Islam & Worldview 2024 Study Guide Key PDF

STUDY GUIDE: Bible8 Test: Islam & Worldview 2024 Date of Test: Jan 31 (Fri) (T/F, MC, Matching, 1 Essay). Vocabulary: Lessons 3-7: Know the 4 KEY Q’s, the vocab words/definitions, and certain info about each Q….. Islam: A monotheistic religion founded by Muhammad (Arabic for “submission”) Muslim: O...

STUDY GUIDE: Bible8 Test: Islam & Worldview 2024 Date of Test: Jan 31 (Fri) (T/F, MC, Matching, 1 Essay). Vocabulary: Lessons 3-7: Know the 4 KEY Q’s, the vocab words/definitions, and certain info about each Q….. Islam: A monotheistic religion founded by Muhammad (Arabic for “submission”) Muslim: One who submits Quran: The holy book of Islam said to contain Allah’s revelations to Muhammad (Arabic for “recitation”) Abrogation: a cancelation by legal authority; (used with substitution to explain Quran contradictions) Ka’aba: The cube-shaped shrine in Mecca designated as the house of Allah Allah: The Islamic name for God Hadith: A speech or saying of Muhammad Yahweh: The personal name for God; (Hebrew for “I AM”) Caliph: The title given to Muhammad’s successor The 5 Pillars of Islam: The 5 moral responsibilities of all Muslims Mosque: a Muslim house of worship Jihad: “to strive, struggle, exert effort” (against personal sin); (Some view as warfare against “disbelievers”) Shariah (Law): the complete union of Islamic religious laws with all the other laws that govern everything Muslims do; (Arabic for “right way”) Examples: how to worship, dress, operate a business, what to eat People in Islam: (Note: The dates on this chart will be used in a matching question using a TIMELINE diagram) Name Date(if given) Description/importance Muhammad 570 - 578 Birth, mother died when he was 6 & grandfather died soon after that (Muhammad’s father had died before he was born) 578 Taken in by his uncle, Abu Talib 595 Married 1st wife (Khadijah, an older businesswoman trader) 610 Claimed Gabriel cave visions (recitations) near Mecca 622 Fled Mecca to Medina b/c of persecution after preaching monotheism to polytheists. More recitations in Medina. 630 Brought an army back to Mecca, took the city by force, destroyed idols, executed many resistors, made the Ka’aba for Allah only 630-632 United most polytheistic Arabian tribes under religion of Islam using “Convert or die” strategy 632 Death Abu Bakr 632 (Muhammad’s father-in-law) became the 1st caliph after Muhammad died. He brought all Arabian tribes together into 1 group with a unified army 632-634 Chose Zaid (a scribe) to assemble a version of Muhammad’s recitations 634 Death Umar (Omar) 634 Became the 2nd caliph at Abu Bakr’s death. 634-644 Use conquest to spread the Islamic empire 644 Death (Assassination) Uthman 644 Became the 3rd caliph at Umar’s death Chose Zaid’s version of Quran and burned all other versions 656 Death (Assassination) (Muslim armies) 656 Continued Islamic conquest to as far east as India and as far west as Morocco and as far north as Spain 732 Stopped at Battle of Tours in France. The 5 Pillars of Islam: Confession of Faith: the “Shahada”; “There is no God but Allah, and Muhammad is His Prophet” Prayer(s): 5X/day, (mandatory for Muslim men on Fridays in a mosque led by the imam; facing Mecca) Giving: 2.5%/year; goes to poor, debtors, spreading Islam, etc Fasting: 30 days of sunrise to sunset fasting during the 9th month of Islamic calendar called Ramadan Pilgrimage: a.k.a. “Hajj”; required journey to the Ka’aba in Mecca at least once in lifetime (a few exceptions) Various Facts: *Muhammad at first thought that he may have been demon possessed (during the cave revelations) but was convinced by his wife that Allah had spoken to him. *Quran permitted Muhammad to marry many women, but other men could only have up to 4 wives. *Muhammad’s Mecca recitations encouraged tolerance to outsiders; Medina recitations encouraged fighting them *People who heard Muhammad’s revelations wrote them down on paper, bark, stones, bones, and leather. *While Zaid the scribe was putting together a version of the Quran from the collected fragments, other people were also collecting fragments and were putting together other versions. *Uthman’s Quran (from Zaid) is believed to be the one true and perfect Quran as revealed to Muhammad from Allah. *The Hadith helps explain the Quran, and it is considered the 2nd most important source of truth for the Muslims *Muslims and Christians believe essentially the same thing about God creating the heavens/earth and plants/animals. Muslims and Christians believe essentially the same thing about God being the Lawgiver and the Judge. Muslims do not believe that humans were born with a sin nature. *The Quran is NOT an extension of the Bible. *A CHAPTER in the Bible is like a SURAH in the Quran. *The purpose of Shariah Law is to bring Islamic nations and all other nations into complete submission to Allah. *The 3 most holy Islamic sites (mosques) are in Mecca, Medina, and Jerusalem. *The 2 Main Branches of Islam -Shia (Shiite) Muslims: make up about 12% of Muslims worldwide; believe religious & political power should be combined; believe caliphs should be a blood relative of Muhammad -Sunni Muslims: make up about 80% of the world’s Muslims; believe in separation of religious & political power; believe that caliphs should be elected *Approx 23% of the world is Muslim and 32% of the world is Christian. There will be a question(s) requiring you to use a chart(s) like this: (Do not memorize this info!) Essay question(s): How should a Christian treat a Muslim? (Use ideas from Colossians 4:5, I Peter 3:15, and Matthew 7:12 in your answer) Review from earlier in the year: Studying the Bible: Know the purpose of the following 3 parts of studying a Book of the Bible or a Bible passage… 1. Observation – What does the text SAY? 2. Interpretation – What does the text MEAN? 3. Application – What does the text MEAN FOR ME? Unbiblical Muslim beliefs: (No need to memorize info on this chart. Just read through it to be familiar with it. You will have access to a Bible to assist you in matching Bible references with some of the Beliefs) Muslim Belief Christian Belief Bible Reference Salvation in Paradise will occur if they By recognizing that because of our sin we fall Romans 3:23; 6:23; 5:8 believed in Islam AND if they have done short of ever being able to earn a place in Heaven I Peter 3:18 enough good deeds and not too many through our good works, and that only through 2 Cor 5:20-21 bad deeds; no Savior is needed to true faith in the atoning sacrifice of Jesus can we Rom 10:9-13 attain salvation be forgiven of our sins, have the Holy Spirit live in Acts 2:38-39 us, and be able to have a place in heaven. God is not 3 persons; He is only 1. God is 3 in 1 (triune), the Father, The Son, and the Matt 28:19 Holy Spirit Luke 3:21-22 Jesus was just a man, not God himself. Jesus Christ was God in the flesh. John 1:1,14 Colossians 2:9 Some Muslims believe that Islam Christians are called to advance the Kingdom of John 13:35 should be spread around the world God through love & evangelism (preaching, Matt 5:44; 28:19-20 through force and literal fighting, jihad telling, etc), fighting with only spiritual weapons, Eph 6:10-18; 2 Cor not physical battles with physical weapons 10:3-5; Matt 26:48-54 Mecca is the one special place that God wants worshippers who will worship Him in John 4:23-24 people should go to worship God spirit and in truth, not to a particular location. His Acts 2 presence is IN each believer by the Holy Spirit Routine of postures and repetition of Various prayers of praise, thanks, repentance, Galatians 4:6 required prayer phrases + requests for and petition to our transcendent & intimate Matt 6:7-8 blessing and help to a transcendent “Abba” Father God with prayer help from the Romans 8:26-27 God w/o an intimate relationship Holy Spirit and in the Name and authority of Jesus Old Testament stories about Noah’s Noah’s sons survived with him on the Ark. Gen 8:18; 2 Peter 2:5 son dying in flood, Abraham sacrificing Abraham offered Isaac on Mt. Moriah, not Gen 22 Ishmael instead of Isaac, and others Ishmael.