Year 11: GCSE

Religion: Islam, Beliefs and

Teachings
1. What is the oneness of God in Islam?
Title: What is the oneness of God in Islam?
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1. What is the Muslim holy book?

2. What is the name of the Muslim holy building?
3. Who founded Islam? T
4. What word do Muslims use for God? H
5. What are the five pillars of Islam? U
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Title: What is the oneness of God in Islam?
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1. Qur’an
2. Mosque
3. Muhammad
4. Allah
5. Shahada, Prayer, Fasting, Your homework is: T
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Charity, Hajj
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Welcome back to GCSE RS.
So far you have studied:
Religion: Christian Beliefs and Teachings, Christian Practices
Themes: Crime and Punishment, Religion and Life

You have 50% (half way) through your GCSE course.

This year we will be studying:

Religion: Islam Beliefs and Teachings, Muslim Practices
Themes: Relationships and Families, Religion, peace and conflict.
TITLE: What is the oneness of God in Islam?

AIM: To be able to explain the concept of ‘tawhid’ in Islam.

OBJECTIVES:
Investigate Muslim beliefs about the nature of God.
Explain how these beliefs influence Muslims.
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Evaluate the importance of these beliefs for Muslims. H
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What do these pictures tell you about Islam?
Introduction to Islam

Muslims believe Islam was gradually revealed to humanity through

various prophets over many centuries. It was first revealed to
Adam, the first man. The final and most complete revelation was
made to Muhammad in the seventh century.
The word ‘Islam’ in Arabic means ‘surrender’, ‘obedience’ or
‘submission’. Muslims believe that they should surrender to the will
of Allah.
Islam also means ‘peace’, as it is through obeying God’s will that a
person will achieve peace in themselves.
Hinge Question

Which of these is not a meaning of the word ‘Islam’?

a. Surrender
b. Obedience
c. Submission
d. Power
The Oneness of God

One of the most important beliefs in both Sunni and Shi’a Islam is
Tawhid: the belief that there is only one God. This makes Islam a
monotheistic religion. The Arabic word for God, ‘Allah’, means ‘the
God’, that is ‘the one and only God’. This belief is expressed in
Surah 112 of the Qur’an.

‘Say, ‘He is God the One, God

the eternal. He begot no one nor was He begotten. No one is
comparable to Him.’ (Qur’an 112: 1-4)
The Oneness of God

__________ is the belief that there is only one God. This makes
Islam a _________ religion. This belief is expressed in Surah 112
of the _____________.
The Oneness of God - Do Now

Tawhid is the belief that there is only one God. This makes Islam a
monotheistic religion. This belief is expressed in Surah 112 of the
Qur’an.
What is Surah 112?

Qur’an: ‘Say, ‘He is God the One, God

the eternal. He begot no one nor was He begotten. No one is comparable
to Him.’ (Qur’an 112: 1-4)

TASK:
1. Copy the quote with room to make notes around the outside.
2. Create a diagram with arrows to parts of this quote with an
explanation of what the quote teaches Muslims about God.
Stretch: Explain how Muslim beliefs about God differ from Christian
beliefs about God.
Tawhid - the Oneness of Allah

How do these beliefs influence the lives of Muslims?

The Oneness of God: influence on Muslims

-Repeated daily in the Shahada: ‘There is no God but Allah and

Muhammad is his prophet’.
-God is undivided, not made up of persons and does not have a son.
-Noone or no thing has God’s attributes or qualities. God will not
forgive people who attribute God’s qualities to another person or thing
(this is the sin of shirk).
-God is unique, there is nothing like God. Therefore, pictures or
images of God are not allowed in mosques, Muslim books or homes.
The supremacy of God’s will

God is the creator and controller of everything; therefore nothing

takes place unless God allows it to happen. No matter whether
something is good or bad, Muslims believe it is God’s will, and that
God must have had a good reason for letting it happen.
Muslims believe they should accept whatever happens as the will of
God, trusting in God’s good intentions for people. God’s will is
supreme (above all things). What God wants and expects of people is
the most important thing.
The supremacy of God’s will

Muslims often add the words ‘God willing’ (inshallah) after a promise
to do something. This shows their belief that they are not in control
of what happens: only God is in control. This idea leads some
Muslims to believe that God controls everything human beings do and
that Muslims do not have free will. Others think that God does not
force people to act in certain ways, but that God has allowed people
freedom to choose how to behave.

Copy the quote for your notes:

‘Misfortunes can only happen with God’s permission’. (Qur’an 64:11)
The supremacy of God’s will

How do these beliefs influence the lives of Muslims?

Quick Fire - True or False

Whiteboards - True on one side, false

on the other.
Quick Fire - True or False

1. For Muslims, it is not enough just

to believe in one God: they must show
that belief in the way they live their
lives.
Quick Fire - True or False

TRUE
Quick Fire - True or False

2. God and the Prophets are

worshipped in Islam.
Quick Fire - True or False

FALSE
Only God should be worshipped in
Islam
Quick Fire - True or False

3.Muhammad is respected as a
prophet but he is not worshipped.
Quick Fire - True or False

TRUE
Quick Fire - True or False

4. Idolatry (worshipping an idol) is

allowed in Islam.
Quick Fire - True or False

FALSE
It is forbidden. Only Allah (God)
should be worshipped in Islam.
Quick Fire - True or False

5. Believing in the supremacy of God’s

will means that Muslims have to try to
accept that even bad things that
happen in life are ‘meant to be’.
Quick Fire - True or False

TRUE
Quick Fire - True or False

6. The word Muslim means ‘one who

has submitted to God’.
Quick Fire - True or False

TRUE
Quick Fire - True or False

7. The word Tawhid means ‘the

Oneness and unity of God’.
RAG 123 in GREEN
Write the question AND your answer:

Explain two ways in which belief in the supremacy of God’s will

influences Muslims today. [4]

Point + Detailed explanation (2 marks)

Point + Detailed explanation (2 marks)

Stretch: Write a PEE paragraph giving the opposite argument (i.e. if you
agreed with the statement, write one which disagrees).
Homework Reminder

● First questions of your Knowledge Organiser: Lesson 1

● Ready for Monday’s ‘Do Now’

● Expectation for all of Year 11: 5/5

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