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75 Cards in this Set
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Adhan |
call to salat, the ritual presecribed prayers |
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akhira |
the hereafter, aftelife |
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allah |
arabic word for the supreme deity, god |
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ansar |
helpers. persons in medina who aided and allied themselves with muhammad |
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aya, ayah |
sign, pointer. used for a "verse" in the Qur'an. plural is ayat |
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Basmalah |
opening words of 113 Surahs, "in the name of allah, the all merciful, the all-compassionate |
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Bid'ah |
innovation. practice or belief not from the Qur'an, Sunna or earliest traditions |
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Dajjal |
deceiver, "antichrist" |
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Dhikr |
rememberance; sufi practice of repeating or remembering God's name to becme more conscious of God's presents |
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Din, Deen |
Divine sovereignty, obedience to God, religion, meeting our rewards and punishment |
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Emigrants |
Muharijirun. Persons who left Makka for Yathrib/Medina on the Hijra |
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Fiqh |
islamic jurisprudence |
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Fitna |
Ordeal, tribulation, or serious testing |
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Hadith |
Collection or parts of a collection of Muhammad's sunna |
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Hajj |
one of Islam's five pillars; obligatory pilgrimmage to makka, undertaken in the month of Dhul-l-Hijjah |
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Hanif |
monotheist |
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Hashim |
Clan within the tribe of Quraysh. Muhammad is a member of the clan |
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Hijra, Hijrah |
Departure from Makka for Medina, beginning of Muslim Era, 622 |
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Iblis |
The Evil One, Satan, also called Shaytan |
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Iftar |
The evening meal that breaks the fast during the Ramadan |
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Ihram |
Two-piece, white garment worn by Muslim men during the Hajj |
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Ihsan |
Living in God's consciousness |
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Ilah |
Arabic word for something worthy of worship, a god or deity |
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Imam |
Basic meaning: Leader in prayer. Extended: the Leader, interpreter-commentator with followers |
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Iman |
Faith |
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Injil |
Gospel. Allah's message and book brought by Jesus |
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Isra |
Prophet Muhammad's journey from Makka to Jerusalem |
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Itjihad |
Use of reason in interpretation and legal decisions |
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Jahiliyya |
age of ignorance |
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Jihad |
"Strive, effort, struggle" to follow Islam; can include defense of the faith, armed struggle |
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Jinn |
Spiritual beings made from smokeless fire, some are obedient to Allah, some allied with Satan |
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Kalam |
Islamic theology |
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Kafir |
unbeliever |
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Khalifah |
Caliph. Leader of Muslim community after Muhammad |
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Kitab |
Book. Often used of the Qur'an or earlier books given by prophets and messengers |
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Masjid |
Arabic word for mosque. Place of prostration, prayer. Muslim worship center |
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Messenge |
Prophet, often described as revealing a book from God. Sometimes rendered into Engish as "Apostle". Arabic Word is a Rasul |
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Mihrab |
Position of the Qibla marked often with an indentation on the wall |
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Miraj |
Prophet of Muhammad's ascension from Jerusalem to the 7 heavens |
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Muhajirun |
Emigrants. persons who left Makka for Yathrib/Medina on the Hijra |
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Munafiq |
hypocrite |
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mushrik |
idolater |
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nifaq |
hypocrisy |
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People of the Book |
Jews and Christians. Later includes Hindus and Zoroastrians |
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Prophets |
Persons inspired by God to proclaim the Message |
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Qibla, Qiblah |
Direction of prayer toward the Ka'bah in Makka |
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Qur'an |
Scripture-Proclamation-Message started to be revealed to Muhammad by the angel Gabriel on Mt. Hira during the Night of Power, 610CE. Directly from God |
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Quraysh |
Tribe in control of Makka. Muhammad's tribe |
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Ramadan |
Month during the Muslim year during which Muslims fast totally during the day |
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Rasul |
Arabic word for messenger |
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Sahabah or Ashab |
Companions. Sahib is singular. Those Muslims who saw Muhammad, and died as a Muslim |
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Salat |
One of 5 pillars. Five prayers each day |
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Sawm |
one of five pillars. Fasting during Ramadan |
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Shahadah |
First of five pillars. confession of faith "I testify that there is nothing worthy of worship but God and I testify that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah" |
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Shari'ah |
God's law in its quality as divine and presented in the Qur'an and Sunna |
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Shaytan |
The Evil one, Satan. Also called Iblis. Sometimes used for a devil |
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Shi'ia, Shi'ism |
"Party of Ali" Muslims who believe Ali was rightful first Caliph. Sense of Muhammad's Makkan family was specially gifted to be leaders of the umma. 10% |
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Shirk |
Idolatry. Worshiping something or someone other than God |
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Sirat al-Mustaqim |
The Straight way, the straight path |
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Sunna, Sunnah |
Traditions of the customs and sayings of Muhammad |
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Sunni |
Largest branch of Muslims |
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Surah, Sura |
A "chapter" of the Qur'an |
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Tafsir |
interpretation of the Qur'an |
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Taqwa |
The piety that comes from the awe of God |
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Tasawwuf |
Islamic mysticism |
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Tawaf |
Cicrumambulation around the Kaba in Makka counterclockwise |
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Tawrah |
Torah. God's message and book given to Moses |
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Ulama |
Recognized and authoritative Muslim scholars |
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Umma |
Muslim community extended in time and space |
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Wahy |
revelation from God |
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Wudu |
Ablution; ritual cleansing to perform the salt prayer |
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Yawm al-Din |
Day of Judegement |
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Zabur |
Psalms; God's message and book given to David |
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Zakat |
one of five pillars. "alms" given to poor |
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good job |
hang in there |
