Islam- Books Flashcards
Books in arabic
Kutub
Tawrat
Torah
Revealed to moses
Zabur
Psalms
Revealed to Dawud
Injil
Gospel
Revealed to Isa
Suhuf Ibrahim
Scrolls of abraham
Issue with texts not qur’an
-become distorted
-written after death of prophets
Qur’an
-allahs final revelation given to muhmmed
recited exactly as given
-only true Word of God when in Arabic
-translation is only an interpretation of origional text
-most importamt thing in islam
-copies are treated w/ respect
How long as qur’an existed
-always
- eternal ike god
-just not in writen form
-eternal miracle and living proof of the truth of Islam
Why is qur’an important
-gives guidance as to
-what should be believed
-how live lives
-good muslim lives by these
Other sources of authority
-forms basis of islamic law- shari’ah
governing how muslims should behave
-muslim scholars develop shari’ah law
look to other sources to develop
such as life of muhammed
Sources of authority- life of muhammed
Sunna
Hadith
Sunna
Recounts what muhammed did
Hadith
-info what muhammed said
What are weaknesses of sunna and hadith
-dont cover all areas of behavoir
-may contradict
-therfore need all 3 (hadith, sunna and qur’an) and the opinions of muslim lawyers and schools
Additional sources of authority for shi’a muslims
-ahadith of 12 imams
help with decision making
