Independent Baptist Church
Taught by Mike Krzywonski
Islam (part 1)
Brief Overview
Muslims
1. Islam is a religion whose followers are called ________________.
submission
2. The word Islam means “__________________
to the will of God.”
Allah
3. Muslims use the Arabic title ____________
to refer to God.
Koran to be holy scripture.
4. Muslims consider the ___________
Mohammed
5. Islam teaches that _____________________
is the greatest & final prophet of God.
6. The Koran is the collection of supposed divine revelations delivered to Mohammed by the angel
_______________
in the 7th century A.D. in Mecca, Saudi Arabia.
Gabriel
Hadith
7. Another collection of writings important to most Muslims is called the ____________,
which includes
statements & actions of Mohammed.
mosque
8. An Islamic place of worship is called a __________________.
9. Approx. _____
85% of all Muslims belong to the Sunni sect.
Shiite
10. The 2nd largest sect of Muslims are _____________.
11. Islam has 5 pillars
________ , which are obligations of Muslims, and are the foundation of Muslim life:
creed declaration, or testimony which states, “There is no god but Allah, &
A. The shahada is a __________,
Mohammed is his prophet.” This is all that is needed for one to convert to Islam.
5 times a day
B. Praying ____
C. Almsgiving
- charity
Fasting
D. _______________
during the month of Ramadan
Mecca
E. Pilgrimage to ____________
(hajj) at least once in a lifetime.
The Kaaba & Black Stone
sacred site in
1. The Kaaba is a cube shaped building in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, and is the most __________
prayer
Islam. All Muslims around the world are supposed to face the Kaaba during _____________,
no matter
where they are. Multiple parts of the Hajj require pilgrims to walk seven times around the Kaaba in a
counter-clockwise direction.
stone is the eastern cornerstone of the Kaaba It is revered by Muslims as an Islamic
2. The Black __________
relic which, according to Muslim tradition, dates back to the time of Adam and Eve.
kiss the Black Stone. If they
3. While circling the Kaaba, many pilgrims try, if possible, to stop and ________
cannot reach it, they point to it on each of their seven circuits around the Kaaba.
4. The Black Stone, in Muslim belief, originated in the time of Adam. According to belief, an angel spoke
Abraham
to the prophet ________________,
and told him to institute the rite of the stone in the hajj at Mecca.
5. Islamic tradition holds that the Stone fell from Heaven to show Adam and Eve where to build an altar,
which became the first temple on Earth. Muslims believe that the stone was originally pure and dazzling
light
__________,
but has since turned black because of the sins of the people.
6. Adam's altar and the stone were said to have been lost during Noah's Flood and forgotten. Abraham
was said to have later found the Black Stone at the original site of Adam's altar when the angel Gabriel
Ishmael to build a new temple, the Kaaba, in which
revealed it to him. Abraham ordered his son _____________
to embed the Stone.
Life of Mohammed
military
1. Mohammed was a religious, political, & ___________________
leader from Mecca, Saudi Arabia.
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2. He had _____wives,
although the Koran allows for only 4 wives.
3. His favorite wife Aisha was only 6 yrs. old when he married her, & the marriage was consummated
9 yrs. old.
when she was only ___
pagan
4. He was involved in ____________
rituals which were incorporated into Islam.
cave
5. He spent much time secluded in a __________
praying & meditating. It was here where he was
supposedly visited by the angel Gabriel.
6. After being visited by this spirit, Mohammed thought that he was going insane, & was
possessed by an evil spirit.
_______________
suicide
7. This resulted in him wanting to commit __________________.
messenger
8. Someone later convinced Mohammed that he was God’s __________________.
Koran
9. He continued to receive revelations which were recorded in the ___________.
Jesus However,
10. He believed that this was the same religion of the Bible prophets, including __________.
that religion had been corrupted through time, & he was now restoring it to its original purity.