Packet 9: Bonus 13
In the account of this action in the Qur’an, God bestows the primordial nature, or fitra, on a being he dubs his khalifa. For 10 points each:
[10e] Iblis refused to bow down because Allah accomplished what action using clay from black mud, as opposed to light for angels and smokeless fire for djinn?
ANSWER: creating humanity [accept synonyms such as making the first people; accept Adam and Hawa or Adam and Eve for “humanity”; prompt on creation alone; reject “the creation”]
[10h] The proximity of God is emphasized in Surah Qāf (“cough”), which states that, because he created humanity, Allah is closer than this component of the body.
ANSWER: jugular vein [or habal al-warid]
[10m] In the Mihna, this traditionalist was accused of anthropomorphizing God by stating that Adam was created with “divine form.” Saudi Arabia and Qatar use a school of fiqh named for this scholar who rejected consensus-based rulings.
ANSWER: Ahmad ibn Hanbal [accept Hanbali school or Hanbalism]
<HA, Beliefs> | NAFTA-Packet-9
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 37 | 12.43 | 97% | 24% | 3% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abbas I founded the Abbasids | The Unbearable Heaviness of History Players | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| UBC B | UBC A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 NAFTA at Stanford | 01/17/2026 | ✓ | 4 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
| 2026 NAFTA at UBC | 01/17/2026 | ✓ | 2 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA Online | 02/14/2026 | ✓ | 4 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| 2026 NAFTA at Vanderbilt | 02/14/2026 | ✓ | 3 | 13.33 | 100% | 33% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Toronto | 09/13/2025 | ✕ | 5 | 8.00 | 80% | 0% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Maryland | 09/27/2025 | ✓ | 5 | 10.00 | 80% | 20% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Harvard | 10/04/2025 | ✓ | 3 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Oxford | 10/11/2025 | ✓ | 3 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Chicago | 11/08/2025 | ✓ | 6 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Columbia | 11/08/2025 | ✓ | 5 | 12.00 | 100% | 20% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Richmond | 12/20/2025 | ✓ | 2 | 15.00 | 100% | 0% | 50% |