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AQA A-Level Religious Studies 7062
Arguments for the Existence of God
Evil and Suffering
Religious Language
Self and Life After Death
Religious Experience
Ethical Theories
Issues of Human Life and Death
Meta Ethics
Free Will and Moral Responsibility
Conscience
Bentham and Kant
Issues of Animal Life and Death
Buddhism: Sources of Wisdom and AuthorityBuddhism
Buddhism: Good Conduct and Key Moral PrinciplesBuddhism
Buddhism: Religion, Gender and SexualityBuddhism
Buddhism: Religion and ScienceBuddhism
Buddhism: Religion and SecularisationBuddhism
Buddhism: Religion and Religious PluralismBuddhism
Buddhism: Dialogue with PhilosophyBuddhism
Buddhism: Dialogue with EthicsBuddhism
Buddhism: God and Ultimate RealityBuddhism
Buddhism: Self, Death and the AfterlifeBuddhism
Buddhism: Expression of Religious IdentityBuddhism
Christianity: God and Ultimate RealityChristianity
Christianity: Self, Death and the AfterlifeChristianity
Christianity: Good Conduct and Key Moral PrinciplesChristianity
Christianity: Religion, Gender and SexualityChristianity
Christianity: Religion and ScienceChristianity
Christianity: Religion and SecularisationChristianity
Christianity: Religion and Religious PluralismChristianity
Christianity: Dialogue with PhilosophyChristianity
Christianity: Dialogue with EthicsChristianity
Topic overviewKant, Bentham, Virtue Ethics and Christian EthicsAgape, Consequences and Christian CharacterSanctity of Life, Just War and AnimalsEuthanasia, Capital Punishment and Cloning in ChristianityTheft and Truth-TellingMarriage, Homosexuality and Transgender IssuesGenetic Engineering and WealthTolerance and Freedom of Religious ExpressionFree Will, Moral Responsibility and ConscienceCriticisms of Christian EthicsThe Credibility of Christian Moral AuthorityWhat Christianity Has Given Ethical Studies
Christianity: Sources of Wisdom and AuthorityChristianity
Christianity: Expression of Religious IdentityChristianity
Hinduism: Sources of Wisdom and AuthorityHinduism
Hinduism: Good Conduct and Key Moral PrinciplesHinduism
Hinduism: Religion, Gender and SexualityHinduism
Hinduism: Religion and ScienceHinduism
Hinduism: Religion and SecularisationHinduism
Hinduism: Religion and Religious PluralismHinduism
Hinduism: Dialogue with PhilosophyHinduism
Hinduism: Dialogue with EthicsHinduism
Hinduism: God and Ultimate RealityHinduism
Hinduism: Self, Death and the AfterlifeHinduism
Hinduism: Expression of Religious IdentityHinduism
Islam: God and Ultimate RealityIslam
Islam: Good Conduct and Key Moral PrinciplesIslam
Islam: Religion, Gender and SexualityIslam
Islam: Religion and ScienceIslam
Islam: Religion and SecularisationIslam
Islam: Religion and Religious PluralismIslam
Islam: Dialogue with PhilosophyIslam
Islam: Dialogue with EthicsIslam
Islam: Sources of Wisdom and AuthorityIslam
Islam: Self, Death and the AfterlifeIslam
Islam: Expression of Religious IdentityIslam
Judaism: God and Ultimate RealityJudaism
Judaism: Dialogue with PhilosophyJudaism
Judaism: Religion and ScienceJudaism
Judaism: Religion and SecularisationJudaism
Judaism: Religion and Religious PluralismJudaism
Judaism: Dialogue with EthicsJudaism
Topic overviewKant, Bentham and Jewish EthicsConsequences, Character and Jewish EthicsThe Mitzvot and Tikkun OlamSanctity of Life, Animals, Theft and LyingCapital Punishment, Euthanasia and Cloning in JudaismMarriage, Sexuality and Genetic EngineeringWealth, Tolerance and Religious Freedom in JudaismBechirah Chofshit: Free Will and ConscienceOther Ethical Traditions and Jewish EthicsWhat Ethical Criticism Means for Torah and Halakha
Judaism: Religion, Gender and SexualityJudaism
Judaism: Expression of Religious IdentityJudaism
Judaism: Sources of Wisdom and AuthorityJudaism
Judaism: Self, Death and the AfterlifeJudaism
Judaism: Good Conduct and Key Moral PrinciplesJudaism
Islam: Sources of Wisdom and Authority
- 5 subtopics
- 17 things to know
- Component 2
- Islam, one faith of five studied in Component 2
What Islam: Sources of Wisdom and Authority covers
Islam: the texts, teachers and institutions that carry authority. Part of Component 2, sat only by students who take Islam as their chosen religion.
Where it is assessed
Component 2
Islam, one faith of five — the study of religion.
Check the AQA specification ↗The 5 subtopics
Each one has its own page.
- The Revelation of the Qur'anRecall questions on what Muslims believe the Qur'an is, the angel who brought it, the period of revelation and the circumstances of the first.Open →
- Arabic, Translation and the HafizRecall questions on why translation is interpretation, the difficulty for non-Arabic speakers, why Salah is in Arabic and what a hafiz is.Open →
- Khatam an-Nabiyyin and the ProphetsRecall questions on the meaning of the title, where the Qur'an gives it, what sealing prophethood implies and the difference between a nabi and a rasul.Open →
- The Science of HadithRecall questions on hadith and Sunnah, isnad and matn, grading and mutawatir and ahad reports, the Sunni and Shi'a collections, hadith qudsi and the debate over the authority of hadith.Open →
- Shi'a Islam and the ImamateRecall questions on the meaning of Shi'a, who should have led after the Prophet, the doctrine of nass and the event treated as Ali's designation.Open →
What you need to know
Answer each one before you reveal it.
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How do Makkan and Madinan surahs differ in content?
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Why did the caliph Uthman order a standard copy of the Qur’an to be produced?
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Explain why translation is described as a form of interpretation.
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What condition is normally required before touching the Arabic text?
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Why is knowledge of the occasions of revelation important in interpretation?
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Where in the Qur’an is Muhammad given the title Khatam an-Nabiyyin?
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Name three prophets Muslims believe came before Muhammad.
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What does the Qur’an mean by calling the Prophet an excellent example?
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Name the two parts of a hadith.
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State the main grades scholars use to classify hadith.
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Give the strongest practical argument for the authority of hadith.
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Who do Shi’a Muslims believe should have led the community after the Prophet died?
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Why does the Imamate give Shi’a Islam a different centre of authority from Sunni Islam?
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What is meant by the occultation of the twelfth Imam?
Process
Over what period was the Qur'an revealed, and what prompted its first collection and who carried it out?
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Why is Salah prayed in Arabic, what is a hafiz, and how is a copy treated?
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Commonly confused
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Qur'an vs Hadith
Qur'an: the revelation received by Muhammad and held to be the literal word of God. Hadith: a report of the sayings and actions of the Prophet.
Sunnah vs Hadith
Sunnah: the example and practice of the Prophet. Hadith: the individual reports through which that example is known.
Ijma vs Qiyas
Ijma: the consensus of qualified scholars. Qiyas: reasoning by analogy from an established ruling to a new case.
Questions from this topic
Each one with the model answer underneath.
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What do Muslims believe the Qur’an is in its essence?
Model answer
It is the literal, unaltered word of God, revealed in Arabic, and not the composition of Muhammad.
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Through which angel do Muslims believe the Qur’an was revealed?
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Through the angel Jibril.
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Over roughly how long a period was the Qur’an revealed?
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About twenty three years, from 610 CE until the Prophet’s death in 632 CE.
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Describe the circumstances of the first revelation.
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Muhammad was on retreat in the cave of Hira outside Makkah when Jibril commanded him to recite.
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What does the word Qur’an itself mean, and why does that matter?
Model answer
It means recitation, which signals that the text is meant to be recited aloud and heard, not only read silently.
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State how the Qur’an is divided.
Model answer
It contains 114 surahs, each made up of verses called ayat.
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Islam: Sources of Wisdom and Authority revision questions
- What does Islam: Sources of Wisdom and Authority cover in AQA A-Level Religious Studies?
- 5 subtopics: the revelation of the qur'an, arabic, translation and the hafiz, khatam an-nabiyyin and the prophets, the science of hadith and shi'a islam and the imamate. Each one has its own page with questions and model answers.
- How is Islam: Sources of Wisdom and Authority organised?
- By the AQA 7062 specification, subtopic by subtopic, so it matches the order you are taught it in.
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