Eduqas GCSE Religious Studies key terms

Prejudice, hostility or discrimination directed against Muslims or Islam.

The angel who will blow the trumpet to announce the Day of Resurrection.

Hell in Islam: a state or place of suffering and punishment after judgement.

Paradise in Islam: Allah’s eternal reward, characterised by peace, happiness and closeness to him.

Repeated recitation of a mantra or divine name, aloud, whispered or silently, as worship or meditation.

The angel who communicated Allah's revelations to the prophets, including revealing the Qur'an to Muhammad.

Struggle or striving to follow Allah’s guidance and live according to Islam.

A person who is spiritually liberated while still alive, free from the grip of selfish ego and centred on God.

A multigenerational family whose members live together and share resources and responsibilities.

God as the one who assesses human conduct and holds people accountable for their actions.

God’s assessment of a person’s deeds, associated with justice, accountability, reward and punishment.

Friday congregational prayer at the mosque, associated with a sermon called a khutbah.

Judging rightly and giving people what is due to them, without error or unfairness.

Lust or uncontrolled sexual desire, one of the five vices that distract a person from God.

The cube-shaped building within the Great Mosque in Makkah, which Muslims believe Ibrahim and Isma’il built for the worship of Allah.

Cotton undershorts representing modesty and self-control.

A Jewish prayer praising God's greatness, recited by mourners as part of mourning practices.

A day of Brahmā, lasting one thousand complete cycles of the four yugas.

Lust: uncontrolled sexual desire that can lead to selfishness and wrongdoing.

Pleasure and enjoyment, including affection, relationships and appreciation of beauty; one of the four Hindu aims of life.

A wooden comb kept in the hair, representing cleanliness and order; also spelt kanga.

A steel or iron bracelet whose circular shape represents God's eternity and which reminds the wearer to act morally.

Sweet, blessed food shared with the congregation during worship, expressing blessing and equality.

A Buddhist discourse teaching boundless loving-kindness towards all living beings and rejection of hatred and ill-will.

The moral relationship between actions and their consequences. In Sikh belief, actions influence future lives; karam is the Punjabi term for actions or deeds and their consequences.

The practice of acting selflessly, fulfilling duties without attachment to personal rewards.

Compassion: concern for suffering and the wish to relieve it.