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42 Cards in this Set
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the supreme God
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Allah
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"dikhr" characteristics of personal God
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99 beautiful names
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The birthplace of Muhammad, it is the holiest city of Islam and a pilgrimage site for all devout believers of the faith
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mecca
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"cube"
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kabah
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"people who submit"
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muslims
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"submission" or "srurrender"
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Islam
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"assalamu alaykum"
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peace be upon you
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journey from Mecca to Jerusalem and his assent to and return from heaven during the same night where he brought back God's commandment of the five daily compulsory prayers
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the night journey or night of assent
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the name for the muslim community, following the Quran
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ummah
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a place of prostration(arabic for mosque)
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masjid
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place of worship or prostration
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mosque
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chanter
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muezzin
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tower
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minaret
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call to prayer
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adhan
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a special arched niche in a masjid, indicating Meccas's direction
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mihrab
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the direction of mecca; the direction of prayer
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qiblah
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day of assembly(friday)
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Yawm al-Jum'ah
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two-part sermon of friday prayer
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kutbah
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What are the 5 pillars of Islam?
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Shahadah, salat, zakat, sawm, hajj
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"witness" refers to the first pillar, the muslim creed
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shahadah
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five ritual daily prayers
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salat
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charity to the poor; annual tax on all one owns
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zakat
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fasting during ramadan
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sawm
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pilgrimage to mecca
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hajj
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idolatry
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shirk
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the ninth month of the muslim calander, the mnth of fasting.
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ramadan
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recitation, the holy scriptures of islam; the revelations of muhammad
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qur'an
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chapters in the Quaran
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surahs
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muhammad, the last of all messengers
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"seal of the prophets"
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Qur'an the last/perfect revelation
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"seal of revelation"
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"recollections' or "narratives" concerning words/deeds of Muhammad; rememberance
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hadiths
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tradition implying the quran and hadiths as a collective authority
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sunna
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majority "tradition" of Islam, stressing practical, "democratic" leadership and the valuable role of reason, scholarship, and schools
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sunni
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minority "faction" of Islam, stressing hereditary, charismatic leadership
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shiite
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islamic mystic, emphasizing extinction of self & passionate, loving union, w/Allah
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sufi
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to strive/struggle; often used to name a "holy war"
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jihad
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religious leader, especially in the hereditary lineage of shiite islam
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imam
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successor, a practical/democratic leader of the Ummah, in Sunni Islam
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caliph
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a devotional remembrance of allah, through recitation of Allah's 99 names
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dhikr
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extinction of self in the mystical experience of sufis
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fana
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"path" refers to the entire body of laws guiding the believer's life
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shariah
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all life organized under the rule of God
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theocracy
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