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37 Cards in this Set
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Akhirah |
Everlasting life after death |
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Barzakh |
Barrier A state of waiting for the Day of Judgement. |
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The Day of Judgement |
The world will be destroyed Every person who ever lived will be resurrected Book of deeds |
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Book of deeds |
A record of all their actions Right hand = Heaven Left hand = Hell |
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Heaven |
Jannah A beautiful garden - eternal happiness In God's presence |
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Hell |
Jahannam Fire and torment Separated from God for doing bad things and rejecting God |
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Why is Akhirah important? |
People take responsibility for their actions Follow the Qur'an and dedicate their lives to God Gives hope to those who suffer Helps those accept unjust situations |
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Tawhid |
Monotheism There is only one, indivisible God |
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Tawhid teaching |
'He is God the One' |
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God is unique teaching |
'No one is comparable to Him' |
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'He begot no one nor was he begotten' |
God was not born or came in into being God has no children |
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The two Muslim branches |
Sunni Shi'a |
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AoF Sunni - 1 |
Tawhid - there is only one god |
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AoF Sunni - 2 |
Angels - Angles pass on God's message to prophets |
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AoF Sunni - 3 |
Holy books - Respect for them and the Qur'an as it is the highest authority in Islam |
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AoF Sunni - 4 |
The prophets - respect for them and especially Muhammad as he had God's final revelation |
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AoF Sunni - 5 |
Day of Judgement - at the end of the world everyone will be judged by God |
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AoF Sunni - 6 |
The supremacy of God's will - nothing happens unless God wants it to happen |
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RoU Shi'a |
Tawhid - there is only one God |
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RoU Shi'a - 2 |
Prophethood - respect for prophets and particularly Muhammad as he had God's final revelation |
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RoU Shi'a - 3 |
The justice of God - God will judge everyone fairly on the Day of Judgement and hold them accountable for their actions |
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RoU Shi'a - 4 |
The Imamate - the twelve Imams were chosen by God after Muhammad's death |
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RoU Shi'a - 5 |
Resurrection - after death, Muslims will be resurrected and judged by God |
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Sunni key beliefs |
The six articles of faith |
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Shi'a key beliefs |
The five roots of 'Usul ad-Din |
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The justice of God |
Adalat |
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Transcendent |
God is beyond the universe as he created it He is not physically limited |
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Immament |
God is always present and within all living things and involved with them |
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Beneficent |
God is all-loving and all-good God's generosity is a gift |
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Omnipotent |
God is all-powerful God can create and sustain everything as he is aware of everything |
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Merciful |
God shows compassion and mercy He cares for them and understands their suffering God forgives those who are truly sorry for their wrongdoings |
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Fair and Just |
God treats everyone fairly and justly and will do on the day of Judgement People have full responsibility for their actions and God will reward or punish them for this |
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Angels |
Are spiritual beings created by God from light Are pure and sinless Have no free will Constantly serve and praise God Can take on human form to give messages |
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Divine light |
Nur |
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Jibril |
Angel of revelation Revealed the Qur'an to Muhammad |
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Mika'il |
The angel of mercy Rewards good deeds and provides life nourishment |
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Angel roles |
God's messenger Take care of people Record people's actions Take people's souls |
