Revelation

Question 1

How does God deliver revelation

Answer 1

Through the prophets “we believe in God and the revelation he has given to us … and that given to all prophets through their Lord”

Question 2

What was God’s first revelation

Answer 2

The Qur’an to Muhammad

Question 3

How was the Qur’an revealed to Muhammad + quote (3)

Answer 3

Through the angel Jibril over the last 23 years of his life. Each passage was memorised and recorded by his followers and then written down to form the Qur’an. “Recite what has been revealed to you of the Book and establish prayer”

Question 4

What was Muhammad’s message to the people of Makkah (3)

Answer 4

• There is one true god
• we need to show thanks to him through worship
• at the end of the world he will judge our lives.

Question 5

Why do Muslims pilgrimage to Makkah

Answer 5

They pilgrimage to the cave of hira because this is where he had his revelation

Question 6

What did Muhammad say about the 5 pillars of Islam

Answer 6

“Islam has been built on five (pillars)”