Islam: Beliefs and Teachings
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Key facts
Akhirah: Life After Death
Belief in Akhirah includes resurrection, judgement, heaven, and hell.
Extended Response Practice
Qur'an 2:286 states "Allah does not burden a soul beyond what it can bear": every test and hardship is within a person's God-given capacity, and they will be judged on it.
Angels and Their Roles
Angels in Islam are made of light (nur) and always obey Allah: they have no free will.
Five Roots of Usul ad-Din (Shi'a)
Adalah is belief in the divine justice of Allah: that Allah is perfectly just.
Imamate in Shi'a Islam
The first Shi'a Imam was Ali ibn Abi Talib, cousin and son-in-law of Muhammad.
Nature of God
Islamic tradition lists 99 names (al-Asma' al-Husna) describing Allah's attributes.
Sources of Wisdom and Authority: Key Quotes
"Bismillah ir-Rahman ir-Rahim" means "In the name of God, the Most Merciful, the Most Compassionate": the invocation Muslims recite before important actions.
Predestination and Human Freedom
Al-Qadr is the Islamic concept of Allah's foreknowledge and predestination.
Risalah: Prophethood
Islamic tradition (hadith of Abu Dharr) holds that Allah sent 124,000 prophets in total.
Six Articles of Faith (Sunni)
Belief in the sacred books (Kutub) revealed to prophets: Qur'an, Tawrat, Zabur, Injil, Suhuf.
Practice questions with answers
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What does belief in Akhirah include?
- •Reincarnation cycles for all believers
- ✓Resurrection, judgement, heaven, and hell
- •Returning to Earth as different humans
- •Sleeping forever without consciousness
Which angel is the angel of death in Islam?
- •Israfil
- ✓Izrail
- •Mikail
- •Munkar
How many roots are in Usul ad-Din (Shi'a)?
- ✓Five
- •Seven
- •Three
- •Twelve
How many divinely-appointed Imams do the largest Shi'a branch recognise?
- •Five
- •Seven
- ✓Twelve
- •Twenty-four
Which is a key Islamic attribute of Allah?
- •Born of human parents
- •Limited in his knowledge
- •Made of physical matter
- ✓Omnipotent: all-powerful
What does Al-Qadr teach?
- •Allah does not know future events
- ✓Allah knows and ordains all events
- •Events happen by random chance alone
- •Humans control all of their own destiny
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