Nature of God

Question 1

What is the Qur’an?

Answer 1

The Holy book of Islam (revealed to Mohammed by Allah)

Question 2

What is Hadith?

Answer 2

The sayings and actions of Mohammed

Question 3

What is meant by the ‘Attributes of Allah’?

Answer 3

the 99 names including ‘Allah’

Question 4

what is the islamic saying meaning ‘God is the greatest’?

Answer 4

Allahu Akbar

Question 5

give 5 of the names of Allah

Answer 5

the firm one, the guide, the all seeing, the compassionate, the forgiver

Question 6

what is ‘the firm one’ used for?

Answer 6

to give Muslims courage if they feel afraid

Question 7

what is ‘the guide’ used for?

Answer 7

to comfort Muslims when they’re grieving

Question 8

what is ‘the all seeing’ used for?

Answer 8

for when someone powerful is oppressing others

Question 9

what is ‘the compassionate’ used for?

Answer 9

to encourage a Muslim when they feel misunderstood

Question 10

what is ‘the forgiver’ used for?

Answer 10

to support a Muslim who was sorry when they were wrong

Question 11

define to Shirk

Answer 11

putting anything other than God on a level with God - very serious sin

Question 12

Give an example of a time when all 3 persons of the Trinity were present

Answer 12

The story of Jesus’ baptism (Matthew 3:13-17)

Question 13

Give an example of Jesus speaking to God as Father

Answer 13

‘Our Father in heaven’ (First line of the Lord’s Prayer)

Question 14

Give an example of where Jesus is understood to play the important role of becoming incarnate in order to save people from the final judgement of their sins

Answer 14

‘Today in the town of David a Saviour has been born to you; he is Christ the Lord’ (Luke 2:11)

Question 15

Give an example of where Muslims are shown to not believe in the Trinity - they hold to the idea of Tawhid (oneness of God)

Answer 15

‘In blasphemy indeed are those who say Allah is Christ the son of Mary’ (Surah 5)

Question 16

Give an example where God is shown to be not male, where both male and female human beings show something of God’s nature, where God is shown to be way bigger than gender, just as he is bigger than age or race.

Answer 16

‘So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.’ (Genesis 1:27)

Question 17

Give an example of how many Christians believe that God the Son was present at the creation of the world, as well as the Father

Answer 17

‘In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made’ (John 1:1-3) (‘The Word’ was a name that John gave to Jesus)

Question 18

Give an example of how Christians believe in three persons within one God, how they are monotheists

Answer 18

‘The Father is God, the Son is God: and the Holy Spirit is God… Yet not three Lords: but one Lord’ (Creed of St. Athanasius)

Question 19

Give an example of God the Holy Spirit producing a good character in people so that they can live well, as God intended

Answer 19

‘But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control’ (Galatians 5:22-3

Question 20

Give an example of how many Christians believe that the Holy Spirit was present at the creation of the world, as well as the Father

Answer 20

‘The earth was without form and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the spirit (Ruach) of God moved upon the face of the waters’ (Genesis 1:2)

Question 21

define montheistic

Answer 21

to believe in one god

Question 22

Christians are monotheistic, however they also believe that God has 3 persons:

Answer 22

The Father, Son and Holy Spirit

Question 23

When do Christians think God is in each of these forms?

Answer 23

in all three forms at the same time

Question 24

name two ways that Christians describe the Trinity

Answer 24

as three different roles, eg daughter, sister, mother; as water, eg. ice, liquid, gas

Question 25

define omnipotent

Answer 25

all powerful

Question 26

define omnibenevolent

Answer 26

all loving

Question 27

define omniscient

Answer 27

all knowing

Question 28

define omnipresent

Answer 28

present everywhere

Question 29

To Christians, Jesus Christ is..

Answer 29

the incarnation of God on Earth

Question 30

the Holy Spirit is..

Answer 30

the part of God that works within the world

Question 31

What do Unitarians believe

Answer 31

there is no trinity; God is indivisible and has no ‘parts’ or ‘persons’; Jesus was not God but a Human ‘inspired by God’; some might say Jesus is worthy of worship but is not God

Question 32

define incarnation

Answer 32

the belief that Jesus is God ‘made flesh’

Question 33

Explain the idea of the Virgin Birth

Answer 33

that Jesus was not conceived through sexual intercourse

Question 34

give an bible quote to do with incarnation

Answer 34

‘The Word became flesh’ (John 1:14)

Question 35

define transcendent

Answer 35

God is above all. God is independent of the universe and physical existence

Question 36

define immanent

Answer 36

God is within us all

Question 37

give a quote from the Qur’an to show that Muslims believe that ‘God is beyond our understanding’

Answer 37

‘Say he is God the one, the eternal. He begot no one and no one is begotten. No one is comparible to Him’ Qur’an 112