I have a tendency to struggle with subjects set around the Arabic world, so I guess I just need to find a way of changing that. I seem to like bridges, so why not start there?
Questions
Originally written in Arabic, which work by Averroes with a five-word title was a rebuttal of Al-Ghazali’s “The Incoherence of the Philosophers”?
THE INCOHERENCE OF THE INCOHERENCE
Screened out of competition at Cannes, which 1997 Egyptian film by Youssef Chahine was about Averroes and set in the Spanish city of Córdoba?
DESTINY
Taslim is the concluding part of the Muslim prayer, that being known by what Arabic term, with participants facing the qibla and following a prescribed cycle of bows and prostrations called ‘rakat’ during it?
SALAT
During the concluding part of the salat known as the ‘taslim’ a phrase needs to be repeated twice. What is supposed to be done during this recitation?
FACE RIGHT ONCE AND LEFT ONCE
The bridge of As-Sirāt must be crossed on the Yawm al-Qiyāmah, a Judgment Day that contains a few ominous trumpet blasts. How does the Arabic name for this day translate?
DAY OF RESURRECTION
Not to be confused with a place of punishment that is its direct opposite, what Arabic name is given to the Muslim paradise, the destination of those that successfully cross the As-Sirāt?
JANNAH
While the Mumin can enjoy pleasure in Jannah, what term is used in Islam for ‘Unbelievers’, those who will spend their time in the similarly named Jahannam?
KAFIR
Popular in the 16th and 17th centuries, the work known as the “Falnama” often includes illustrations and was used by fortune tellers in Iranian, Indian and Turkic cultures. It is commonly known as the “Book of” what, which may be familiar to fans of “Thundercats”?
BOOK OF OMENS
One of the main angels found in Islam, who is said to blow the trumpet on Yawm al-Kiyāmah and is considered to be the equivalent of the archangel Raphael in Jewish tradition?
ISRAFIL
Known by a three-letter term with two alternate spellings, what is a demon-like creature from Persian folklore? Unable to be killed through physical means, one must find the object that stores its soul, the destruction of which will cause it to disappear.
DIV / DEV
Said to be sharper than the sharpest sword, the Judgment Day bridge As-Sirāt is also said to be thinner than what?
A STRAND OF HAIR
An appealing destination for those that have successfully crossed As-Sirāt and escaped the potential flames of Jahannam, by what three-word term is the Hawd al-Kawthar known in English?
POOL OF ABUNDANCE
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