Texts & Traditions Topic Test (Literary Forms)

What is literary form?

• A form, style or genre used in a sacred text

• The English translation of the meaning of the ayah is studied, analysed and assessed to determine its literary form

• Literary form is relative to a major theme, style or message within the text

• The literary form often shapes the exegetical perspective of the passage or section

• All of the Above

a Narrative form is when we have a story being told to us

• True

• False

Is Narrative a literary form or a literary technique?

• Literary form

• Literary technique

• both, form and technique

• none of them

Instruction is a literary form mentioned in the Quran. An example of this is:

• Fasting has been prescribed for you

• Allah is the light of the heavens and the earth

• In the name of Allah

• Allah prays upon the prophet pbuh

The Quran Ayat are either Mukam or Mutashaabih, This means accordingly:

• Precise and unspecific

• unspecific and precise

• none

• both, precise and specific

Muhkam comes from the word Ahkama, We say: the man "ahkama" the camel to the tree, which means he fixed its tie to the tree, so the camel won't be able to run away.

Ayat Mukamat means:

• Precise ayat

• Factual ayat

• non-allegorical ayat

• plain language

• All of that

Mutashaabih in the Arabic language means "looks similar". When two different things look similar, you might be confused which is right and which is wrong.

Ayat Mutashaabihaat means:

• Allegorical ayat

• non-specific ayat

• ayat that have varying perspective

• all the above

The Mutashaabih ayaat are ayaat that the exegetical scholars differed in their explanation.

• True

• False

Non Mutashaabih ayaat are ambiguous and we know their specific explanation

• True

• False

Some Allegorical verses remain ambiguous and Allah SWT only knows

• True

• False