Islam

Question 1

Allah

Answer 1

the concept of belief in one god

Question 2

Muhammed

Answer 2

founder of Islam, believed to be the last and final prophet of God

Question 3

Islam

Answer 3

submission to the will of Allah, a monotheistic religion that developed in Arabia

Question 4

Muslim

Answer 4

a follower of Islam

Question 5

Hijrah

Answer 5

Muhammad’s migration from Mecca to Yathrib

Question 6

Qur’an

Answer 6

the holy book of the Muslims

Question 7

Five Pillars

Answer 7

basic beliefs of Islam - faith, prayer, alms, fasting, and pilgrimage

Question 8

Mosque

Answer 8

Islamic house of worship

Question 9

Hajj

Answer 9

pilgrimage to Mecca

Question 10

Sunna

Answer 10

Muhammed’s example of proper living

Question 11

Shari’a

Answer 11

Muslim’s body of law, unified Islamic empire religiously

Question 12

Caliph

Answer 12

leader of Islam and successor to the prophet, Abu-Bakr became the first when Muhammed died

Question 13

Umayyads

Answer 13

family that came to power and set up a hereditary system of succession, dynastic rulers of Islam after Ali

Question 14

Shi’a

Answer 14

caliph should be related to Mohammed through last caliph Ali

Question 15

Sunni

Answer 15

caliph did not have to be descendant of Mohammed, followers of Muhammed’s example

Question 16

Sufi

Answer 16

pursued a life of poverty and devotion to a spiritual path, Islamic mystics that rejected all secular (political) matters in Islamic world to focus on religion

Question 17

Abbasids

Answer 17

most powerful group that took control of the empire

Question 18

Al-Andulus

Answer 18

an extraordinary Muslim state in southern Spain, Umayyads would remain in Spain

Question 19

Fatmid Dynasty

Answer 19

began in North Africa and spread across the red sea to western Arabia and Syria

Question 20

House of Wisdom

Answer 20

combination library, academy, and translation center in Baghdad opened by Caliph al-Ma’mun

Question 21

Calligraphy

Answer 21

the art of beautiful handwriting

Question 22

Mecca

Answer 22

Islam’s holiest city

Question 23

Hadith

Answer 23

recorded Mohammed’s life example

Question 24

Jizya

Answer 24

tax collected from non-muslims