God in Himself and His relationship with the created world
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What this lecture covers
- Who is God, and what do we owe Him?
- How the question is built
- God in Himself: the passages
- Themes in what God says about Himself
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Who is God, and what do we owe Him?
Every Islamiyat Paper 1 asks about the Qur'an passages you have studied. Some questions ask who God is, as He describes Himself. Others ask what the relationship between God and His creation looks like. Both are worth fourteen marks, ten for explaining the passages and four for application, so the method matters as much as the knowledge.
How the question is built
Part a is worth ten marks. You write about what God says, using the set passages that the question names or allows you to choose. Part b is worth four marks. It asks how the teaching helps Muslims today, in daily life, in hardship, or in looking after the environment. Ten plus four is fourteen marks, so spend your time in that proportion: most on part a, a clear short paragraph for part b.
God in Himself: the passages
The set passages that describe God are Sura 2.255, the Throne verse, 6.101 to 103, 41.37, 42.4 to 5, and Sura 112. The questions say: write about how God describes Himself so humans can know Him. Pick the passages named, or any three you know best. The mark scheme says many passages share a theme, especially God's Oneness, but each describes it in its own way.
Themes in what God says about Himself
Oneness: in 2.255 God starts, 'Allah, there is no god but He, the living, the self subsisting, the eternal.' He does not die, and there is no end to Him, in contrast to everything in creation. In 6.101, God has no son and no partner, because no one can compare to Him, and in the next verse there is no god but Him. Sura 112 is considered the main sura that explains God's oneness and uniqueness: He has no family, partners or children. Creator: 6.101 to 103 says the origin of everything in the heavens and the earth is from Him. 41.37 points to His signs, the sun and the moon and the order they follow. Knowing and seeing: humans cannot see Him, but He sees everything, and in 2.255 His knowledge of what has happened and what is to come is complete. He does not sleep or tire. And He is the most forgiving and merciful, as in 42.4 to 5.
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The whole chapter: The Qur’an: Set Passages and their Themes.
Chapter 1: Major themes of the Qur’an
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- God’s messengers: prophets and angels 6 min
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