Starter quiz
- Match the words with the correct definitions.
- akhirah⇔beliefs about life after death in Islam ✓
- tawhid⇔belief in Allah’s oneness and unity ✓
- risalah⇔belief in prophets as Allah’s messengers ✓
- Select the statement that is correct.
- All Muslims agree on what the most important article of faith is.
- All Muslims agree that all articles of faith are equally important.
- Muslims can have different views on what the most important article of faith is. ✓
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- The angel who will sound the trumpet announcing the Last Day is ...
- 'Israfil' ✓
- The Arabic word for angels is ...
- 'malaikah' ✓
- On the Last Day, all people will gather on Mount ______ to be judged.
- 'Arafat' ✓
- Which of the following is a key belief about resurrection in Islam?
- only the soul is resurrected
- resurrection is symbolic and not physical
- both the body and soul are resurrected ✓
- only prophets will be resurrected
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Exit quiz
- What is the Islamic belief in predestination (al-Qadr)?
- humans have complete control over their future
- Allah has already decided everything that will happen ✓
- every person’s destiny is unknown to Allah
- actions are random and have no consequence
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- Which name of Allah means ‘the all-knowing’?
- Al-Qadir
- Al-Adl
- Al-Amin ✓
- Al-Rahman
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- How do many Muslims reconcile belief in predestination with human freedom?
- by denying that humans have free will
- by believing that Allah knows their choices but does not force them ✓
- by rejecting the idea of Allah’s omniscience
- by arguing that Allah controls every action directly
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- The belief that Allah has already decided all that will happen is called ...
- 'predestination' ✓
- The idea that humans can choose between different actions is known as ...
- 'free will' ✓
- A Muslim who believes Allah is all-powerful would refer to Him as Al- ...
- 'Qadir' ✓
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Key learning points
- Muslims beileve that Allah is all powerful and all knowing
- Most Muslims believe that Allah has predestined what will happen.
- Some Muslims view total predestination as in conflict with the idea of free will.
- There are different solutions to the issue of predestination and free will in Islam.
Common misconception
That Sunni Muslims believe we have no free will due to predestination, or that Shi'a Muslims believe there is no predestination due to free will.
Most Muslims take a middle ground between them when considering the relationship between free will and predestination in Islam.
Keywords
Decree - a command or order that must be followed
Free will - being able to choose between different actions
Omnipotent - Allah is all powerful
Omniscient - Allah is all knowing
Predestination - Allah has pre-decided everything that happens
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