GCSE RS Islam Quotes

Tawhid (2 quotes)

'He is Allah, the One and Only' 'No one is comparable to Him'

Predestination (2 quotes)

'Misfortunes can only happen with God's permission' 'Only what God has decreed will happen to us'

Immanence

'He is with you wherever you are'

Angels

'Each person has angels before him and behind, watching over him by God's command'

Hell

'They will dwell amid scorching wind and scalding water in the shadow of black smoke'

Heaven

'a reward for what they used to do'

Risalah (prophethood)

'Every community is sent a messenger'

Muhammad

'he is God's messenger and the seal of the prophets'

Qur'an

'this is the scripture in which there is no doubt'

Shahadah

'There is no God but Allah and Muhammad is the prophet of Allah'

Wudu

'You who believe, when you are about to pray, wash your faces...wash your whole body'

Rak'ah

'So woe to those who pray but are heedless of their prayer'

Ramadan

'It was in the month of Ramadan that the Qur'an was revealed as guidance for mankind...so any one of you who is present that month should fast'

The night of power

'The Night of Glory is better than a thousand months'

Zakah

God is well aware of whatever good you do'

Alms

'Alms are meant only for the poor, the needy'

Hajj

'Pilgrimage to the House is a duty owed to God by people who are able to undertake it'

Jihad

'This is My path, leading straight, so follow it'

Id-ul-Fitr

'Allah is with those who restrain themselves'

Id-ul-Adha

'It is not their meat nor their blood that reaches Allah, it is their piety'

Homosexuality

'Must you lust after males and abandon the wives that God has created for you?'

Sex before marriage

'A man should not stay with a woman in seclusion unless he is a Dhu-Mahram (relative)'

Adultery

'Do not go anywhere near Zina (sexual sin), it is an outrage'

Contraception and Abortion

'Do not kill your children for fear of poverty- we shall provide for them and for you'

Marriage

'there is no institution in Islam more beloved and dearer than marriage'- Hadith

Families (2 quotes)

'For every tree there is a fruit and the fruit of the heart is the child' 'he who is good to his parents, blessings be upon him'

Value of the world

'It is to God that everything in the heavens and earth belongs'

Caring for environment

'Do not seek from it more than what you need'

Animals

'Whoever kills a sparrow...without a cause, God will hold him accountable on the Day of Judgement'

Euthanasia

'No soul may die except with God's permission at a predestined time'

Euthanasia and Abortion

'Do not take life, which God has made sacred, except by right'

Death and Afterlife

'those whose good deeds weigh heavy will be successful'

Judging a crime

'Those who do not judge according to what God has revealed are doing grave wrong'

Greed as a reason for crime

'Competing for more distracts you until you go into your graves'

Justice

'God commands justice...and prohibits wrongdoing, and injustice'

Suffering (2 quotes)

'If you are steadfast and mindful of God, that is the best course' 'be compassionate towards the destitute'- Hadith

Retribution

'We prescribed for them a life for a life, an eye for an eye...'

Corporal punishment

'Cut off the hands of thieves, whether they are man or woman, as punishment for what they have done- a deterrent from God'

Forgiveness (2 quotes)

'Let them pardon and forgive. Do you not wish that God should forgive you?' 'Pardon each other's faults and God will grant you honour'

Death penalty (2 quotes against)

'Do not take life, which God has made sacred, except by right' 'the culprit shall pay what is due in a good way'

Violence (2 quotes)

'Do not kill each other, for God is merciful to you' 'know that the evil of war is swift, and its taste bitter'- Hadith

Greed

'God does not like arrogant, boastful people'

Nuclear war and violence (2 quotes)

'Do not contribute to your destruction with your own hands' 'God does not love those who overstep the limits'

Helping war victims

'Whoever saved a life, it would be as if they saved the life of all mankind'