Worksheet 2
Religion

 

Directions:
For each quotation, indicate which is the appropriate scriptural source by the blank.

    A. Old Testament
    B. New Testament
    C. The Qur'an


1. ___ O Children of Israel! Call to mind the special favor which I bestowed upon you, and that I preferred you to all others.


2. ___ And remember, We delivered you from the people of Pharoah: they set you hard tasks and punishments, slaughtered your sons and let your women live... and remember, We divided the sea for you, saved you and drowned Pharoah's people within your very sight.


3. ___ Say 0 Muslims: We believe in God and that which is revealed unto us and that which was revealed unto Abraham, and Ishmael, and Isaac, and Jacob, and the tribes, and that which Moses and Jesus received, and that which the Prophets received from their Lord. We make no distinction between any of them, and unto Him we have surrendered.


4. ___ Behold! the angels said, "0 Mary! God hath chosen thee and purified thee; chosen thee above the women of all nations."


5. ___ And I have come to you to attest the Torah which was before me and to make lawful to you part of what was forbidden to you. I have come to you with a sign from your Lord. So fear God, and obey me.


6. ___ Behold! the angels said, "0 Mary giveth thee glad tidings of a word from Him: his name will be Messiah, Jesus, son of Mary, held in honor in this world and the Hereafter and of the com an of those nearest to God."


7. ___ She said, "0 my Lord! How shall I have a son when no man hath touched me?" He said, "Even so, God createth what He will. When He hath decreed a plan, He but Saith to it 'Be,' and it is."


8. ___ But said the Messiah, Jesus, son of Mary, "0 children of Israel! Worship God, my Lord and your Lord."


9. ___ But when he came to the fire, a voice was heard from the right bank of the valley, from a tree in hallowed ground, "0 Moses! Verily I am God, the Lord of the worlds. Now do thou throw thy rod! " But when he saw it moving of its own accord as if it had been a snake, he turned back in retreat.


10. ___ And We sent Noah and Abraham, and established in their line Prophethood and Revelation; and some of them were on right guidance, but many of them became rebellious transgressors.



Adapted from Spotlight on The Muslim Middle East: Issues of Identity. Hazel Greenberg, ed. The American Forum for Global Education, NY. 1995. p.50.



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