The Nature of God

Every day Muslims hear and say the words 'Allahu Akbar'. What do these words mean?

• God is love

• God is the greatest

• God is fair

• God is patient

How have Islamic people been able to learn about what God is like?

• by using their imaginations

• through Muhammad and the holy books

• by watching films and documentaries

How many names of God are there in the Qur'an and Hadith (Muhammad's sayings)?

• 97

• 98

• 99

• 100

What do each of the names of Allah describe?

• a mystery in need of being solved

• a quality that God has revealed about himself

• a question to be answered

How do many Muslims use the 99 names of Allah?

• they teach them how to be apart from God

• they memorise them and recite them during prayer

• they recite them before each meal

Muslims believe that God is 'immanent'. What does this mean?

• God is powerful

• God is loving

• God is present in and involved with life on earth and in the universe

• God is fair

Muslims believe that God is 'transcendent'. What does this mean?

• God is beyond and outside life on earth and the universe (not limited by the physical world)

• God is powerful

• God is loving

• God is fair

Muslims believe that God is 'omnipotent'. What does this mean?

• God is merciful

• God is fair

• God is all-powerful

• God is all-loving

Muslims believe that God is all-knowing. What is the correct term for this quality?

• Omnibenevolent

• Omnipotent

• Omnipresent

• Omniscient

Muslims believe God is 'beneficent' or 'omnibenevolent'. What does this describe?

• God is the source of all goodness and is all-loving and generous

• God is knowledgeable

• God is powerful

• God is fair and just