0493 is Cambridge IGCSE Islamiyat. This page explains what the code covers, which papers it is examined by, and which topics carry the most marks — counted from 275 real past-paper questions set between 2019 and 2026.
0493 is the Cambridge syllabus code for IGCSE Islamiyat.
ExamYard publishes a question book for this syllabus, covering the following:
Every topic in the 0493 banks, with how many questions and marks each has carried since 2019. The heaviest topics are where revision time pays back fastest.
| Topic | Questions | Marks |
|---|---|---|
| The Qur’an: Set Passages and their Themes | 26 | 274 |
| The History and Importance of the Qur’an | 22 | 308 |
| The Life of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) | 63 | 882 |
| The First Islamic Community | 27 | 378 |
| The Hadiths: Set Passages and their Teachings | 27 | 258 |
| The History and Importance of the Hadiths | 23 | 322 |
| The Rightly Guided Caliphs | 39 | 546 |
| The Articles of Faith | 15 | 210 |
| The Pillars of Islam and Jihad | 33 | 462 |
Heaviest topic: The Life of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), 882 marks across 63 questions.
Across every 0493 paper in these banks, the three heaviest topics are The Life of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) (882 marks), The Rightly Guided Caliphs (546 marks) and The Pillars of Islam and Jihad (462 marks). The first of those alone is about 24% of every mark on offer. The lightest is The Articles of Faith at 210 marks.
That matters because revising by whole past paper spreads your time evenly over topics the examiner does not weight evenly. Working topic by topic lets you spend the most time where the most marks are, and it shows you the handful of question shapes each topic actually uses rather than meeting one of them every few weeks.
Past papers are easiest to use when the questions are already sorted by topic, so you can finish one topic before starting the next instead of meeting it once every few papers. ExamYard prints the real Cambridge questions for IGCSE Islamiyat 0493 arranged that way, with the mark scheme kept separate from the question. Chapter 1 of every book is free to read, with no account and no email address.
0493 is Cambridge IGCSE Islamiyat.
The questions in these banks come from papers set between 2019 and 2026. Nothing older is included, because Cambridge changes syllabuses and older questions can test content that is no longer examined.
275 real Cambridge questions worth 3,640 marks, sorted by topic.