Reading the Creed Text: Terms, Qualifications and Meaning
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- Which statement most directly expresses the meaning of “Oneness and no partner” in the selected passage?
- Which statement most directly expresses the meaning of “The denial of every equal” in the selected passage?
- Which statement most directly expresses the meaning of “No power can frustrate Him” in the selected passage?
- Which statement most directly expresses the meaning of “Beginning and end” in the selected passage?
- Which statement most directly expresses the meaning of “Occurrence and divine will” in the selected passage?
- Which statement most directly expresses the meaning of “Imaginations and understandings” in the selected passage?
- Which statement most directly expresses the meaning of “Creation without need” in the selected passage?
- Which statement most directly expresses the meaning of “Attributes without beginning” in the selected passage?
- Which statement most directly expresses the meaning of “Lordship and its subject” in the selected passage?
- Which statement most directly expresses the meaning of “Prior knowledge of actions” in the selected passage?
- Which statement most directly expresses the meaning of “Command and prohibition” in the selected passage?
- Which statement most directly expresses the meaning of “Human and divine willing” in the selected passage?
- Which statement most directly expresses the meaning of “Servant, prophet and messenger” in the selected passage?
- Which statement most directly expresses the meaning of “Finality and rank” in the selected passage?
- Which statement most directly expresses the meaning of “The Qur’an as divine speech” in the selected passage?
- Which statement most directly expresses the meaning of “Vision, encompassing and modality” in the selected passage?
- Which statement most directly expresses the meaning of “Acceptance and submission” in the selected passage?
- Which statement most directly expresses the meaning of “The reality of the Miʿrāj” in the selected passage?
- Which statement most directly expresses the meaning of “Prophetic intercession” in the selected passage?
- Which statement most directly expresses the meaning of “The mystery of decree” in the selected passage?
- Which statement most directly expresses the meaning of “Major sins and tawḥīd” in the selected passage?
- Which statement most directly expresses the meaning of “The noble recording angels” in the selected passage?
- Which statement most directly expresses the meaning of “The continued existence of Heaven and Hell” in the selected passage?
- Which statement most directly expresses the meaning of “Karāmah and reliable transmission” in the selected passage?
- Which statement most directly expresses the meaning of “The rejection of divination” in the selected passage?
- Which statement most directly expresses the meaning of “Four contrasting pairs” in the selected passage?
- Which statement most directly expresses the meaning of “Steadfastness and final state” in the selected passage?
- Which statement most directly expresses the meaning of “Following and refraining” in the selected passage?
- How do qadīm bilā ibtidāʾ and dāʾim bilā intihāʾ differ?
- Which inference agrees with mā zāla bi-ṣifātihi qadīman?
- What follows when nothing occurs except by His will is read alongside His command to obey?
- Why does the affirmation of vision include bi-ghayri iḥāṭah?
- What mistake results from omitting idhā mātū wa-hum muwaḥḥidūn in the major-sins statement?
- What does ṣaḥḥa ʿan al-thiqāt require for reports of karāmāt?
- How should no likeness to Him be held with the affirmation of divine attributes?
- What attitude is implied by asking Allah to keep us firm upon faith?
- Which two aspects of following the Messenger are united by fa-khudhūhu and fa-ntahū?
- What is the primary implication of not affirming a soothsayer or diviner?
- Which pair of assertions appears in makhlūqatān lā tafnayān?
- In the four contrasting pairs, what is addressed by amn/iyās?
- Without beginning and without end refer to precisely the same aspect.
- Lā tablughuhu al-awhām concerns the impossibility of fully encompassing the divine essence.
- Allah’s prior knowledge of actions establishes that humans have no duties to obey commands or avoid prohibitions.
- Bi-ghayri iḥāṭah is a qualification attached to the affirmed vision of Allah.
- The statement about major sinners is understood more accurately by omitting idhā mātū wa-hum muwaḥḥidūn.
- Ṣaḥḥa ʿan al-thiqāt points to the importance of reliable transmission concerning karāmāt.