Vocabulary: The Muslim World (Ch 10)
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Malay | English |
|---|---|
| Allah |  God, Arabic word |
| Muhammad | Founder of Islam, considered greatest prophet in Islam |
| Islam | A monotheistic religion that developed in Arabia in 7th century, means "submission to the will of Allah." |
| Muslim | A follower of Islam, means "one who has submitted." |
| Hijrah | Muhammad's migration from Mecca to (Yahrib) to Medina |
| Mosque | An Islamic place of worship |
| Hajj | A pilgrimage to Mecca, performed as a duty by Muslims |
| Qur'an | The holy book of Islam |
| Sunna | An Islamic model for living, based on the life and teachings of Muhammad |
| Shari'a | A body of law governing the lives of Muslims |
| Bedouins | Arab nomads |
| Ka'aba | Shrine in Mecca |
| Mecca | Islamic holy city in present-day Saudi Arabia |
| Medina | Earlier name for the city of Yathrib. Muhammad moved here from Mecca in the migration known as the Hijrah |
| Five Pillars of Islam | Declaration of faith,prayer, alms, fasting, and pilgrimage |
| Caliph | A supreme political and religious leader in a Muslim government |
| Umayyads | A dynasty that ruled the Muslim Empire from 661 to 750 and later established a kingdom in al-Andalus |
| Shi'a | The branch of Islam whose members acknowledge Ali and his descendants as the rightful successors of Muhammad |
| Sunni | A branch of Islam whose members acknowledge the first four caliphs as the rightful successors of Muhammad |
| Sufi | A Muslim who seeks to achieve direct contact with God though mystical means |
| Abbasids | A dynasty that ruled much of the Muslim Empire from 750 to about 1250 |
| Al-Andalus | A Muslim-ruled region in what is now Spain, established by the Berbers in the eighth century A.D. |
| The Fatimids | Members of a Muslim dynasty that traced its ancestry to Muhammad's daughter Fatima. They built an Empire in North Africa and Syria in the 10-12th century. |
| House of Wisdom | Combination library, academy, and translation center in Baghdad established in the 800s. |
| Calligraphy | Art of beautiful handwriting. |
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