Aqidah

Where does the root word of Aqeedah come from?

To tie a knot
To believe
To list
To know

What is the definition of Aqeedah?

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That which is impossible for Allah does not limit Him because:

Allah Himself determined what is impossible for Him
Allah can do what He wills
The impossible is rationally absurd and inconceivable
Nothing is impossible for Allah

The necessary is:

That which necessarily is and can not be
That which necessarily is not and cannot not be
That which necessarily is not and can not be
That which necessarily is and cannot not be

The impossible is:

That which is not and can be
That which is and cannot be
That which is not and cannot be
That which is and can be

The possible is defined as:

That which could be or could not be
That which could not be
That which is normatively possible
That which is rationally impossible

List the attributes that are necessary for Allah Most High and explain, in a single sentence, what each one means.

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List the attributes that are impossible for Allah Most High and explain, in a single sentence, what each one means.

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Explain what is possible for Allah Most High.

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Which of the following is a proof of createdness?

Change
Consistency
Existence
Matter

Everything that originated requires an originator.

True
False

The personal attribute of Allah is:

Perfection
Affirmative attribute
Being
Negative attribute

Allah’s attribute of existence indicates:

Allah is, and subsists contingent on Him willing Himself to exist
Allah is, and cannot not be
Allah is, and can not be, if He so chooses
Allah is, and was brought into existence

The negating attributes of Allah are:

Beginningless, Endless, Self-subsistence, Distinctness from Creation, Oneness
Knowledge, Power, Will
Hearing, Sight, Knowledge
Beginningless, Endless, Distinctness from Creation, Oneness

Beginningless and Endlessness point to:

Allah being outside of time
Allah existing in time
Allah existing before and after His creation
Allah existing outside of space

Were Allah not one, His power would not be perfected.

True
False

Allah has knowledge and we have knowledge, but they are very different. What is the difference between the two?

Allah's knowledge was acquired before He created His creation
Allah's knowledge contains our knowledge
Allah's able to change His knowledge with His absolute power, we are subjected by our knowledge
Allah's knowledge is absolute and was not acquired, whereas our was acquired and subject to error

The possibility of non-existence indicates:

Permanence
Dependence
Temporality
Beginninglessness

The attributes of negation:

Return to Allah’s attributes of Knowledge, Will, and Power
Are simply the opposites of Allah’s affirmative attributes
Negate what the disbelievers say about Allah
Clarifies Allah attribute of existence

What is creation?

Empowering matter to affect other matter
Organizing matter
The Big Bang
Taking something from non-existence to existence

Do we believe in determinism or free will?

Both, as Allah is the creator of everything, but the human acts on the basis of choice
Free will, as Allah has told us we will be judged based on our choices
Determinism, as Allah created us and all that we do
Neither, we believe in the Quran

What is choice?

The will to decide an action
The ability to create an action
The power to affect change
The knowledge of good and bad

We are accountable because:

Allah gave us the power to do good and bad
We have the ability to affect creation around us
We acquire responsibility through the disposal of our choices
We know what is right and wrong

What is ‘kasb’?

Profit
Acquisition of praise or blame
Good we’ve earned
Bad we’ve earned

Allah is not in any direction because:

He is everywhere
Allah does not need creation, it is creation that needs Allah
It is not one of His attributes
Directions are relative and Allah is absolute and transcendent above direction

Fire burning is:

Because fire has the intrinsic ability to burn, as is plainly observable by all.
A normative ruling of Allah, but He is the creator of the fire and the creator of the burning.
Because Allah placed the ability to burn in fire.
An example of the power of fire.

What is an affirmative attribute?

Any attribute that subsists through an entity and is affirmed by Allah.
All attributes.
Any attribute that subsists through an entity and affirms for it a meaning.
A positive attribute.

What are the seven affirmative attributes of Allah?

Knowledge Will, Power, Uniqueness, Hearing, Seeing, Life
Life, Knowledge, Power, Will, Speaking, Hearing, Seeing
Life, Knowledge, Power, Will, Uniqueness, Hearing Seeing
Knowledge, Will, Power, Hearing, Seeing, Speaking, Oneness

What is the source of the affirmative attributes?

The Quran.
The scholars’ understanding.
Interpretation of the primary texts (Quran and sunna).
The sunna.

Allah can choose which attribute He wants to be characterized by at each moment.

True
False

Allah’s Knowledge is:

Unchanging.
Acquired before His creation acquires it.
Absolute and always growing.
Always increasing at ever increasing rates.

Allah’s Power and Will relate to the possible and necessary.

True
False

Allah’s Knowledge relates to the necessary, possible, and impossible.

True
False

Allah’s Will and His Command are the same thing.

True
False

We are responsible for our actions because:

Allah created them and gave them to us.
We created them.
We chose them.
Allah gave us the power and ability to do what we wanted, thus making us responsible.

Actions fall into one of the following four categories: Commanded and willed, did not command and did not will, commanded but did not will, and did not command, but willed.

True
False

Injustice does not relate to Allah because:

It is just for an owner to do what he wants with his property, and Allah owns everything.
We are responsible for our actions.
Allah defines what is just and unjust.
Allah only does the good and not the evil.

Two matters are referred to as speech of Allah, they are:

The speech heard by the Prophets and the books revealed to the Prophets.
The affirmative attribute of Allah that subsists through His entity and His revealed books.
The Quran and the sunna.
The Quran and the Hadith Qudsi.

The Quran is:

Is the speech of the Allah, and thus one of His attributes.
Beginninglessly eternal.
That which indicates towards some of what is indicated by the beginninglessly eternal speech of Allah.
Made up of letters and words, unlike the speech of Allah, and thus cannot be called the speech of Allah.

Why are the affirmative attributes mentioned seven?

That’s how many are in the sunna.
That’s how many are in the Quran.
The remaining attributes are personal or negative.
All the other affirmative attributes return to these seven.

God must do the good.

True
False

Allah’s attributes are:

Necessary
Possible
Other than His entity
Impossible

Which of the following is what the scholars say about Allah’s attributes?

Allah has 99 attributes.
They are necessarily part of His entity.
They are infinite and absolute.
They are not His entity, nor other than His entity.

Why are the opposites of Allah’s affirmative attributes necessarily absurd?

Opposites attract.
That’s what is in the primary texts.
If one was characterized by the opposites of His attributes, one would be needy.
Opposites cannot be combined in one.

We only affirm 20 attributes for Allah.

True
False

We negate multiplicity in Allah’s:

Entity, attributes, and actions.
Entity, creations, and actions.
Attributes, actions and creations.
Creations, entity, and attributes.

Can Allah set off a chain of events resulting in something He did not want?

True
False

The inability to hear or see for Allah is:

Possible for Allah.
Absurd for Allah.
Necessary for Allah.
A choice for Allah.

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