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Resources, videos, past papers and curriculum guidance for Cambridge IGCSE Islamiyat 0493.
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IGCSEA space for video lessons and topic explanations.
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Explore resources and course guidance for Cambridge International AS & A Level Islamic Studies 9488.
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MR NADAT · IGCSE
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A practical method for identifying a passage’s central teaching and explaining its significance in Muslim life.
Organise historical knowledge and connect events in the life of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) to their significance.
Plan an answer, choose evidence and review your writing.
MR NADAT · IGCSE
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Open Cambridge’s collection of past question papers, examiner reports and specimen papers for IGCSE Islamiyat 0493.
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For Cambridge IGCSE Islamiyat 0493 in 2026–2027, the qualification has two 90-minute papers, worth 50 marks each. In each paper, answer Questions 1 and 2 and two further questions. Check the instructions on the paper before starting.
Paper 1 covers the Qur’an, the Prophet’s life and the early community. Paper 2 covers Hadith, the Rightly Guided Caliphs, beliefs and religious practices.
Use the study guides alongside your lesson sequence, prescribed texts and official assessment guidance. The exam-technique page offers a routine for reading, recall, practice and review.
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Study guides, original practice questions and support for clear exam answers.
Develop explanations that connect religious ideas, evidence and practice for AS Islamic Studies.
A structured approach to revising sources, reasoning and different perspectives in AS Islamic Studies.
Plan an answer, choose evidence and review your writing.
These starter resources support AS study; they are not a complete A Level course.
MR NADAT · AS/A Level
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Prepare before you practise →MR NADAT · AS/A Level
Syllabus guidance, assessment structure and support for planning teaching and learning.
AS candidates for Cambridge Islamic Studies 9488 take Papers 1 and 2: beliefs and practices, and Islamic law and its application. Each lasts 90 minutes and carries 50 marks. Knowledge and understanding, and analysis and evaluation, each account for half the AS assessment.
For the complete AS & A Level requirements, use the official syllabus below and confirm your course choices with your school.
Use the study guides alongside your lesson sequence, prescribed texts and official assessment guidance. The exam-technique page offers a routine for reading, recall, practice and review.
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STUDY SKILLS · IGCSE & AS
A simple routine for making your revision count when you sit down to write.
Identify the topic, the command word and any limit on the question. Asking about the importance of an event is different from asking for an account of it. Before writing, put the task into your own words in a short phrase.
Write down a few points that directly answer the question. Match each one with a supporting detail, example or text from your course. Leave out facts that you remember well but cannot connect to this task.
After giving evidence, explain why it supports the point. Read your paragraph as if the reader cannot see your reasoning. Replace broad statements such as “this was important” with the specific effect or significance you mean.
For IGCSE, develop accurate knowledge and clear explanations of significance. For AS evaluation tasks, consider relevant perspectives and justify a judgement. Use the official mark scheme for your exact paper to check what is being assessed; one paragraph formula will not fit every question.
First check relevance. Then check accuracy, including names and quotations. Finally check whether each paragraph develops an idea. Keep a short record of recurring errors and target one of them in your next practice answer.
A 25-MINUTE STUDY SESSION
This is a suggested revision routine, not an exam timing rule.
Past papers are useful for learning question styles and practising under time pressure. They cannot reliably reveal future questions. Revise the full syllabus and use any forecast as extra practice, not as a reason to exclude topics.
ABOUT MR NADAT ISLAMIC STUDIES
A growing, independent study library for Islamic Studies learners.
Mr Nadat Islamic Studies offers selected starter study guides, original practice questions and answer-planning advice. The first edition focuses on Cambridge IGCSE Islamiyat 0493 and AS Islamic Studies 9488. It is not a complete course or a replacement for your teacher, textbooks or official syllabus.
The study guidance was drafted with AI assistance. Exam structure and availability information were checked against the official sources linked below on 8 September 2026. The lesson content has not yet undergone independent subject-specialist review. No teacher credentials, exam-board endorsement or guaranteed grades are claimed.
Questions on this site are original learning exercises. Answer plans are suggestions for organising a response, not official marking instructions. We do not publish leaked papers or claim to know future examination questions.
Check your board, syllabus code, exam year and paper with your school. Set texts, course choices and exam availability may change. Official documents take precedence over this website.
IGCSE · PASSAGE STUDY
A practical method for identifying a passage’s central teaching and explaining its significance in Muslim life.
Starter study guide · Updated 8 September 2026
Begin with one passage from the set texts for your examination year. Read the Arabic alongside a recognised English translation and your class notes. Write down its main idea in one sentence. Keep the difference between what the passage says and your own explanation clear.
Give your card three headings: teaching, supporting detail and significance. Under teaching, state the central idea. Under supporting detail, identify the words or ideas in the passage that support your reading. Under significance, explain a specific connection to belief or conduct. This makes the card a tool for understanding rather than a copied translation.
A statement such as “this helps Muslims” is incomplete. Ask yourself how the teaching might influence a decision, an attitude or an action. Then explain the connection. Be careful not to attribute a teaching to a passage simply because the idea is generally associated with Islam.
Close your notes and reconstruct the three parts. Reopen the passage, check the accuracy of your explanation and correct any missing link. Repeat with a second passage instead of memorising a single answer for every text.
PUT IT INTO PRACTICE · ORIGINAL QUESTION
Choose one prescribed Qur’an passage. Explain a central teaching and how it could influence a Muslim’s daily conduct.
This is an unmarked study exercise, not an official exam question or mark scheme.
Cambridge 0493 syllabus, 2026–2027 ↗. Study the complete prescribed content with your teacher and course materials.
IGCSE · HISTORY & SIGNIFICANCE
Organise historical knowledge and connect events in the life of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) to their significance.
Starter study guide · Updated 8 September 2026
A useful event card has five prompts: context, people, sequence, outcome and significance. These prompts help you organise what you have learned without trying to memorise a whole textbook paragraph. Verify names, dates and the sequence using your prescribed resources.
An account answers what happened. An explanation makes clear why an event or action mattered. Practise both using the same event: first write a short factual account, then write a separate paragraph about its importance. You can then select the material that fits the actual question.
General descriptions of good character need support. Choose an action or decision from the event you have studied, explain the quality it illustrates and connect that quality to the question. Avoid adding a quotation unless you can reproduce it accurately and identify its source.
Compare two events in your notes. What challenge arose in each? How was it addressed? What changed afterwards? This is a revision exercise: in an exam, only include comparisons when they help answer the question asked.
PUT IT INTO PRACTICE · ORIGINAL QUESTION
Choose an event you have studied from the Prophet’s life. Explain how it can illustrate a quality of leadership.
This is an unmarked study exercise, not an official exam question or mark scheme.
Cambridge 0493 syllabus, 2026–2027 ↗. Study the complete prescribed content with your teacher and course materials.
AS LEVEL · PAPER 1
Develop explanations that connect religious ideas, evidence and practice for AS Islamic Studies.
Starter study guide · Updated 8 September 2026
Choose a belief or practice from your course. Define it in your own words, then check the definition against your learning materials. A short, accurate definition gives your answer a clearer starting point than a broad introduction to the whole subject.
Use three questions to develop your notes: what is believed, how is that belief expressed, and why might that expression matter? For example, a study of prayer can consider its relationship to devotion, discipline and community. Support each connection with the relevant material you have actually studied.
Introducing a text is only the first step. Explain which part of it supports your point and why. Avoid assembling a list of quotations with no commentary. Where interpretations differ, describe the perspective accurately rather than assuming all Muslims understand or practise everything in the same way.
For a question that asks you to evaluate a claim, consider a relevant alternative view and explain your conclusion. A judgement should follow from the discussion. It does not become stronger simply because it is expressed confidently.
PUT IT INTO PRACTICE · ORIGINAL QUESTION
“Religious practice is the clearest expression of belief.” Discuss this claim using material you have studied.
This is an unmarked study exercise, not an official exam question or mark scheme.
Cambridge 9488 syllabus, 2027–2029 ↗. Study the complete prescribed content with your teacher and course materials.
AS LEVEL · PAPER 2
A structured approach to revising sources, reasoning and different perspectives in AS Islamic Studies.
Starter study guide · Updated 8 September 2026
Organise your revision notes so that a source, a method of interpretation and a conclusion are not treated as the same thing. For each example in your course, record what evidence is used, how the argument works and what conclusion is reached.
When studying two schools or perspectives, choose the same issue for both. Use a comparison table with columns for the position, supporting evidence, reasoning and implications. This makes the point of agreement or difference easier to identify.
A difference in conclusion may reflect different reasoning or treatment of evidence. Describe the specific difference you have studied. Avoid broad claims that a tradition has no reasoning or that one view represents every Muslim. Use the terminology in your course accurately.
Ask what each argument explains well and what questions it leaves open. Support your judgement with the example under discussion. For assessment, follow the scope of the question and the schools or groups prescribed or selected for your course.
PUT IT INTO PRACTICE · ORIGINAL QUESTION
Why might interpreters reach different conclusions about the same issue? Discuss with reference to an example studied in your course.
This is an unmarked study exercise, not an official exam question or mark scheme.
Cambridge 9488 syllabus, 2027–2029 ↗. Study the complete prescribed content with your teacher and course materials.
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