Syllabus and Paper Pattern of Islamiat 2058

SCHEME OF ASSESSMENT
Candidates will be required to take two written papers, and answer in English.
To be awarded a
final grade in the examination, candidates must take both papers.
Paper 2058/1
This paper will be 1½ hours long. It will contain 5 questions of which candidates
must answer
Question 1, Question 2 and two others.
1. Major themes of the Qur an
Three passages will be set , of which candidates may choose any two.
[8 marks]
2. The history and importance of the Qur an
This question will usually be set in more than one part, and will require an e
ssay length
answer.
[14 marks]
3. The life and importance of the Prophet Muhammad
One or two questions will be set, usually in more than one part, requiring ess
ay length
answers.
[14 marks]
4. The first Islamic community
One or two questions will be set, usually in more than one part, requiring ess
ay length
answers.
[14 marks]
The total mark for this paper will be 50.
Paper 2058/2
This paper will be 1½ hours long. It will contain 5 questions of which candidates
must answer
Question 1, Question 2 and two others.
1. Major teachings of the Hadiths of the Prophet
Four passages will be set , of which candidates may choose any two.
[8 marks]
2. The history and importance of the Hadiths
This question will usually be set in more than one part, and will require an e
ssay length
answer.
[14 marks]
3. The period of rule of the Rightly Guided Caliphs and their importance as lea
ders
One or two questions will be set, usually in more than one part, requiring ess
ay length
answers.
 [14 marks]
4. The Articles of Faith and the Pillars of Islam
One or two questions will be set, usually in more than one part, requiring ess
ay length
answers.
[14 marks]
The total mark for this paper will be 50.
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39 comments:
Anonymous said...
assalam-o-alaikum sir. I'm M.Hassaan Bin Akhtar from class 9c A(J). I have r
ead ur blog and i hope it will help me in my exams. thx :)
Monday, April 5, 2010 6:30:00 AM PDT
Anonymous said...
I really like your blog and I always read your new updated paras about islam
iat daily.....
Thursday, April 15, 2010 9:05:00 PM PDT
Anonymous said...
Assalam-o-alaikum. i wanted to know whether the candidates should be familia
r with all the battles fought during the caliphate of Hazrat Umar abd Hazrat Abu
bakr...they are soooo many and learning them seems a daunting task.....
Monday, May 3, 2010 8:50:00 AM PDT
Ali Asad said...
Hazrat Abubakr's battles are related to his challenges agains false prophets
, who refused to pay zakat and the apostasy movement. so they r not difficult to
comprehend.Hazrat Umar's battles are important in terms of expansion of muslim
empire. so study them relating to expansion.
Monday, May 3, 2010 9:05:00 PM PDT
Anonymous said...
wat abot jihad d the other 3?????
Tuesday, May 4, 2010 4:19:00 AM PDT
Anonymous said...
when it like says essay length, what exactly could that mean--i know that it
really matters on content mostly then length
but roughly how much of writing is expected of us in the islamiate ppr?
Tuesday, May 4, 2010 10:11:00 AM PDT
Ali Asad said...
please mention ur name, institute n city
Tuesday, May 4, 2010 10:30:00 AM PDT
Anonymous said...
my name is huma and im in beaconhouse located in peshawer
Tuesday, May 4, 2010 10:20:00 PM PDT
Ali Asad said...
huma,yes u r right wen u say that there is content that matters not the leng
th. so try to cover up all the points in order. but still for a ten mark questio
n, u need to write from 300 to 350 words approximately.do not follow it harshly
Wednesday, May 5, 2010 1:23:00 AM PDT
Anonymous said...
salam...im zarghuna 4m city school....i wanted to know dat in which paper do
relations wid non muslms jihad nd contemporary world cum??
Wednesday, May 5, 2010 4:14:00 AM PDT
Anonymous said...
thank you very much for the help!
Wednesday, May 5, 2010 4:44:00 AM PDT
Ali Asad said...
lat three sections are the part of both papers. in paper 1, they will come r
elating to biography of the holy prophet pbuh and paper 2, with caliph.
Wednesday, May 5, 2010 6:30:00 AM PDT
Anonymous said...
shud we learn ALL the battles of Hazrat Umar or just the imp ones?
Wednesday, May 5, 2010 11:55:00 PM PDT
Anonymous said...
the is Asad from beacon house Islamabad, i have a question about the the Rel
ationship between the Holy Prophet and the Jews.
I know what happened to each of the three tribes in the suburb of Madinah bu
t i don't clearly understand what each tribe did to deserve what happened to the
m (the Banu Qunaiqa, Banu Nazir, and Banu Quraiza). Can you over all outline the
ir relationship and change of relationship throughout the course of events? It w
ould be alot of help. Also in our end of year exam a question came on this and a
bout the relationship between the christians which im guessing just includes Bah
ira the monk, Najashi the Christian King, and h. Khadija's couosin, but couold m
re be added to that?
Thursday, May 6, 2010 7:32:00 AM PDT
Ali Asad said...
u asked a question wch required extensive answer. better consult to ur respe
ctive teacher or read from farkhanda noor's book. i cant explain it on net.
Thursday, May 6, 2010 8:41:00 AM PDT
Anonymous said...
plzzz tell me in which pper jihad will come?
Friday, May 7, 2010 1:12:00 PM PDT
Anonymous said...
sir I am Tasalla from karachi Chapter And Verse school..
i read that u said the battles during the caliph Umar is important but shall
we study all of them??because i m confused as there r so many wars during his c
aliphate..:-o
Sunday, May 9, 2010 9:47:00 PM PDT
tasalla said...
Sir i am Tasalla from karachi chapter and verse school. i want to know that
are all the battles during the life of Holy Prophet(P.B.U.H) important???
Sunday, May 9, 2010 9:49:00 PM PDT
Anonymous said...
AOA
I'm Aayeza Zahid from FFC Grammar School.
I appeared in Paper 1 of Islamiyat this year on 11th May.
Q5 of the paper was:
Explain the teachings of Islam about position of women as Mothers, Daughters
 and Wives. (10 marks)
Sir, wasn't this question out of course? It was according to the old syllabu
s. The new syllabus of 2009 does not include this. Does Cambridge give extra mar
ks to candidates who attempt questions that are out of course?
Wednesday, May 12, 2010 8:22:00 AM PDT
Ali Asad said...
cambrigde has included this portion in biography of the holy prophet. if u s
ee the syllabus in detail, u will find it a part of syllabus. but still i m gree
d with u that directly it is not part of syllabus and they shud not ask tricky q
uestions.
they shud give credit to students to my best knowlwdge
Wednesday, May 12, 2010 9:26:00 AM PDT
Anonymous said...
Sir I'm Aayeza Zahid from FFC Grammar School.
I had another question.
This year they gave 3 questions from the biography of the holy prophet. Not
even one question came from Life In Community. But its a rule of cambridge to gi
ve one or two questions from each topic. Never has this happened that the three
questions come from the same topic. Q3 was about Holy Prophet's early life. Q4 w
as events of caves of Hira and caves of Saur and Q5 was the one I told you earli
er. The paper was wrongly set then?
My teacher is going to write an application to British Council for considera
tion. Would that be effective?
Thursday, May 13, 2010 8:42:00 AM PDT
Anonymous said...
I want to ask that ,Grammar and spelling mistake would penalize our marks???
Friday, June 18, 2010 5:25:00 AM PDT
Muhammad Saad said...
Aoa Sir, My name is Muhammad Saad, Lgs
I wanted ur help regarding Question 2(b) of oct/non 2009 [Q:What does the Pr
ophet's first experience of revelation tell us about the nature of prophethood i
n Islam? (4)]Plz can u tell the answer.
Thank You
Sunday, September 19, 2010 11:52:00 PM PDT
Anonymous said...
I am Ali Haider doin O levels Frm Pegasus School Rawalpindi so Its very toug
h and I wnt notes of Islamiat
Wednesday, September 22, 2010 11:00:00 AM PDT
Anonymous said...
My name is M.hammad from city school karachi and i am apearing for my privat
e cie oct/nov islamiat paper. i want to ask that is the shi'a sunni teaching inc
luded in the topic history and importance of holy quran for exaple "in what ways
do sunni muslim alow the use of qiyas
Thursday, September 30, 2010 4:33:00 AM PDT
Ali Asad said...
yes. wat u mentioned, this for sunni Muslims and Aql is for shia muslim and
all this is the part of the syllabus.
Thursday, September 30, 2010 10:13:00 PM PDT
Anonymous said...
 do u knw were 2 get pakistan studies guess paper
Tuesday, October 5, 2010 11:26:00 AM PDT
Anonymous said...
aoa om name is fatima i dont get why in the past papers of islamiat in paper
1 we have to answer questions relating to pillars of islam and also hadith??
Wednesday, October 6, 2010 11:09:00 PM PDT
Ali Asad said...
Walaikum Assalam!
dont go far back to read past papers before than 2004. still some changes oo
cured in 2009. what you are talking about is before 2004.this is obslete now. fo
llow the new one.
Thursday, October 7, 2010 6:50:00 PM PDT
Anonymous said...
sir my name is talha and i am from aitchison college.i needed to ask that ho
w much should we write in surahs explanation such as in main theme only??
Saturday, October 9, 2010 5:29:00 AM PDT
Anonymous said...
aslam o alikum sir,my name is fatima shoaib and i am from O.P.F islamabad.my
problem is that i have a lot of information including quotations on the 4 calip
hs and when i write a question it becomes a bit too much lenghty.it's hard for m
e to summarise the que cauz then i feel like i am missing the important parts.wh
at should i do?and plz briefly tell me questions which come from the four caliph
s.i hope you will not ignore my problem and give me a reply soon.
Thursday, December 30, 2010 10:09:00 PM PST
Anonymous said...
hullo sir,my name is fatima shoaib and i am from OPF ISLAMABAD.my problem is
that i have alot of information on the four caliphs including quotations.when i
write a question it becomes too long and it is hard for me to summarize cauz i
think that every point is important.what should i do????and plz can u briefly te
ll me that which questions mostly come from caliphs???i hope you will not ignore
my questions.i anm waiting for your reply.
Thursday, December 30, 2010 11:32:00 PM PST
Anonymous said...
sir aoa am haseeb from roots school i dont know how to attempt hadith and su
rahs plz help
Friday, December 31, 2010 11:24:00 PM PST
Ali Asad said...
Walaikum Salam! Fatima, believe in you and in your God. Calm down and pray t
o Allah.try to concentrate on the required information.You need a lot of practic
e to attempt the past paper questions and then check them through marking scheme
.Mostly questions come on different aspects like major events, expansion, servic
es, conflicts,challenges. for detail consult to the past papers.
Saturday, January 1, 2011 2:02:00 AM PST
Ali Asad said...
haseeb, consult to my posting reharding quranic passages and Ahadith i.e. "f
requently asked questions......."
Saturday, January 1, 2011 2:07:00 AM PST
Anonymous said...
aoa sir...my son is studying in class 8th in army public school terbela.now
we are shifting to isd .i want to put them in beacon house but we are bit confus
sed whether to put him in o level or matric . could you please guide me what ass
esment should me made.
mrs ali
terbela ghazi
Sunday, January 2, 2011 11:24:00 PM PST
Ali Asad said...
Walaikum salam! mrs Ali,it depends on ur child and u as parents. i wud beter
sugest to go to olevels but if the student has no or least tendency towards ole
vels, it wud be wrong with him.
but once u take any decision, dont b shaky and stick to it. changing it in t
he middle or doing the experiment is really harmful for the child.
Monday, January 3, 2011 7:29:00 AM PST
sunyia said...
sir please can you tell me the syllabus of history? my name is sunny iam fro
m beacon house Lahore i know u r islamiat teacher but still if u know something
about history syllabus plz do tell me
Wednesday, January 5, 2011 12:50:00 AM PST
Ali Asad said...
sorry sunny.....i cant help u in this respect. better consult to ur teacher
or find it out on the university website
Wednesday, January 5, 2011 1:27:00 AM PST