The Qur ’ an

LO: to know the importance of the Qur ’an to Mu slims

today. T o know the histor y of the

Qur ’an

Task 1: Copy out and learn these useful words, get someone to test you.

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Task 2: Read theinformation about

the Qur’an.Highlight the keywords and ideas.

Rewrite theinformation in

your own words ormindmap theinformation.

T ask 3 : Read the information on how the Qur’an came to us. Re write it in your own

words/or mind map the information.T ask 4:

Retrieval: complete the test yourself

questions. Answers

underlinedon next slide

TESTYOURSELF!

Now test yourself1 The Arabic word for holy books

is:a Kitabb lnjilc Zaburd) Tawrat

2 The holy book given to lsa (Jesus) is called:

a Kitabb lnjilc Zabur

d) Tawrat3 The holy book given to Musa (Moses)

is called:a. Kitabb lnjilc Zaburd) Tawrat

4 The holy book given to Dawud(David) is called:

a. Kitabb lnjilc Zabur

d) Tawrat

Task 5 :Read the information and then use the writing frame to answer the

question

The importance of theQur'an for Muslims today

b. Explain two reasons why the Qur]an is importanttoMuslims tod a y . 4 marks

One reason why the Qur'an is important toMuslims today is because ...

The belief that the Qur'an used today is the exact Qur'an revealed to Muhammad, an ea1thly copy of a heavenly original, the very words of God himself, is hugely significant because it means that:

• Everything in the Qur'an must be true because God said it.

• Muslims must believe everything in the Qur'an because all of it is God's words.

• Muslims must follow everything that the Qur'an says if they want to do what God wants them to do.

• Nothing in the Qur'an can be altered because it is the eternal Word of God. There can be no greater authority, for

Muslims, than the Qur'an.

Another reason Is because...

1s means t at...So therefore... For example...

This means t at... So therefore... For example...This is bctause....

Task 6: Complete the 2 activitiesquestions.

Create 2 mindmaps on a) What theQur’an tells Muslims to believe

b) How the Qur’an tells Muslims tolive

Outline three ways Allah is described in theQur'an.

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T ask 7: Attempt this question.

The mark scheme is in the next page.

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