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ALL MUSLIM KEYWORDS Flashcards

1
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Define Ahl al-bayt

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People of the Prophet Muhammad’s house (family)

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Define Allah

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Arabic name for God

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Define Hadith

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Spoken words and saying of the Prophet Muhammad

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4
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Define Khalifah

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A religious leader representing Allah or a Prophet

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5
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Define Kitab al-iman

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The Book of Faith in the Sahih Muslim collection of Hadith

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6
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Define Qur’an

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The holiest text in Islam

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Define Shi’a

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

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Define Sunni

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

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9
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Define adalat

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Divine Justice.

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10
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Define Mi’ad

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The day of Judgement and the resurrection

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11
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Define Tawhid

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Belief in the one God, the oneness of Allah

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12
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Define Usul ad-Din

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

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13
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Define Beneficence

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Kindness, generosity

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14
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Define Immanence

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The belief that Allah acts in the world

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15
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Define Omnipotence

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Being all-powerful

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16
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Define Sin

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An action against Allah’s will

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17
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Define Transcendence

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A belief that Allah is above and beyond his creation.

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18
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Define Miracle

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Extraordinary events that may not be explainable

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19
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Define Prophet

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

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20
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Define Risalah

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The system of communication between Allah and people, through prophets

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21
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Define Injil

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Original Gospel of Isa

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22
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Define Kutubullah

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Books of Allah

23
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Define revelation

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Communication from Allah, often through an angel

24
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Define Sahifah

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Scrolls of Ibrahim and Moses

25
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Define Tawrat

26
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Define Zabur

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Psalms of david

27
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Define Kiraman Katibin

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

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Define Malaikah

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The Arabic name for angels

29
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Define Akhirah

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Life after death, when the Day of Judgement takes place

30
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Define Al-Qadr

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

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Define Barzakh

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Stage between death and the time of judgement

32
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Define stewardship

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

33
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Define euthanasia

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

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Define ensoulment

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When the soul enters a foetus

35
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Define Evolutionist

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

36
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Define Creationist

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

37
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Define Commodity

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Commodity Something valuable or useful

38
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Define Id-ul-Ghadeer

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

39
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Define Id-ul-Fitr

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Festival celebrated at the end of Ramadan

40
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Define Id-ul-Adha

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Festival commemorating the devotion of Ibrahim and Isma’il

41
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Define Ashura

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Shi’a commemoration of Imam Hussain’s Martyrdom

42
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Define Lesser Jihad

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Striving physically to resist an evil in the world

43
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Define Jihad

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Struggle or striving

44
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Define Greater Jihad

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Striving spiritually to resist evil within oneself

45
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Define Tawaf

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

46
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Define Ka’bah

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

47
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Define Imam

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Person who leads Salah

48
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Define Annulment

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When it is declared that the marriage was never valid

49
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Define Shari’ah

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

50
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Define Khitan

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

51
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Define Aqiqah

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A ceremony marking the birth of a new-born baby

52
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Define Ummah

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Community of Muslims around the world

53
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Define Nikah

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Marriage contract

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