1) Which of the following is a means of becoming closer to Allah?

1. Calling on Allah by His Most Beautiful Names.
2. Supplicating to Allah at every opportunity.
3. Understanding the reality of the life of this world.
4. All of the above.

2) According to the Prophet Muhammad, when Allah wishes to do good to somebody:

1. He distances all trials and tribulations away from him.
2. He afflicts him with trials.
3. He removes all his trials and afflicts another with them.
4. He afflicts him with trials and tribulations in the afterlife in lieu of the worldly life.

3) In a state of distress it is important to remember that Allah is close by. An effective way to reach Him is by:

1. making du’a.
2. sending a message up to Him tied to a balloon.
3. closing one’s eyes and imagining He is standing in front of you.
4. There is no effective way to reach out to Him as He is too High and no one can reach Him spiritually except for the angels.

4) In order to live our lives with complete trust in Allah it is necessary to:

1. build a relationship with our Creator.
2. lose trust in all other beings.
3. test whether Allah is trustworthy or not through past experiences.
4. All of the above.

5) Prophet Muhammad encouraged us to call on Allah by:

1. thrashing about in grief and anguish and complaining about the stresses and problems we are facing.
2. calling on Him by only those names one deems appropriate to His nature.
3. calling on Him by any name that randomly comes to mind.
4. calling to Him by all of His Most beautiful Names.

6) Select a true statement:

1. It is Allah’s ultimate Wisdom that good things always happen to bad people.
2. It is Allah’s ultimate Wisdom that only bad things happen to good people.
3. It is Allah’s ultimate Wisdom that bad things may happen to good people and good things may happen to bad people.
4. There is no ultimate Wisdom behind bad things happening to good people and good things happening to bad people.

7) Putting our faith and trust in Allah:

1. means that our lives will be completely worry free.
2. does not mean that problems will not come; however contentment in His decree will make life easier and happier.
3. leads to nothing , it is only a way of delusion to think that one can have a worry free life.
4. None of the above.

8) It is important to know Allah before putting our trust in Him.

1. False, one must simply trust Allah without feeling the need to know anything about Him.
2. True, since no one including Allah should be trusted without first finding out whether He is worthy of being trusted or not.
3. True, since it allows us to know exactly Who we are submitting to and be able to put our complete trust in Him.
4. False, trust is a matter of blind faith and therefore one does not need to know anything about Him.