Part 2 Islam Flashcards
What is the Qur’an?
it means to recite.
What is the Hadith?
It is the observations of the life and teachings of Muhammad.
What is the only accurate and authoritative of the Qur’an?
It is in Arabic.
What is the Qur’an range from?
Other then chapter 1 it is range form largest to smallest.
Which to branches of Islam have different versions of the Hadith that varies widely?
Sunni and the Shi’ite
What does the Muslims believe about the old and new testaments?
They believe that it has been corrupted?
They also rejected the parts that refer to Jesus as God or savior.
To the Muslims who is Ishmael.
Ishmael is more important then Isaac and Ishmael is the father of Arabic people.
What does Islam embrace a strict what, and rejecting what?
Monotheism and the Trinity.
What is Shirk?
It is when Allah is being assigned as equal as or partners of God.
What is Allah?
Allah is absolutely transcendent and he is removed and different. He is also the God of wrath not God of love.
What does Allah reveal?
Allah reveals his law but nothing of himself.
What is the difference between the God of the bible and Allah.
God in the bible is loving and Allah changes his mood and is capricious.
Do Muslims and Christians worship the same God linguistically?
Yes, Allah is Arabic word for God.
Do Muslims and Christians worship the same God historically?
No, Muhammad intended to be the continuation of Abraham monotheistic views but he deviates from it.
Do Muslims and Christians worship the same God theologically?
No, God of Islam is inferior to the God of christianity , as he not personal and he’s not all - knowing
