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12 Cards in this Set
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Qur’an |
sacred scripture; is understood as divine revelation—the direct word of Allah— only in original Arabic; revealed over many years |
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sura |
chapter of Qur’an |
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sunnah |
a saying or action of Muhammad during his lifetime, as witnessed by one of the fifty companions; are recorded in the collections of hadith |
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hadith |
the collected sayings and actions of Muhammad, along with their history of transmission; there are four major collections |
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hajj |
the pilgrimage to Mecca, required once in lifetime for all those physically and financially able; one of Five Pillars; recreates key elements in tradition |
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ramadan |
month-long fast -during daylight hours; expected of ll except children, the sick, pregnant; one of Five Pillars |
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hijra |
the migration from Mecca, where Muhammad was scorned by many, to Medina, where community had invited him as leader; marks Islamic calendar |
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imam |
the religious leader in mosque, selected by that local community; in Shi’a tradition also refers to the series of imams held to be true successors of Muhammad |
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jihad |
means ‘effort’ or ‘struggle’-can be within oneself, or in protecting the ummah; in contemporary media, often translated as holy war. |
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sharia |
the body of Islamic law, based on the interpretation of Qur’an and hadith by religious experts; there are four main schools of sharia |
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mecca |
holiest place for Islam and site of the Hajj, located in Saudi Arabia; was a center of economic activity and religious pilgrimage even before Muhammad |
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ka'bah |
the black rock in Mecca that is an ancient shrine and the center of the hajj pilgrimage |
