Islam has, from its inception, placed a high premium on education and has enjoyed a long and rich intellectual tradition. Knowledge (lm) occupies a significant position within Islam, as evidenced by the more than 800 references to it in Islam's most revered book, the Qur'an. The importance of education is repeatedly emphasized in the Qur'an with frequent injunctions, such as in chaptersAl-Mujadilah:11; Thaha:114; al- Baqarah:282, in which such verses provide a forceful stimulus for the Islamic community to strive for education and learning.

What can be inferred from the above paragraph?

• a) The significance of education is less frequently stressed in the Qur'an

• b) Some of Al Qur'an verses provide a forceful stimulus for the Islamic community

• c) The education system in Islamic schools must be better in quality than that in other schools

• d) Islamic schools should create highly qualified Muslim scholars on their tradition

Education in the context of Islam is regarded as a process that involves the establishment of complete person, including rational, spiritual, and social dimensions. Knowledge in Islamic educational theory is gained in order to actualize and perfect all dimensions of the human being From an Islamic perspective, the highest and most useful model of perfection is the Prophet Muhammad, and the goal of Islamic education is that people be able to live as he lived.

What is the main topic of the above passage?

• a) People believe that the complete person is the person with the sole spiritual dimensions.

• b) Islam regards the complete person as the rational, spiritual, and social being.

• c) The goal of Islamic education is that people can live as the prophet Muhammad lived.

• d) Knowledge, in Islamic perspective, is gained through determination and motivation

Islam has prescribed zakat for all kinds of property for the benefit of needy people It is not always paid in money but, in some cases, in cattle, cereals, and fruits as in Africa and similar countries. But in more developed countries, trade and business are the most common ways of paying zakat and money is used for this purpose. The aim of collecting zakat is to serve members of society and to meet their needs and help them to overcome the difficulties they are facing.

Which word means the same as prescribed?

• a) Depicted

• b) Neglected

• c) Rejected

• d) required

Islam has prescribed zakat for all kinds of property for the benefit of needy people. It is not always paid in money but, in some cases, in cattle, cereals, and fruits as in Africa and similar countries. But in more developed countries, trade and business are the most common ways of paying zakat and money is used for this purpose. The aim of collecting zakat is to serve members of society and to meet their needs and help them to overcome the difficulties they are facing.

Which word means the same as purpose in the above text?

• a) Objective

• b) Destination

• c) Proposal

• d) Proposition

.... heated by solar energy have special collectors on the roofs to trap sunlight.

• a) a home is

• b) Homes are

• c) a home

• d) The homes

The musical instrument .... Is six feet long.

• a) is called the bass

• b) it is called the bass

• c) called the bass

• d) calls the bass

One of the problems with all languages ... they are full of irregularities.

• a) When

• b) is that

• c) because

• d) in case

. . . . of economic cycles been helpful in predicting turning points in cycles, they would have been used more consistently.

• a) Psychological theories

• b) Psychological theories have

• c) Had psychological theories

• d) Psychologists have theories

Read these sentences carefully !

1. By the age of seven, al-Shäfii had memorized the Qur'an.

2. Al-Shafi'i was born in Gaza by the town of Asqalan in 767.

3. Fearing the waste of his sharif lineage, his mother decided to move to Mecca when he was about two years old.

4. A ten, he had committed Imam Malik's Muwatta To heart.

5. Furthermore, his maternal family roots were from Al-Yemen.

6. His father died in Ash-Sham when he was still a child.

To construct a good paragraph, choose the most logical order of sentences among the following choices !

• a) 5-3-6- 2-1-4

• b) 6-2 -1-5 -3-4

• c) 2-4-3-5-6-1

• d) 2-3-5-6-1-4

Read these sentences carefully !

1. Afterwards, he was buried in the famous Jannat ul-Baqi cemetery across from the Mosque of the Prophet

2. However, his family was originally from the al Asbahi tribe of Yemen.

3. To our surprise, his grandfather Malik ibn Abi Amir was a student of the second Caliph of Islam, Umar.

4. Malik was born the son of Anas ibn Malik and Aaliyah bint Shurayk al-Azdiyya in Medina in 711.

5. Malik died at the age of 85 in Medina in 795.

6. Malik was tall, heavyset, fair, white haired and with a huge beard and blue eyes.

To construct a good paragraph, choose the most logical order of sentences among the following choices.

• a) 4-2-3-6-5-1

• b) 4-6-3-1-2-5

• c) 6-4-2-3-5-1

• d) 3-5-1-2-6-4