Islam
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Qibla | Direction to face when praying |
| Qur'an | Holy book of Islam dictated by God |
| Sunna | The practice of the Prophet |
| Umma | Single universal community |
| Jihad | Striving |
| Shi'ia | Minority variant who are followers of Ali |
| Suras | Chapters of the Qur'an |
| Mosque | Islamic place of public worship |
| Circumambulation | Ceremonial 'walking around' a sacred object |
| Hadith | A collection of stories about Muhammad's deeds |
| Sunni | Majority variant of Islam |
| Mecca | Sacred city of Islam |
| Muslim | One who surrenders |
| Islam | Surrender |
| Quraysh | Tribe of Muhammad |
| Ali | Cousin and son-in-law of Muhammad |
| Abu Talib | Muhammad's Uncle |
| Hashim | Muhammad's clan |
| Ka'ba | Centre of pilgrimage worship |
| Khadija | Muhammad's first wife |
| Muhammad | Name for 'highly praised' |
| Night of Destiny | First time Muhammad receives the recitation |
| Hijra | Migration - relation to Madina |
| Sheik | Chief of tribe |
| Jinn | Pre-Islamic spirits, usually evil |
| Bedouin | Desert |
| Clan | A family group composed of several related families |
| Tribe | A group of clans acting like a community |
| Caliph | Successor to Muhammad in all aspects aside from prophet-hood |
| Umar | The 2nd rightly guided caliph who fixed the calendar to 622CE |
| Uthman | The 3rd rightly guided caliph who published the first definitive Qur'an |
| Imam | Decendants of Muhammad who Shi'ia believe still provide divine guidance and reveal the inner meaning of the Qur'an |
| Ayatollahs | An example of the Majtahids whose name literally translates to 'sign of God' |
| Mujtahids | Learned men of the Shi'ia community who can interpret Islamic law through deductive reasoning (Qiyas) |
| Tawhid | The belief in the oneness of Allah as expressed in the Shahada |
| Rusul | The belief in prophets as the messengers of Allah |
| Akhira | The beliefs about life after death |
| Aqida | The 7 summarised beliefs of Islam (by Muhammad) |
| Angels | Intermediaries between Allah and humanity |
| Predestination | The Islamic belief that all outcomes are already determined by Allah |
| Jurisprudence | The theory or a system of laws applied in a particular country |
| Ulama | Islamic lawyers who are recognised as being most knowledgeable in matters of religious law |
| Qiyas | The principles of reason and the mechanism of analogy used to elaborate existing law |
| Ijma | Consensus by Ulama in Sunni Islam relating to applying old teachings to new situations |
| Mufti | Chief judge in Islam who can issue a fatwa |
| Fatwa | A formal opinion released by a mufti relating to a particular matter of law, which holds considerable authority |
| Shari'ah | Sacred law of Islam |
| Shahada | Profession of faith in Allah as sole deity and Muhammad as final messenger |
| Salat | Ritual prayer 5 times daily (morning, noon, afternoon, sunset, after dusk before midnight) |
| Zakat | Charity - "a loan to God" representing 2.5% of one's income donated by those 16 years and older who can afford it |
| Ramadan | Abstinence from food, drink, sex, stimulants during daylight hours of 9th lunar month in commemoration of the Prophet's "Night of Destiny" |
| Hajj | Pilgrimage to Mecca to be made by every Muslim at least once in a lifetime |
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