Question Paper on Lesson 18
Question 1: [7 points]
Fill in the Blanks:
(a) The 12th Imam wasborn on the of Sha`bānin the year
AH in ____.
(b) The Minor Occultation lasted for years.
(c) The name of the 12th Imam's mother was ____.
(d) The 12thImam's imamate began atthe ageof inthe year
AH.
(e) During the Minor Occultation, Imam __ with
the outside world through his special .
(f) The12thImam'snamewasandhisagnomen
was ____.
(g) According to the Qur'ān, Prophet Nūh lived for __ years.
Question 2: [15 points]
Is the belief in the re-appearance of an expected universal reformer
uniquetoShi‘aMuslims?WhatotherreligionsandMuslimsectsbelieve
inthere-appearanceoftheMahdi?NametheBiblicalchapterandverse
number that confirms this belief.
Question 3: [5 points]
Narrateonehadīththatdescribestheexistenceandthere-appearance
of the 12th Imam.
Question 4: [10 points]
What is the fundamental purpose of the re-appearance of the 12th
Imam?
Question 5: [13 points]
PassagesfromthePsalm 37 andtheQur'ānquotedinthislessonde-
scribevariousqualitiesofthepeoplewhowillinheritGod'slandandto
whomGodwillbestowthe leadershipof thisworld.Butthereare two
qualitieswhichhavebeenmentionedbothinthePsalmsandtheQur'ān.
What are those two qualities?