ALL MUSLIM KEYWORDS

Question 1

Define Ahl al-bayt

Answer 1

People of the Prophet Muhammad’s house (family)

Question 2

Define Allah

Answer 2

Arabic name for God

Question 3

Define Hadith

Answer 3

Spoken words and saying of the Prophet Muhammad

Question 4

Define Khalifah

Answer 4

A religious leader representing Allah or a Prophet

Question 5

Define Kitab al-iman

Answer 5

The Book of Faith in the Sahih Muslim collection of Hadith

Question 6

Define Qur’an

Answer 6

The holiest text in Islam

Question 7

Define Shi’a

Answer 7

Muslims who believe that leadership belongs to the Ahl al-bayt

Question 8

Define Sunni

Answer 8

Muslims who believe Abu Bakr was the first of four ‘rightly guided’ leaders after the Prophet Muhammad.

Question 9

Define adalat

Answer 9

Divine Justice.

Question 10

Define Mi’ad

Answer 10

The day of Judgement and the resurrection

Question 11

Define Tawhid

Answer 11

Belief in the one God, the oneness of Allah

Question 12

Define Usul ad-Din

Answer 12

Name given to the principles of faith for Shi’a Muslims

Question 13

Define Beneficence

Answer 13

Kindness, generosity

Question 14

Define Immanence

Answer 14

The belief that Allah acts in the world

Question 15

Define Omnipotence

Answer 15

Being all-powerful

Question 16

Define Sin

Answer 16

An action against Allah’s will

Question 17

Define Transcendence

Answer 17

A belief that Allah is above and beyond his creation.

Question 18

Define Miracle

Answer 18

Extraordinary events that may not be explainable

Question 19

Define Prophet

Answer 19

A messenger chosen by Allah to teach humanity what is right and wrong

Question 20

Define Risalah

Answer 20

The system of communication between Allah and people, through prophets

Question 21

Define Injil

Answer 21

Original Gospel of Isa

Question 22

Define Kutubullah

Answer 22

Books of Allah

Question 23

Define revelation

Answer 23

Communication from Allah, often through an angel

Question 24

Define Sahifah

Answer 24

Scrolls of Ibrahim and Moses

Question 25

Define Tawrat

Answer 25

Torah

Question 26

Define Zabur

Answer 26

Psalms of david

Question 27

Define Kiraman Katibin

Answer 27

The Nobel scribes, the angels who note every person’s good and bad deeds

Question 28

Define Malaikah

Answer 28

The Arabic name for angels

Question 29

Define Akhirah

Answer 29

Life after death, when the Day of Judgement takes place

Question 30

Define Al-Qadr

Answer 30

Pre-destination – belief that Allah has preordained certain things and puts in place fixed universal laws

Question 31

Define Barzakh

Answer 31

Stage between death and the time of judgement

Question 32

Define stewardship

Answer 32

Taking care of the Earth as Khalifahs (trustees) on behalf of God and for the next generation

Question 33

Define euthanasia

Answer 33

The deliberate administering of life-ending medication by a third party

Question 34

Define ensoulment

Answer 34

When the soul enters a foetus

Question 35

Define Evolutionist

Answer 35

People who believe that life evolved from simple forms over a long period of time

Question 36

Define Creationist

Answer 36

Someone who believes in the literal truth of the description of creation given in Scripture

Question 37

Define Commodity

Answer 37

Commodity Something valuable or useful

Question 38

Define Id-ul-Ghadeer

Answer 38

Shi’a festival commemorating the prophet Muhammad’s choice of Ali as a leader of Muslims.

Question 39

Define Id-ul-Fitr

Answer 39

Festival celebrated at the end of Ramadan

Question 40

Define Id-ul-Adha

Answer 40

Festival commemorating the devotion of Ibrahim and Isma’il

Question 41

Define Ashura

Answer 41

Shi’a commemoration of Imam Hussain’s Martyrdom

Question 42

Define Lesser Jihad

Answer 42

Striving physically to resist an evil in the world

Question 43

Define Jihad

Answer 43

Struggle or striving

Question 44

Define Greater Jihad

Answer 44

Striving spiritually to resist evil within oneself

Question 45

Define Tawaf

Answer 45

Anti-clockwise circuit of the Kabah, completed seven times during Hajj

Question 46

Define Ka’bah

Answer 46

Cube shaped building in Makkah which Muslims believe was the first house of Allah on earth, rebuilt by Ibrahim and Isma’il

Question 47

Define Imam

Answer 47

Person who leads Salah

Question 48

Define Annulment

Answer 48

When it is declared that the marriage was never valid

Question 49

Define Shari’ah

Answer 49

Islamic legal system based on Muslim scholars’ understanding of the Qur’an, Sunnah and the Hadith

Question 50

Define Khitan

Answer 50

Male circumcision, when the baby’s foreskin is removed for health reasons.

Question 51

Define Aqiqah

Answer 51

A ceremony marking the birth of a new-born baby

Question 52

Define Ummah

Answer 52

Community of Muslims around the world

Question 53

Define Nikah

Answer 53

Marriage contract