Paper 1: past paper questions

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• Question 1May/June 2026, paper 11Essay8 marksHas a diagram

  Choose any two of the following passages from the Qurʾan. (i) Sura 112 1. Say: He is Allah, the one and only; 2.

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• Question 1Oct/Nov 2025, paper 11Essay8 marksHas a diagram

  Choose any two of the following passages from the Qur’an, and (i) Sura 6.101–103 101. To Him is due the primal origin of the heavens and the earth: how can He have a son when He has no consort?

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• Question 1Oct/Nov 2024, paper 11Essay8 marksHas a diagram

  Choose any two of the following passages from the Qur’an. (i) وَمِنْ آيَاتِهِ اللَّيْلُ وَالنَّهَارُ وَالشَّمْسُ وَالْقَمَرُ لَا تَسْجُدُوا لِلشَّمْسِ وَلَا لِلْقَمَرِ وَاسْجُدُوا لِلَّهِ الَّذِي خَلَقَهُنَّ إِن كُنتُمْ إِيَّاهُ تَعْبُدُونَ Sura 41.37 37.

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• Question 1Oct/Nov 2023, paper 11Essay8 marksHas a diagram

  Choose any two of the following passages from the Qur’an. (i) Sura 2.255 Allah. There is no god but He, the living, the self-subsisting, eternal.

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• Question 2May/June 2026, paper 11Essay14 marks

  Outline the four main sources of Islamic law and the way they are used together.

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• Question 2Oct/Nov 2025, paper 11Essay14 marks

  Describe the first revelation, and the roles of Jibril, Khadija and Waraqah ibn Nawfal at the time of the first revelation.

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• Question 2Oct/Nov 2024, paper 11Essay14 marks

  Give an account of the different ways that revelation came to the Prophet (pbuh).

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• Question 2Oct/Nov 2023, paper 11Essay14 marks

  Using the set passages you have studied, write about God’s relationship with the created world.

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• Question 3May/June 2026, paper 11Essay14 marks

  Choose two qualities of the Prophet’s character and describe how he showed them in his life.

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• Question 3Oct/Nov 2025, paper 11Essay14 marks

  Give an account of the persecutions suffered by the new followers of Islam in Makka.

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• Question 3Oct/Nov 2024, paper 11Essay14 marks

  Describe the ways that the Prophet’s family in Makka both supported and opposed him.

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• Question 3Oct/Nov 2023, paper 11Essay14 marks

  The Prophet (pbuh) stopped at Hudaybiyya on his way to Makka. Give an account of the events that took place here.

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• Question 4May/June 2026, paper 11Essay14 marks

  Describe the events of the Battle of the Trench (Khandaq).

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• Question 4Oct/Nov 2025, paper 11Essay14 marks

  Describe the events of the battles of Mu’ta and Hunayn.

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• Question 4Oct/Nov 2024, paper 11Essay14 marks

  Write about the way the Prophet (pbuh) demonstrated the qualities of honesty and simplicity.

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• Question 4Oct/Nov 2023, paper 11Essay14 marks

  Some of the early Muslims migrated to Abyssinia. Give an account of the events of this migration.

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• Question 5May/June 2026, paper 11Essay14 marks

  Give an account of the lives of Abu Talib and Abu Sufyan during the life of the Prophet (pbuh).

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• Question 5Oct/Nov 2025, paper 11Essay14 marks

  Write about the life of ʿAisha during the years she was married to the Prophet (pbuh).

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• Question 5Oct/Nov 2024, paper 11Essay14 marks

  Write about the lives of the following Companions during the lifetime of the Prophet (pbuh): • Ja‘far ibn Abi Talib • Zayd ibn Thabit.

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• Question 5Oct/Nov 2023, paper 11Essay14 marks

  Write about the lives of the Companions Khalid ibn Walid and Zayd ibn Haritha during the lifetime of the Prophet (pbuh).

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• Question 1May/June 2026, paper 12Essay8 marksHas a diagram

  Choose any two of the following passages from the Qurʾan. (i) Sura 96.1–5 1. Read!

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• Question 1Oct/Nov 2025, paper 12Structured8 marksHas a diagram

  Choose any two of the following passages from the Qur’an. (i) Sura 6.75–79 75. So also did We show Abraham the power and the laws of the heavens and the earth, so that he might have certainty.

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• Question 1Oct/Nov 2024, paper 12Structured8 marksHas a diagram

  Choose any two of the following passages from the Qur’an. (i) Sura 42.4–5 4. To Him belongs all that is in the heavens and on earth: and He is most high, most great.

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• Question 1Oct/Nov 2023, paper 12Structured8 marksHas a diagram

  Choose any two of the following passages from the Qur’an. (i) Sura 6.101–103 101. To Him is due the primal origin of the heavens and the earth: how can He have a son when He has no consort?

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• Question 2May/June 2026, paper 12Essay14 marks

  Write about the Qurʾan as a source of Islamic law and how it is used with two other sources.

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• Question 2Oct/Nov 2025, paper 12Structured14 marks

  Write about how God describes Himself.

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• Question 2Oct/Nov 2024, paper 12Structured14 marks

  Describe how the four sources of Islamic Law work with each other in law making.

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• Question 2Oct/Nov 2023, paper 12Structured14 marks

  Using the set passages you have studied, outline the relationship between God and his Messengers: Adam and Abraham.

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• Question 3May/June 2026, paper 12Essay14 marks

  Outline three different interactions the Prophet (pbuh) had with the Quraysh after he moved to Madina.

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• Question 3Oct/Nov 2025, paper 12Structured14 marks

  Describe the way the Prophet (pbuh) began openly calling the Makkans to Islam and their reaction.

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