Islam beliefs and teachings Flashcards

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what is tawhid

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belief in the oneness if Allah

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What is Risalah

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Belief in prophet hood:

  • beliefs about angels of allah
  • belief in the books allah
  • belief in the messengers of Allah (the prophets/rasuul
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3
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what is akhirah

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afterlife

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what is Al-Qad’r?

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predestination

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what is kutub?

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the books:

  1. The Tawrat of Musa (Gods revelation to Moses)
  2. The Zabur of Dawud (Gods revelation to David)
  3. The Injil of Isa (Gods revelation to Jesus)
  4. Suhuf Ibrahim (Gods revelation to Abraham)
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What is Malaikah?

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The angels

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who is Jibril, and what did he do?

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Jibril is the chief angel. He brought Gods message to Muhammad and all the other prophets (usually in the form of a man, but Muhammad saw him in his true form

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who is Izra’il and what is his job?

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Izra’il is the angel of death
Izra’il’s presence to a non-believer is dreadful since he brings bad news, however he is a pleasant angel who takes believers into Paradise (Al-Jannah)

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Who is Mika’il and what is his job?

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Mika’il is the angel who guards heaven and sends rain, thunder and lightening to earth by Gods command

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who is Israfil and what is his job?

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Israfil is the angel of Last Judgemnt and will blow his trumpet to announce the day if resurrection.

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what is an eschatological belief?

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A belief to do with death, judgement and final destination

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what is al-Qad’r

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the belief that everything that happens in this world happens because Allah has planned it to be so

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what are the Mu ‘ tazilah views if Al’Qad’r

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the Mu ‘ tazilah belief that there is no such thing as predestination and than humans have free will and that the fate of each person is down to Allah’s Divine Justice

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what are Shi’a Muslims views on Al-Qad’r? what quote supports this?

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Shi’a Muslims belief in partial free will, although Allah has knowledge of all.
“Allah will not change the condition of people until they change what is in themselves”

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What are Sunni muslims views on Al-Qad’r?

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Sunnis think that after 120 days of conception, each baby in the womb receives it’s soul. Then an angel, records their sex, lifetime earrings and whether they will enter Paradise or not. The angel continues to record everything and on the Day of Judgement their boom will be read out.
They believe that humans have free will, but Allah already knows what they are going to do

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16
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what is Barzakh?

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the Islamic equivalent of Purgatory

17
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What do Sunni muslims belief will happen on the Day of Judgement?

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Sunni Muslims belief that Isa (who is the Messiah) will reappear and either bring true Muslims together or lead a battle until Islam is left as the one true religion

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What do Shi’a muslims belief will happen on the Day of Judgement?

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They believe in the same thing as the sunni muslims, only that instead of Isa being the Messiah, the twelveth hidden Imam will return

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what is al-Jannah?

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heaven/paradise

20
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what us Jahannam?

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hell