The Five Pillars of Islam—Guiding Questions 2019 (1)
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The Five Pillars of Islam—Guiding Questions
The Five Pillars of Islam—Brief Overview
1.
Tell what the Shahadah declares. Give the quote here.
Faith or belief in the
Oneness of God and Muhammad as the final prophet.
2.
The significance of this declaration is the belief that the only purpose of life
is to do what? How is this achieved?
The significance of this declaration is
the belief that the only purpose of life is to serve and obey God, and
this
is achieved through the teachings and practices of the last prophet,
Muhammad.
3.
Salah (or salat) are the required prayers that are performed how many times
a day?
5
4.
Fasting during Ramadan is mainly a method of what and what?
self-
purification and self-restraint
Shahadah: Declaration of Faith
1.
Name the two things that the shahada testifies (declares).
Nothing deserves
worship except God (Allah) Muhammad is the Messenger of God (Allah).
Salat: Prayer
1.
What or what is the prime objective for Muslims?
Piety or righteousness
Zakat: Charity
1.
Zakat is not only a means to purify one’s wealth but it is also a what which
serves as a means to do what?
a spiritual purification which serves as a
means to draw an individual closer to God.
2.
People who are what and what are eligible to receive Zakat money?
People
who are poor and suffering are eligible to receive Zakat money
Sawm: Ramadan and Fasting
1.
According to the Qur’an, Allah says: O you who believe! Fasting is prescribed
for you, even as it was prescribed for those before you, that you may attain . . .
what?
God-consciousness
Ten Reasons for Fasting in Ramadan
1.
Fasting in Ramadan is a practice designed to empower a person to do what
and in order to have what?
to empower a person to overcome the self and
transcend in order to better have a relationship with Allah.
2.
One of the primary benefits of fasting in Ramadan is what?
spiritual
purification, the essential goal of Islamic Spirituality
3.
When a Muslim observes fasting in Ramadan, he or she feels the hunger that
many experience daily as a normal consequence of their circumstances. By
fasting in Ramadan, they develop the qualities of what and what?
qualities of
empathy and compassion
Hajj: Pilgrimmage to Mecca
1.
The Hajj takes place in what city?
Mecca
2.
Male and female adults whose health and means permit it must go on the
hajj how often?
once-in-a-lifetime
Light as a Decorative Medium in Islamic Art and Architecture
1.
Titus Burckhardt wrote that an artist who wishes to express the Islamic
ideals, in particular the idea of the 'unity in existence' or the
'unity of the real'
. . . reveals it . . . indirectly . . . in what?
geometry, which translates unity into
the spatial order, rhythm, which reveals it in the temporal order and also
indirectly in space, and light which is to visible forms what Being is to limited
existence."
2.
Titus Burckhardt continued, there is no more perfect symbol of the Divine
Unity than . . .
what?
light
3.
The Muslim artist seeks to transform the very stuff he is fashioning into a
vibration of light.
It is to this end that he covers the interior surfaces of a
mosque or palace -- and occasionally the outer ones -- with . . . what?
with
mosaics in ceramic tiles
4.
God has likened Himself to light in a Qur'anic chapter called al-Nur, which
means . . . what?
Light
5.
According to Abdullah Yusuf Ali, "the physical light is but a reflection of the
true Light in the world of Reality, and that true Light is . . . what?
Allah
6.
The Qur'an also identifies divine revelations with light which helps people to .
. . do what?
walk and persevere on the right path
7.
The main job of prophets was to guide people from . . . what . . . to what?
darkness to light
8.
In Islam, light is used as a decorative medium that helps people achieve . . .
what?
the moral and spiritual vision of Islam
9.
In Islamic architecture, light underscores . . . what?
underscores in its own ways
the inconsequentiality, fragility, relativity and imperfection of man, his products
and this world.underscores the omnipotence, perfection, absoluteness, beauty and
infinity of God
10.
Muslims and their buildings favor light, both symbolically and factually, also
because there is nothing simpler, plainer and clearer than . . . what?
the truth
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