods will - predestiny

Question 3

Niqab

Answer 3

a veil covering the head but not the eyes

Question 4

Abaya

Answer 4

a loose black garment covering neck to feet

Question 5

Hijab

Answer 5

headscarf that covers the hair and neck but not the face

Question 6

Burka

Answer 6

covers your whole face and body with a small mesh window over eyes to see.

Question 6

Chador

Answer 6

full length cloak that is held closed with the womans hands

Question 7

5 Pillars

Answer 7

1. Shahada - God and Muhammad (There is no God except Allah and Muhammad is hismessenger, creed)
2. Salat- Prayer (5 times through the day)
3. Zakat - charitable giving (also called Almsgiving)
4. Ramadan - Fasting (also called Sawm, no drinking, eating, sex, drugs until evening, during the month of Ramadan which is when Muhammad received the message of Allah)
5. Hajj - Journey to the Kaaba in Mecca once in your life unless your disabled, poor, sick or can’t go for some particular reason

Question 8

Hajj

Answer 8

-pilgrimage to the Kaaba in Mecca (Islam’s most holiest shrine)
-done in the first 15 days of Hijja, the month of pilgrimages
-During the hajj, the festival of sacrifice is celebrated (refers to Abraham’s test of his faith sacrificing his son Isaac)
-Usually in July

Question 8

“islam”

Answer 8

means “submission”

Question 9

Jihad

Answer 9

means inernal struggle (interpreted as holy war)

Question 10

Patka

Answer 10

head covering

Question 11

Cresent Moon and Star

Answer 11

-moon signifies progres
-star sigifies light of knowledge

Question 12

Dome of the Rock

Answer 12

-islamic shrne at the centre of Al-Aqsa mosque on the temple mount in Jerusalem
-commemorates the night journey of Muhammad
-Where Muhammad assended into heaven

Question 13

Fastest growing

Question 14

Judgment Day

Answer 14

the time when all human beings are raised from the dead to be judged by Allah as to whether they go to heaven or hell

Question 15

Kaaba

Answer 15

-first house of worship
-black cube
-fundemental in Hajj
-turn towards it and pray 5 times a day
-must visit one in lifetime

Question 16

PBUH acronym

Answer 16

Peace Be Upon Him (Muhammad)

Question 17

Predestination

Question 18

Qur’an

Answer 18

Sacred book

Question 19

Ramadan

Question 20

Surahs

Answer 20

chapters in the Quran

Question 21

The life of Muhammad

Question 22

Night of power and excellence:

Answer 22

Islamic festival that commemorates the night on which God first revealed the Qurʾān to the Prophet Muhammad through the angel Gabriel (Jibrīl). It is believed to have taken place on one of the final 10 nights of Ramadan