Ms. Diane Nicoll 7th Grade History Unit 1: Lesson 3 

Islamic Beliefs
Name: Ari Percer

Date: 9-14-17

Class: 7th Grade: “Medieval and Early Modern World History”

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Slide Student Notes

Unit 1: Islam 
Title  7th Grade History 
Lesson 3 - Islamic Beliefs
Explain the significance of the Qur’an and the Sunnah
Goal  as the primary sources of Islamic beliefs, practice, and
law, and their influence in Muslim daily life.

● Muslim belief in same god the Jewish and

Christian religions.
Background  ● Muslims honor Jewish and Christian prophets.
Information  ● Muslims believed that Muhammad gave the
purest version of God’s truth (god spoke words,
somebody wrote it down).

● God’s truth written in Qur’an

● Muslims believe that Muhammad spoke to god.
● Inside Qur’an is records of 22 years of
revelations to Muhammad.
● Qur’an: words god spoke and people wrote
down.
● First writing came to Muhammad when he
prayed in a cave outside Mecca in 610. Started
The Qur’an  relations.
● Died in around 632.
● Inside Qur’an: Nature of God, creat, and the
human soul. Also address moral (loyal), legal
(law), and family issues. Much of the language is
highly poetic. Lyrical.
● About twenty years of Muhammad’s life
● God’s words that Muhammad spoke that his
followers wrote down.

 
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● Torah, bible, and Qur’an = holy books

● Qur’an most sacred text in Islam
● Muhammad delivered the words and his
followers memorized it and wrote it down after
he died
● Qur’an wrote after Muhammad died: wrote in
Sacred Text 
651
● Qur’an unchanged since written
● Similar to prayer book
● About a 114 chapters, each consisting of verses
● 6,236 verses
● Qur’an = Lecture

● Sunnah is about what Muhammad did - not as

sacred as Qur’an
● Traditions of the prophet
● What to do on a day to day bases (to be like
Muhammad)
● Followed him because they believed god spoke
to Muhammad
● Words and actions of Muhammad
● Sunnah = Actions
The Sunnah 
● Helps interrupted the Qur’an
● Sunnah written by people who knew
Muhammad
● Sunnah becomes religious and political law, if
not then you can get punished
● Theocracy - your government is religion based
● Modern Tran and Saudi Arabia have theocracy
● Not every Islamic faith
● How to behave in your business

● Islamic faith to give to the poor

● One god - Monotheistic
● No human represents god
● God created universe and everything in it
● Sets Islam apart from Christians
Islamic Beliefs 
● Islam = faith
● Muslim = person who practices Islam
● Must wash hands up to elbows and face to touch
Qur’an
● All prophets are holy but not fully divine

● Followers of Islam are called Islam

Video 1 
● Islam 2nd largest - rank and size

 
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● Judaism Not in top ten

● Largest religion is Christianity
● Jews mainly located in Israel and north america
● Christians mainly located in Europe and
Americas
● Muslims mainly located in middle east,
northern Africa, Indonesia, Us
● Sacred text: Jews - Hebrew Bible (torah),
Christians - Holy bible and New Testament
(bible), Muslims - Qur’an (Qur’an)
● Prophets: Jews - Many including Moses,
Christians - Jesus (divine), Muslims - ​Muhammad

● Each person as there our soul

● Have the choice between good and evil
● Choices in life affect what happen after death
● Afterlife in heaven or hell
The Soul and the 
● On judgment day god chooses where they go
Afterlife 
● Those who didn’t worship god or god’s laws end
up in hell
● Obey god’s words and surrendered your life to
god, you go to heaven

● Reciting Quran - Very Important To Them

● Qur’an must be studied in its original language
● Treat the Qur’an with great devotion
Islamic Practices 
● Always carry a copy with them and memorize
the passages and used in children’s reading and
writing lessons.

● Woman not being able to drive

● Therococies different from monotheist religion.
● Washing your hands to touch Qur’an and
carrying it with you
● Muhammad taught that there was no different
between everyday life and religious life
Islamic Influence in  ● Strict prayer in some communities
Muslim Daily Life   ● At certain times must stop and pray
(3 slides)  ● Behaving in “church” is how they should be
behaving in real life.
● Rules included Five Pillars of Islam
● Muslims should not gamble, steal, or eat pork
● Sunnah includes how to resolve problems in the
family and doing business.
● Education:

 
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○ Students begin their education by

studying the Qur’an
○ Later on studies are able to move on from
studying the Qur’an
○ Even in Musac (church) they study law,
philosophy, math, and history
○ Education is a Huge focus
● Social Classes
○ Classes depended on religion
○ Four classes: Arabs muslims born there
(1), non-Arabs muslims not born there(2),
Jews and Christians (3), and slaves (middle
ages)(4)
● Men and Women
○ Men expected to support the family and
represent them in the world
○ Women stayed home, women fewer rights
○ Polygamy allowed men to be able to have
four different wives
○ Women are not allowed to have more than
one husband
○ Women not allowed to drive or have jobs
○ If by getting a new wife and start treating
first wife poorly you are not allowed to
get another wife.
○ If a woman is without a husband a man
has to take her in as his wife
○ Women is not allowed to make requests
without her husband's permission

● Five laws: Faith, prayer, fasting, giving to the

poor, and pilgrimage
● You have to believe there is no god but the god
● Have to believe that Muhammad is the perfect
model and the messenger of god also have to
declare
Islamic Laws   ● Have to pray, five times a day: Stop, drop, and
(3 slides)  pray
● Alarm for when to pray
● Almsgiving, Alms for the poor, charity work
● Alms means help
● During Ramadan Muslims eat no food between
sunrise and sunset for a month: time to refocus
their faith

 
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● Some people also fast from things that distract

you from faith
● Pilgrimage means to journey somewhere that
has a meaningful end goal for you
● Muslims must make a pilgrimage to the holy
city of Islam and Mecca because it was where
Muhammad lived - One you get there you have
to circle the main black rock seven times hoping
to touch or kiss the stone at least once
● The stone is something that Muhammad used to
help him talk to god and see things
● 1- Faith
● 2- Prayer
● 3- Fasting
● 4- Charity
● 5- Pilgrimage
● Qur’an requires that every Muslim to make the
hajj to the stone at least once

Summary  ●
 
Circa = about (for dates) 
Ex: Circa 1850 

 
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