The Qur’an (Volume B)

Calligraphy

• “obedience”

• Prophet Muhammad• Ca. 632 C.E.

• monotheism

• Shi’a, Sunni Islam

Islam

Articles of Faith

Sunni Muslims• God’s oneness• angels• four books• messengers

(prophets)• days of judgment and

resurrection• destiny

Shi’a Muslims• God’s oneness• justice• prophethood• day of judgment• caliphate

(leadership)

Sunni Muslims• prayer• charity• fasting• profession of faith• pilgrimage

Pillars of Islam

Shi’a use the same five pillars and add:

• jihad• tribute• enjoying what is good• rejecting sin• loving the people of

Muhammad’s house• dissociating from

enemies of Muhammad’s house

Mecca, Pilgrimage

Mi’raj

• Tawhid, God’s oneness

• Islamic law, sharia

• “People of the Book”

• preceding holy books: Torah, Psalms, Gospels

Other Important Concepts

Caliphate

• Qur’an “the recitation”

• Mmusical oral recitation (tajwid)

• sura, chapters

• ayat, verses

• ajza, sections

Structure

“We decreed to the Children of Israel that if anyone kills a person—unless in retribution for murder or spreading corruption in the land—it is as if he kills all mankind, while if any saves a life it is as if he saves the lives of all mankind” (p. 76).

“The Feast”

“However eagerly you may want them to, most men will not believe. You ask no reward from them for this: it is a reminder for all people and there are many signs in the heavens and the earth that they pass by and give no heed to—most of them will only believe in God while also joining others with Him” (p. 92).

“Joseph”

“Those against whom your Lord’s sentence is passed will not believe, even if every sign comes to them, until they see the agonizing torment. If only a single town had believed and benefited from its belief! Only Jonah’s people did so, and when they believed, We relieved them of the punishment of disgrace in the life of this world, and let them enjoy life for a time” (p. 87).

“Jonah”

Throughout the Qur’an, how do non-Muslim peoples living within Islamic jurisdiction appear to be described and treated?

Discussion Questions

How do the social and moral principles for Islamic communities to live by compare to those established in other monotheistic religions?

Discussion Questions

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