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The strategy behind this page. Long verses are impressive on paper and useless in an exam hall, because under pressure you will not recall them accurately — and a misquoted āyah costs more marks than no āyah at all. This page contains only short, famous verses of three to eight words, each chosen because it serves four or more topics across the syllabus.

Memorise these fifteen āyāt and twelve aḥādīth and you can supply scriptural evidence for essentially every topic in all seven themes.

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How to Use This Page

  1. Learn the Arabic phrase and a short English gist — not a full literary translation
  2. Attach each verse to a trigger word: justice → 16:90, consultation → 42:38, equality → 49:13
  3. In the exam, deploy two or three per twenty-mark answer — one in the introduction, one in the body, one near the conclusion. More than four reads as padding
  4. Always write Arabic first, then translation, then reference

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Honesty rule that protects your marks. If you are unsure of a verse number, write only the Sūrah name — "Sūrah al-Ḥujurāt" is safe, a wrong number is not. Likewise, ḥadīth numbering differs between printed editions, so naming the collection — "Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī" — is sufficient and safer than a number you half-remember.

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PART 1 — The Core Fifteen Āyāt

1. Equality and human dignity — the single most useful verse in the paper

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إِنَّ أَكْرَمَكُمْ عِندَ اللَّهِ أَتْقَاكُمْ

اردو: بے شک تم میں سب سے زیادہ عزت والا اللہ کے نزدیک وہ ہے جو سب سے زیادہ پرہیزگار ہے۔

English: "The most noble of you before Allah is the most righteous of you."

— Sūrah al-Ḥujurāt 49:13 · six words of Arabic

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Use it in: Human Respect & Dignity · Human Rights Granted in Islam · Last Sermon · Rights of Citizens · Dignity of Men and Women · Hajj · Social System · Islamophobia · Moral Values

2. Religious freedom

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لَا إِكْرَاهَ فِي الدِّينِ

اردو: دین میں کوئی زبردستی نہیں۔

English: "There is no compulsion in religion."

— Sūrah al-Baqarah 2:256 · four words — the shortest high-value verse in the syllabus

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Use it in: Rights of Citizens · Jihad · Extremism and Fundamentalism · Islamophobia · Madina Accord · Human Rights · Role of Islam in the Modern World

3. Consultative governance

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وَأَمْرُهُمْ شُورَىٰ بَيْنَهُمْ

اردو: اور ان کے کام آپس کے مشورے سے ہوتے ہیں۔

English: "And their affairs are decided by mutual consultation."

— Sūrah al-Shūrā 42:38 · three words

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Pair it with: وَشَاوِرْهُمْ فِي الْأَمْرِ — "And consult them in the matter" — Sūrah Āl-'Imrān 3:159

Use it in: Political System of Islam · Governance Structure · Public Administration · Qur'anic Guidance on Good Governance · Khilāfat-e-Rāshidah · Salient Features of the Islamic System

4. Justice and excellence