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61 Cards in this Set
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Tabshir |
Western styles of evangelism (more radical politicized Islam) |
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Isti'mar |
Western colonialism/imperialism |
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Ishtiraq |
Orientalism (occidentalism - characteristic of the West as mass of souless religious individuals) |
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Quran |
Final revelation; importance is the recitation |
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Umm al-kitab |
Root of all knowledge |
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al-Furqan |
Discernment |
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al-Huda |
Guide |
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Barakah |
Grace/blessing |
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Fatiha |
Mother of the Quran - Umm al-Koran (addressed to Allah, akin to Lord's prayer) |
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Amin |
amen |
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Sura |
"chapters" in Quran |
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Ayat |
"verses"/miracles |
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Hanifiyya |
Their identification with Abraham, even predating Muhammad |
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Saracen |
People of the desert |
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Quraysh |
Muhammad's tribe |
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al-Lah |
Name of God |
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Ka'aba |
Black stone in Mecca |
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Hajj |
Pilgrimage to Ka'aba |
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Hadith |
The sayings |
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Shari'ah |
The Law |
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Jahiliyah |
Time of ignorance |
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Qhazu |
Tribes raiding each other |
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Jinni |
Evil spirits |
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Tawwaf |
7 rituals circumambulations of the Ka'aba following the direction of the sun |
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al-Lat, al-Uzzah, Manat |
Daughters of al-Lah; shrines of them |
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Hubal |
pre-Muhammad god; presiding effigy pre-al-Lah |
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Khadija |
Muhammad's first wife |
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Ummi |
illiterate; Muhammad was illiterate which makes it more miraculous hence ayat = miracles |
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Salat |
Prayer, first praying twice then moved to hundreds then negotiated to five by Muhammad |
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Zakat |
Alms-giving |
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Zanna |
Mystery? Guesswork or speculation, therefore we are not to speculate about God's revelation but to receive it |
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Kafirs |
Unbelievers |
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Satanic verses |
Pivotal point in establishing monotheism |
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Hijra |
Emigration; turning point for a new direction becoming more hostile and political New Identity |
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Qibla |
Direction towards Mecca to pray, instead of Jerusalem |
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Battle of Badr |
Turning point, everybody in Arabia took notice of Muhammad's success |
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Hijab |
Veil |
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Abu Talib |
Muhammad's protector |
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Shahada |
Muslim profession of faith, "bear no witness that there is no god but al-Lah" |
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Shirk |
Sin of idolatry, associating mere creatures with al-Lah |
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Ta'wil |
Symbolic interpretation; search for inner meaning that demands the individual also penetrate the depths of his or her own being. Literally means to take something back to its beginning or origin |
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Miraj |
Muhammad's ascend to heaven |
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Jihad |
Holy war |
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Furqan |
Salvation event; like Red Sea crossing, or revelation of Quran |
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Aisha |
Muhammad's young wife |
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Ishmael |
Ancestor of Arabs; built Ka'aba with his father, Abraham - gave Muhammad impetus to see that God had forgotten the Arabs |
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Jews of Qurayzah |
Conflict with Muhammad led to their extermination |
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Abu Bakr |
Successor to Muhammad |
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Caliph |
Chief Muslim rulers |
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Qaswa |
Muhammad's camel |
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Tawwaf |
Circling, one of Islamic rituals of pilgrimage |
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Fat'h |
Victory |
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Shiah-i Ali |
Shia of Ali, trying to hold on to tribalism |
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Hudaybiyah |
treaty for peaceful pilgrimage to Mecca |
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Sakina |
The spirit of peace and tranquility |
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Maryam |
Muhammad's concubine, who carried his child |
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Hasan |
Son of Ali |
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Husayn |
Son of Ali; refused to accept Ummayad Caliphate and was killed |
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Ibrahim |
Maryam & Muhammad's son |
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House of Islam |
Umma, people who have submitted to Islam; rule of life |
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House of War |
Struggle to be, it could be physical struggle; could be war |
