Mark Scheme (Results) Summer 2022 Pearson Edexcel GCSE In Religious Studies A (1RA0) Paper 4: Area of Study 4 – Textual Studies Option 4B: The Qur’an Edexcel and BTEC Qualifications

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Mark Scheme (Results) Summer 2022 Pearson Edexcel GCSE In Religious Studies A (1RA0) Paper 4: Area of Study 4 – Textual Studies Option 4B: The Qur’an Edexcel and BTEC Qualifications Edexcel... and BTEC qualifications are awarded by Pearson, the UK’s largest awarding body. We provide a wide range of qualifications including academic, vocational, occupational and specific programmes for employers. For further information visit our qualifications websites at www.edexcel.com or www.btec.co.uk. Alternatively, you can get in touch with us using the details on our contact us page at www.edexcel.com/contactus. Pearson: helping people progress, everywhere Pearson aspires to be the world’s leading learning company. Our aim is to help everyone progress in their lives through education. We believe in every kind of learning, for all kinds of people, wherever they are in the world. We’ve been involved in education for over 150 years, and by working across 70 countries, in 100 languages, we have built an international reputation for our commitment to high standards and raising achievement through innovation in education. Find out more about how we can help you and your students at: www.pearson.com/uk Summer 2022 Question Paper Log Number P70899A Publications Code 1RA0_4B_2206_MS All the material in this publication is copyright © Pearson Education Ltd 2022 General Marking Guidance • All candidates must receive the same treatment. Examiners must mark the first candidate in exactly the same way as they mark the last. • Mark schemes should be applied positively. Candidates must be rewarded for what they have shown they can do rather than penalised for omissions. • Examiners should mark according to the mark scheme not according to their perception of where the grade boundaries may lie. • There is no ceiling on achievement. All marks on the mark scheme should be used appropriately. • All the marks on the mark scheme are designed to be awarded. Examiners should always award full marks if deserved, i.e. if the answer matches the mark scheme. Examiners should also be prepared to award zero marks if the candidate’s response is not worthy of credit according to the mark scheme. • Where some judgement is required, mark schemes will provide the principles by which marks will be awarded and exemplification may be limited. • When examiners are in doubt regarding the application of the mark scheme to a candidate’s response, the team leader must be consulted. • Crossed out work should be marked UNLESS the candidate has replaced it with an alternative response. Question number Answer Reject Mark 1(a) AO1 3 marks Award one mark for each way identified up to a maximum of three. • Muslims call out Allah’s oneness in the call to prayer (1) • They affirm his oneness in the Salah prayers (1) • Muslims keep mosques free from images and idols (1) • Allah’s oneness is whispered in a baby’s ear when it is born (1) • Muslims remember Allah’s oneness during dhikr (1). Accept any other valid response. • Lists (maximum of one mark) (3) Question number Answer Reject Mark 1(b) AO1 4 marks Award one mark for providing a way. Award a second mark for development of the way. Up to a maximum of four. • Allah as Merciful shows he will forgive believers (1). Muslims can seek his mercy through repentance (1) • Allah as Creator shows only he is worthy of worship (1). Humanity has been created for this purpose (1) • Allah as Judge shows that life is a test (1). Allah will judge fairly (1). Accept any other valid response. • Repeated way /development • Development that does not relate both to the way given and to the question. (4) Question number Answer Reject Mark 1(c) AO1 5 marks Award one mark for each way. Award further marks for each development of the way up to a maximum of four marks. Award one further mark for any relevant source of wisdom or authority. • The Qur’an demands justice in all circumstances (1). Even if this may mean standing against yourself or your family (1). ‘O you who have believed, be persistently standing firm in justice, witnesses for Allah, even if it be against yourselves or parents and relatives’ (Surah 4:135) (1) • Muslims must always speak the truth (1). They cannot refuse to give testimony (1). ‘And if you distort [your testimony] or refuse (to give it), then indeed Allah is ever, with what you do, Acquainted.’ (Surah 4:135 (1). • The Qur’an should be used to judge right from wrong (1) as it is the source of justice (1). ‘We have revealed to you, (O Muhammad), the Book in truth so you may judge between people by that which Allah has shown you’ (Surah 1:105) (1) Accept any other valid response. • Repeated way/ development • Development that does not relate both to the way and to the question • Reference to a source of wisdom that does not relate to the way given. (5) Question number Indicative content Mark 1(d) AO2 12 marks, SPaG 3 marks Candidates must underpin their analysis and evaluation with knowledge and understanding. Candidates will be required to demonstrate thorough knowledge and understanding as well as accuracy of religion and belief when responding to the question and in meeting AO2 descriptors. AO2 Arguments for the statement: • Muslim teachings on shirk mean that they cannot accept any other deity or power as equal to Allah or worthy of worship. This means they reject the deities of other religions and regard their beliefs about them as false • It means that Muslims cannot accept any other faith as valid as they cannot be seen to be accepting their teachings. Only belief in the strict monotheism of Tawhid is acceptable • Teachings on shirk make Islam an exclusivist religion with some Muslims trying to convert people of other faiths to Islam. This can harm relations with other religions. Arguments against the statement: • Islam encourages a close relationship with other monotheist faiths, for example the Qur’an refers to Christians as ‘nearest in love’ to Muslims (Surah 5:82). It refers to Christians and Jews as People of the Book and belief in the Judaeo/Christian prophets and holy books is part of the Six Beliefs of Islam • Sufi Muslims have a pluralistic outlook. They regard all religions with respect as they believe they all share aspects of the same message. They are regarded as different paths to the same universal truth • Many Muslim organisations and leaders work together with other religions to bring about positive changes in their communities. They have good interfaith relations and work together, for example, through charities and to share commemorations and celebrations. Accept any other valid response. (15) Candidates who do not consider different viewpoints within the religious tradition or non-religious viewpoints (as instructed in the question) cannot achieve marks beyond Level 2. Level Mark Descripto [Show More]

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