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Flashcards by Jeni McClean, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Jeni McClean
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| Question | Answer |
| Muslim | One who has submitted to the will of Allah |
| Islam | The name of the religion followed by Muslims. To surrender to the will of God. Peace. |
| Allah | The Islamic name for God. |
| Tawhid | The Oneness of God. It refers to the unity of Allah. |
| Monotheistic | One God belief |
| Supremacy | Supreme power or authority, A quality of God |
| Qur'an | The Holy Book revealed to the Prophet Muhammad by the angel Jibril. Allah's final revelation to humankind. |
| Sunnah | Teachings and deeds of Muhammad |
| Sunni | Muslims who believe in the successorship of Abu Bakr, Umar, Uthman and Ali. |
| Shi'a | Muslims who believe in the Imamate, successorship of Ali. |
| Immanent | The belief that Allah is close to humanity and involved in the world |
| Transcendent | Allah is outside and beyond the earth |
| Omnipotent | Almighty, having unlimited power |
| Beneficient | Literally "doing good". One of the 99 Beautiful Names of Allah, it refers to the generosity that Allah shows to humans. |
| Merciful | Quality of Allah that shows compassion or forgiveness to humans |
| Fairness | This refers to Allah's justice. He treats all humans equally and as they deserve. |
| Justice (Adalat in Shi'a Islam) | Idea that Allah is just and fair and judges human actions - rewards and punishes |
| Angels | They are spiritual beings created from elements of light. They gave Gods messages to the prophets and watch over humans |
| Day of Judgment | The day when Allah will decide about individual deeds, good and bad, and on reward or punishment. |
| Jibril | The most important of the archangels and spoke with many of the prophets of Allah. Jibril dictated the Qur'an to Muhammad. Arabic name for Gabriel |
| Mika'il | One of the most important angels. He gives spiritual and material help to humans. He will reward the righteous and bring nourishment to humans. |
| Predestination | This is the idea that everything that happens has been decided already by Allah. |
| Akhirah | Everlasting life after death |
| Resurrection | Rising from the dead or returning to life. |
| Heaven | State of eternal happiness in the presence of Allah |
| Hell | The state of total separation form Allah |
| Prophet | Person who proclaims the message from God |
| Risalah | Belief that prophets are a channel of communication between God and humans. |
| Prophethood | When Gd make someone a prophet to communicate his message to people. |
| Iblis (Satan) | Spiritual being created from fire who was thrown out of paradise for refusing to bow to Adam. |
| Ka'aba | The black covered cube-shaped building in the centre of the grand mosque in Makkah. All Muslims face towards it when they pray. Holiest place in Islam. |
| Id-ul-Adha | Celebration of the Prophet Ibrahim's willingness to sacrifice his son for Allah. It comes at the end of the period of hajj. |
| Hajj | Annual pilgrimage to Makkah, which all Muslims must undertake at least once in their lives, unless prevented by problems over wealth or health. The 5th of the Five Pillars. |
| Caliph | Person considered to be a political and religious successor to the prophet Muhammad, and the leader of the Sunni Muslim community. |
| Imam | Person who leads communal prayer . In Shi'a Islam the name given to Ali and his successors. |
| Imamate | It means "leadership" and refers in Shi'a Islam to the twelve imams who succeeded Muhammad as the leaders of Islam. Divine appointment of the Imams. |
| Torah (Tawrut) | This was given by Allah to Musa (Moses), who was a prophet of Allah. It was given on Mt. Sinai. |
| Psalms (Zabur) | Sacred prayers/poems written by King Dawud (David) who was himself a prophet of Allah. |
| Gospel (Injil) | The term means "good news" and it is the good news about Isa (Jesus), one of the prophets of Islam. It was written down by his disciples. Holy book revealed to Jesus by Allah |
| Scrolls of Abraham | These were individual revelations to Ibrahim that were written on parchment but have perished. They were given on the first day of Ramadan and consisted of stories. |
| One of the six articles of faith in Sunni Islam | Belief in Allah as the one and only God |
| One of the six articles of faith in Sunni Islam | Belief in angels |
| One of the six articles of faith in Sunni Islam | Belief in the holy books |
| One of the six articles of faith in Sunni Islam | Belief in the Prophets...e.g. Adam, Ibrahim (Abraham), Musa (Moses), Dawud (David), Isa (Jesus). Muhammad (peace be upon him) is the final prophet. |
| One of the six articles of faith in Sunni Islam | Belief in the Day of Judgement... The day when the life of every human being will be assessed to decide whether they go to heaven or hell. |
| One of the six articles of faith in Sunni Islam | Belief in Predestination...That Allah has the knowlege of all that will happen. Muslims believe that this doesn't stop human beings making free choices. |
| Tawhid. One of the five roots of Usul ad-Din in Shi'a Islam | The oneness of God All Muslims accept the idea that there is one God - known as Tawhid or monotheism. |
| Adalah. One of the five roots of Usul ad-Din in Shi'a Islam | Justice and fairness Shi'a Muslims believe that there is good and bad in everything. They believe that Allah commands human beings to do the good things and avoid the bad things. They accept that Allah acts in a just and fair way at all times to ensure equality. |
| Nubuwwah. One of the five roots of Usul ad-Din in Shi'a Islam | Prophethood As in Sunni Islam, Shi'a Muslims believe that Allah has appointed prophets and messengers to teach his message to humanity. This message involves instruction on how to live a life of submission to Allah, behaving as he wants. They believe Muhammad was Allah's final messenger and brought the complete message to humanity. |
| Imamah. One of the five roots of Usul ad-Din in Shi'a Islam | Imams as a source of authority In Sunni Islam, an imam is a religious leader or teacher, for instance someone who might lead prayers in the mosque. |
| Shi'a belief about Imams | Shi'a Muslims, however, believe that there have been twelve imams specially appointed by Allah throughout history as leaders to lead and guide humanity. They believe that imams were chosen by Allah to continue to teach his message correctly and they accept that there is only ever a single imam at any one time last of these imams is believed to be the final prophet, Muhammad, which is why Muslims believe that his message should not be altered or changed in anyway. |
| Yawm al Qiyyamah. One of the five roots of Usul ad-Din in Shi'a Islam | The Day of Resurrection Shi'a Muslims believe that one day in the future every human being that has ever existed will be brought back to life, or resurrected, before being judged by Allah. They believe the Qur'an makes it clear that there will be a resurrection of both soul and body and all humans will judged on their actions and behaviour. |
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