Collection of Ayats and Ahadees - Islamic References Pack
Prepared by CSP Qasim Farooq
A reference collection of Quranic verses and Ahadees arranged by the major themes of the Islamic Studies syllabus, so supporting evidence is something you can find rather than hunt for. Useful while revising, while building an answer that needs a citation, or when checking a reference you only half remember. One PDF, free to download, and equally usable for PMS and other competitive papers.
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- 1Ayats and Ahadees Reference Pack
How to use this pack
Who this pack is for
Candidates preparing Islamic Studies who know an answer needs supporting evidence, and do not want to spend part of the exam hour recovering a half-remembered reference. The material is equally usable for PMS and other competitive papers on this syllabus.
What is inside
A reference collection of Quranic verses and Ahadees, filed under the seven parts of the Islamic Studies syllabus rather than in the order they were gathered: introduction to Islam, the Sirah of the Prophet (PBUH) as a role model, human rights and the status of women, civilisation and culture, Islam and the world, governance, and the Islamic code of life. It opens with a short set of essential citations worth knowing from memory.
Start with a small core
A reference collection is not a memorisation list. Trying to carry every citation in your head is the quickest way to end up with many you can half quote and none you can quote exactly.
Begin with the small core the pack opens with. Learn those word for word, with their references, before anything else, and treat the rest as material you consult while preparing rather than material you carry into the hall.
Revise by syllabus part, not by list
When you practise a past question, open the part of the syllabus it belongs to and take two or three references from there. The citation then arrives attached to a question, which is how you will need to retrieve it.
Working part by part also shows you which areas of the syllabus you have no evidence for at all. That is a gap worth finding now rather than in the hall.
Quote short, and quote exactly
Accuracy matters more than length, because a shaky citation does more damage than none.
- Reproduce the shortest portion that carries the meaning. A half line you have exactly is better than a full verse you are reconstructing.
- Give the reference in brackets, in the same form every time, so the form itself becomes automatic.
- Explain what the citation proves in the sentence after it. Evidence dropped in and left alone reads as decoration.
- Check anything you intend to rely on against a standard translation before the exam. Translations differ.
How many to use
One ayat and one hadith, each briefly explained and tied to the argument, do more than ten citations listed without comment. Your argument answers the question; the references support it.
What this is not
It is not a tafsir and not a substitute for studying the syllabus. It is a finding aid: somewhere to go when you know the theme and need the evidence for it. The understanding still has to come from your notes and your reading.