Unit 1
What is the word believing in One God (English)?
Montheism
Who are the beings that exist with Humans and are everywhere, though rarely interact with us?
The Jinn
What is this month's topic?
Purpose of Creation
First Goal of the Sharia'ah (English or Arabic, Hint: Related to Faith and Belief).
Protection of Religion
Hifz al-Deen
What are the 5 Pillars of Islam?
Shahadah, Salat, Sawm, Zakat, Hajj
What is the word for the Islamic Belief in God (Arabic)?
Tawheed
What is the name for the Home of those Waiting in the Grave?
The Barzakh.
What is the purpose for creating Jinn and Mankind Allah gives in Surah adh-Dhariyat?
We did not create the Jinn and Mankind, except to worship Me.
Second Goal of the Sharia'ah (English or Arabic, Hint: Related to our personal self and our spirituality, but not deen).
Protection of the Soul and Human Life
Hifz an-Nafs
What are the 6 Pillars of Imaan?
Belief in Allah, Belief in the Rasool (Prophets), Belief in the Revealed Books (Kitab), Belief in Angels, Belief in Predestination (Qadr), Belief in the Day of Judgement (Yawm al-Qiyamah).
What Surah is known as Surah al-Tawheed?
Surah al-Ikhlas
Who will we meet in the Barzakh, for a short period of time, that will ask us about the living?
The other people who have deceased (and are going to heaven/hell with us).
If Allah had created a people who did not sin, He would...
Erase them from Earth and replace them with a people who do sin.
Third Goal of the Sharia'ah (English or Arabic, Hint: The uppermost organ, made up of a variety of complex chambers, is believed by science to control this).
Protection of the Intellect
Hifz al-'Aql
To which Prophet was revealed the Zabur (Psalms)?
The Zabur (Psalms of David) were revealed to Dawud 'Alayhi Salaam/David Peace Be Upon Him.
What is the Arabic word for "The One, the Indivisible"?
Ahad
What 3 Questions are asked in the Grave?
Who is your Lord (Mann rabbuk)?, What is your Religion (Maa deenuk)?, Who is your Prophet (Mann nabiyyuk)?
What purpose for the creation of life and death does Allah give in Surah Mulk, Verse 2 (hint: related to the scales on the day of Judgement)?
He is the One who created death and life, in order to test which of you is best in deeds. And he is the Almighty, All-Forgiving.
Fourth goal of the Sharia'ah (Arabic, Hint: The eldersr of whom are Worshipped in Chinese Cultue, respected in Islam, disregarded by the West).
Hifz an-Nasl
Protection of Family and Lineage
Which Salat is referred to explicitly in the Verse:
Haafidhuu 'alasalawaati wassalaatil wustah, wa qoo moo lillahi Qaaniteen.
Translation: Observe the [5 Obligatory] Salat - especially the Wasat (Middle) Salat - and stand in true devotion to Allah.
'Asr.
What did the monotheists in Makkah before the Prophet ﷺ call themselves?
Hanifs
What is the answer to the 3 Questions of the Grave, in order?
Allah, Islam, Muhammad ﷺ.
What purpose for Muslims does Allah give in Surah al-Baqarah Ayat 143 (the Middle Ayat)?
And we have created you an Ummatul Wasat (a Middle nation), so that you may be witnesses unto mankind...
Fifth Goal of the Sharia'ah (English and Arabic, No Hint).
Hifz al-Mal
Protection of Wealth & Property
What is the name of the Holiest Day in Islam, when on the Islamic Calendar is it, and why is it Holy (other than because Allah and His Messenger ﷺ said so)?
Name: The Day of 'Arafat
When: 9th of Dhul-Hjjah (12th Month of Hijri calendar)
Why: Because this is the day Allah revealed the verse in Surah al-Maeda "Today we have perfected your religion for you".