LO: What is Allah’s nature?

Task There are 99 names for Allah in the Muslim Holy Book the Qur’an and in the Hadith (the collected sayings of the Prophet Muhammad (saw) These names help Muslims to understand Allah as much as possible and lead to firm ideas about his nature Using the names you have been given, try to attribute them to the pictures around the room (if you don’t understand a word look it up!)

Allah’s Qualities God has many qualities through which Muslims’ belief in him is reinforced and their understanding of his actions strengthened Read through the key term box. How could an atheist argue that Allah is not merciful? You have 11 minutes to think of a symbol or drawing (pictogram) to help your pair remember the definition of the key terms.

‘If nothing can happen in the world without Allah wishing it to do so, then he is not worthy of worship at all’