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Name__________________________________________Date___________Class_______Period_____Quaestio:________________________________________________________________________________NuncAgenda:Examineeachofthefollowingquotesfromholybooks.Basedonthecontentofthequote,trytoidentifywhetherthequotecomesfromtheTorah(orHebrewBibleingeneral),theBible(particularlytheChristianNewTestamentoftheBible),ortheQuran(Islamicholybook).Writethenameoftheholybookintheboxbelow.“Mosessaidtohispeople,‘SeekhelpinGod,andbepatient.TheearthbelongstoGod.HegivesitininheritancetowhomeverHewillsofHisservants,andthefuturebelongstotherighteous.’”

“TheAngelssaid,‘OMary,GodgivesyougoodnewsofaWordfromHim.HisnameistheMessiah,Jesus,sonofMary…’Shesaid,‘MyLord,howcanIhaveachild,whennomanhastouchedme?’Hesaid,‘Itwillbeso.GodcreateswhateverHewills.Tohaveanythingdone,Heonlysaystoit,“Be,”anditis.’”

Muhammadisnotthefatherofanyofyourmen;butheistheMessengerofGod,andthesealoftheprophets.Godisawareofeverything.Oyouwhobelieve,rememberGodwithfrequentremembrance.

Directions:Readandannotatethetextbelow,andanswerthequestionsthatfollow.TheQuranForMuslims,themostimportantsourceofinformationonthereligioncomesfromtheQuran.MuslimbelievethattheQuranwasrevealedbyGodtotheProphetMuhammadinpiecesoverthecourseof23years,andisthereforeviewednotasthewordsofMuhammad,butastheliteralwordofGod.WhiletheQuranwasbeingwrittendownduringMuhammad’slife,theArabicscriptwasnotfullydeveloped,soitsmainformofpreservationwasthroughoraltransmissionandmemorization.WhileMuslimssoondevelopedabetterwritingsystemforrecordingtheQuran,thetraditionofmemorizationstillcontinuestoday.

1. HowwastheQuranmainlypreserved?

TheHadithsSecondarytotheQuranaretheHadiths,collectedaccountsofthewords,actions,andqualitiesofMuhammad,asreportedbythosewhoknewhim.ItisfromtheHadithsthatMuslimslearn,andattempttofollow,theSunnah,ortheexampleoftheProphet.WhiletheQuranisbelievedtobeunchangeableandperfect,MuslimsconsidertheHadiths,whichweretransmittedandrecordedbypeopleratherthanGod,tobesubjecttoerror.Forthisreason,MuslimscholarsdevelopedatraditionofratingHadithsbyleveloftrustworthinessbasedonthereliabilityoftheirsources.ThebestHadithsweregraded“authentic”or“good,”whileotherswerelabeled“weak”or“fabricated.”

2. WhyareHadithsconsideredsecondarytotheQuran?

Directions:ExaminethequotesontheSourcesofIslamicTraditionTextssheetandanswerthequestionsonthebackofthissheetinordertoidentifywaysinwhichtheintroductionofthisnewfaithimpactedcultureandsociety.

BELIEFS&PRACTICES3. Basedontheseverses,whataresomethingsMuslimsbelieveaboutGod?

4. Whatsetofpracticesarebeingdescribedinthesecondquote?(Youlearnedwhattheyarecalled!)REJECTIONOFPOLYTHEISM

5. WhydoyouthinksuchamessagewouldhaveconcernedtheleadersofMecca?Whywouldtheyfeelitposedaneconomicthreat?

COMPARISONWITHCHRISTIANITY

6. InwhatwaysareIslamicandChristianbeliefssimilar?Inwhatwaysaretheydifferent?TRIBALISM&RACISM

7. WhatwasthebasicpointinMuhammad’steaching?HowmighttheseideasleadtounityinArabia?STATUSOFWOMEN

8. WhatweretwowaysinwhichtheQuranisshowntohaverejectedthePaganArabviewofwomen?

9. HowdidtheQurandirectmenandwomentoactmodestlytowardeachother?SOCIALCLASS

10. WhatgroupsofpeopledoyouthinkwouldhavebeenamongthefirstwhowereattractedtothemessageofIslam?HowisthissimilartotheappealofearlyChristianity?

11. Basedontheseteachings,doyouthinkitwouldcorrecttoassumethatminoritygroups,women,thepoor,andslaveswerealwayswelltreatedandrespectedintheMuslimworldthroughouthistory?Whyorwhynot.