We counted every question in our own IGCSE Islamiyat 0493 question bank — 275 questions worth 3,640 marks, 2019 to 2026 — and sorted them into the 9 chapters of the syllabus. The Life of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) carries the most marks.
Every chapter, heaviest first
| Chapter | Questions | Marks | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Life of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) | 63 | 882 | 24.2% | |
| The Rightly Guided Caliphs | 39 | 546 | 15.0% | |
| The Pillars of Islam and Jihad | 33 | 462 | 12.7% | |
| The First Islamic Community | 27 | 378 | 10.4% | |
| The History and Importance of the Hadiths | 23 | 322 | 8.8% | |
| The History and Importance of the Qur’an | 22 | 308 | 8.5% | |
| The Qur’an: Set Passages and their Themes | 26 | 274 | 7.5% | |
| The Hadiths: Set Passages and their Teachings | 27 | 258 | 7.1% | |
| The Articles of Faith | 15 | 210 | 5.8% |
The top 3 of 9 chapters hold half the marks in the bank. The three heaviest are The Life of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), The Rightly Guided Caliphs, The Pillars of Islam and Jihad. The lightest is The Articles of Faith, at 5.8% of the marks.
Inside the chapters
| Sub-topic | Chapter | Questions | Marks |
|---|---|---|---|
| The set Hadiths | The Hadiths: Set Passages and their Teachings | 20 | 160 |
| ʿAli | The Rightly Guided Caliphs | 10 | 140 |
| Abu Bakr | The Rightly Guided Caliphs | 10 | 140 |
| ʿUmar | The Rightly Guided Caliphs | 9 | 126 |
| ʿUthman | The Rightly Guided Caliphs | 8 | 112 |
| Compilation of the Qur’an | The History and Importance of the Qur’an | 7 | 98 |
| His character and example | The Life of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) | 7 | 98 |
| Preaching in Makka and the opposition he faced | The Life of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) | 7 | 98 |
| His leading Companions | The First Islamic Community | 7 | 98 |
| Essay questions on the set Hadiths | The Hadiths: Set Passages and their Teachings | 7 | 98 |
How to use this
Revise the heaviest chapters first. A chapter worth 24% of the marks deserves more than one worth 5.8%.
Use it to decide what to practise, not what to skip. A light chapter can still be the difference between two grades, and Cambridge can set anything on the syllabus.
Check yourself chapter by chapter rather than by whole papers, so a weak topic shows up while there is still time to fix it.
These are ExamYard’s own figures: the questions in our IGCSE Islamiyat 0493 question bank, grouped into the chapter of the syllabus each one tests, and added up by the marks each carries. No question text, mark scheme or examiner report is reproduced on this page. The printed book and the online bank are counted separately, so the totals on this page need not match the book’s own page.