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GCSE Religious Studies · key term
God's will, command or divine order.
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Paper 1
God’s will or divine order, through which the universe is created and sustained.
Revise: God as CreatorCreation came into existence through Hukam, meaning God’s will or divine order. God does not depend on the universe for existence; the universe depends on God.
God's will or order, which Sikhs seek to accept and follow.
Link each practice to its significance: taking a hukam shows the Guru’s guidance; shared prayer welcomes the child into the sangat; Singh and Kaur express equality.
Link Guru Granth Sahib 21 to God's presence throughout creation and 1037 to hukam and God's sustaining power. Explain how Sikhs apply these teachings to environmental care.
Link each attitude to its reason: for example, opposition to euthanasia because life is God-given and its ending belongs within hukam.
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God’s will or divine order, according to which a gurmukh seeks to live.
A passage read from the Guru Granth Sahib and received as the Guru’s command or guidance.
A hymn or passage read from the Guru Granth Sahib and received as the Guru’s command or guidance.
Paper 1, Paper 3
God’s command or will, through which Sikhs understand the universe to exist and be ordered.
Revise: Sikh Creation Beliefs and the Big BangCreation takes place through hukam, God’s command or will. God also sustains creation: the universe’s continuing existence depends on God, not simply on a divine action in the distant past. Sikh teaching chiefly explains the universe’s relationship to God, rather than supplying a scientific account of its origins.
God's will or divine order, through which the universe is governed.
God’s command or divine order, through which creation comes into being and is sustained.
God’s will or order, within which life and death take place.
God’s command or divine order, to which all existence is subject.
Divine command or will through which creation exists and is ordered.
God’s command, will or divine order, in accordance with which creation exists.
A reading from the Guru Granth Sahib received as the Guru’s guidance.