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Islamic Cosmology and Geography

Authored by H .Fazlic

Religious Studies

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Islamic Cosmology and Geography
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What framework did the cosmological sciences take place within in classical Islamic civilization?

Greek mythology

Islamic cosmology

Hindu cosmology

Egyptian mythology

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

From where are the basic tenets of Islamic cosmology derived?

The Bible

The Torah

The Quran

The Vedas

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What did the cosmic environment in which Islamic civilization flourished become to a large extent?

Westernized

Secularized

Modernized

Islamized

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How are forms and symbols from the world of Nature chosen to depict the cosmos in Islamic cosmology?

In an ad hoc manner

In a random manner

In a manner conforming with the Islamic world view

In a manner conforming with Western traditions

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What are the basic principles of all the cosmologies developed in Islam concerned with?

The diversity and separation of being

The unity and gradation of being

The analysis of physical phenomena

The rejection of metaphysical reality

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which state of being is identified with Pure Being (lāhūt)?

The world of Divine Essence or "Ipseity" (hāhūt)

The world of the Divine Names and Qualities, or Universal Intellect

The world of psychic and "subtle" manifestation (malakūt)

The terrestrial or physical domain (nāsūt)

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What does the Quranic statement "God is the First and the Last, the Hidden and the Manifested" imply about the states of being?

They are unrelated to each other

They are conceptualized in two different but complementary ways

They are only concerned with physical reality

They are all visible and tangible

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