The Qur'an

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114; unusual

there are _____ surahs in the Qur'an that vary from 3-4 verses to over 200; titles of the surah are usually an _____ word or phrase

creed; pray; Mecca; alms; Ramadan; pilgrimage

*FIVE PILLARS OF WISDOM* 1. express one's faith by reciting the _____ 2. _____ five times a day facing _____(birthplace of Muhammad) 3. give _____, or charity, to the poor 4. fast from sundown-sunrise during the holy month of _____(9th month of Islamic calendar) 5. make at least one _____ to Mecca in one's life time called a 'hajj' or 'hadj'

memorized; wrote

Muhammad repeated the revelations to his followers who either _____ them or _____ them down on parchment, leather, or clay tablets

40; 60

Muhammad started receiving revelations at age _____ which continued until he died at age _____

message; translations

Muslims believe that the Qur'an is word-for-word the exact _____ of Allah which causes any _____ of it to lose some of its religious value

recitation

Qur'an means _____ in Arabic

image

a single instance of imagery; ex. 'hot dry wind'

Bloom's Taxonomy

an arrangement of ideas/ways to group things together; a categorization of knowledge

night; daylight

an example of antithesis in the Qur'an are the surahs _____ & _____

surahs

chapters that the revelations of Muhammad are arranged into

cities; destroyed

copies of the Qur'an were sent out to all major _____ of the Islamic world where unofficial versions were ordered to be _____

imperfect Arabic; recopied

early copies of the Qur'an were written in _____ _____ that had no vowels & used the same symbols for different consonants; when this was reformed, the Qur'an was _____ in the new script & hasn't changed since

imagery

language used to create word pictures by appealing to one or more of the five senses

islam

means 'submission to the will of God(Allah)'

Muslims

members of the Islamic faith

translations; text

most Muslims don't know Arabic so they read _____, although scholars of Islam use the original _____ for their studies

Qur'an

most important scripture in the world to Muslims sent by Allah; official scripture of Islamic religion

koran

other name for Qur'an

Muhammad

prophet who received revelations & a visit from the angel Gabriel while meditating in a cave outside Mecca; TRANSMITTER of Allah's message to humanity

parallelism

shorter contrasts in words, phrases, clauses, or sentences that express their contrasting ideas in similar grammatical structures

Muslim creed

states 'there is no god but Allah; Muhammad is his prophet'

books sent by Allah

the Torah, the Psalms, the New Testament, & the Qur'an

recite in the name of the Lord who creates

the angel Gabriel commanded Muhammad to recite " _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____" in Arabic

book

the fragments saved by Muhammad's followers were put together into a _____ called the Qur'an

antithesis

the use of strongly contrasting language, images, or ideas; two long contrasting pieces meant to be read together & balanced against eachother


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