1) How does contemplating and using the Names of Allah when calling out to Him bring us relief from distress?

1. It makes us realize His Greatness and increases our faith.
2. It helps us focus on being calm and patient.
3. Using His names that correspond with the need for which we call out to Him is a calming act.
4. All of the above.

2) 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.

3) 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.

4) 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.

5) 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.

6) 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.

7) To whom do the most beautiful names belong to?

1. The prophet Muhammad.
2. Almighty Allah.
3. Angel Gabriel.
4. The companions of Prophet Muhammad.

8) How can we know more about our Creator?

1. Through His beautiful Names.
2. Through portraits drawn of Him.
3. Through direct conversation with Him.
4. Through spiritual beings.