Islam Flashcards
prayers done before sitting in the mosque
تَحِيَّة المَسْجِدْ
interpretation of the Quran
تَفْسِيرْ القُرْآنْ
Islamic thinking, philosophy
تَفْكِيرْ إسْلَامِي
godliness, piety
تَقْوَى
pious, godly, religious
تَقِي
to reveal spiritual forces, spirits (past singular masculine)
تْكَشِّفْ عَلىَ العْبَادْ لُخْرَى
to recite, quote (especially Quran) (past singular masculine)
تْلَا يَتْلُو
to do ablutions, to wash before prayer in the mosque (past singular masculine)
توضّى
to do ablutions or purify oneself with a special rock (past singular masculine)
تْيَمِّمْ
allowed by religion
جَازْ شَرْعًا
Mosque
جَامَعْ
El Azhar Mosque in Cairo
جَامَعْ الأَزْهَرْ
Zeitouna Mosque in Tunis
جَامَعْ الزِيتُونَة
pre-Islamic era of ignorance
جَاهِلِيَّة
Powerful, almighty
جَبّارْ
tribute, required payment (often tied to Sharia law)
جِزْيَة
To repeatedly insult God or others
جَلْجِلْ
to speak quickly without stopping (past singular masculine)
جَلْجِلْ
Hijra and Takfir group; an Islamic extremist group
جْمَاعَة الهِجْرَة وَ التَّكْفِيرْ
demon, spirit
جِنْ
the ambiance of the Eid
جَوّْ العِيدْ
someone who’s made the pilgrimage to Mecca
حَاجْ
to go on pilgrimage to Mecca (past singular masculine)
حَجّْ
to go on pilgrimage to Karbala (Shiite) (past singular masculine)
حَجْ إِلَى كَرْبَلَاءْ
veil
حِجَابْ
an authentic Hadith in islam
حَدِيثْ صَحِيحْ
Hadith whose authenticity is unclear
حَدِيثْ ضَعِيفْ
a Hadith received in Jerusalem
حَدِيثْ قُدُسِي
Hadith which is basically authentic
حَدِيثْ قَرِيبْ مِنَ الصَّحِيحْ
well-known and respected Hadith
حَدِيثْ مِتْوَاتِرْ
Hadith of Mohammed
حَدِيثْ نَبَوِي
forbidden by religion, wrong
حْرَامْ
a small book in which there are Quranic verses or others for spiritual protection
حِرْزْ
to change the meaning, corrupt (past singular masculine)
حَرِّفْ
a religious music group that comes to chant the Quran over a new house, party, etc.
حِزْبْ اللّطِيفْ
the one who judges, takes accounts (God)
حْسِيبُو
Islamic civilization
حَضَارَة الإسْلَامِيَّة
musical group that sings at holy men’s sites, celebrations
حَضْرَة
to put a hand of Fatima up (past singular masculine)
حَطْ خُمْسَة
allowed, approved in religion
حْلالْ
beautiful woman in paradise (Islamic context)
حُورِيَّة
he left Islam
خْرَجْ مِن الِملَّة
he left the group and became someone else
خْرَجْ مِن الِملَّة
the Friday speech of an imam at a mosque
خُطْبَة الجُمْعَة
Islamic caliphate
خِلَافَة إسْلَامِيَّة
he relied on God (usually when the person cannot do anything)
خَلَّاهَا عَلَى رَبِّي
he made him live eternally in paradise
خَلّدو فِي الجَنَّة
caliph
خَلِيفَة
a Tunisian name
خَلِيفَة
a veil
خِمَارْ
hand of Fatima
خُمْسَة
Satan (who whispers and lies to people)
خَنَّاسْ
Muslim brotherhood
خْوَانْجِيَّة
ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria)
دَاعِشْ
he entered paradise
دْخَلْ الجَنَّة
he entered paradise, the kingdom
دْخَلْ المَلَكُوتْ
he entered hell
دْخَلْ لِلْجَحِيمْ
a prayer, request
دُعَاءْ
he prayed for the forgiveness of someone else’s sins
دْعَالُو بِالمَغْفِرَة
he prays so that someone else might receive mercy
دْعَاوْلُو بِالرَّحْمَة
dogmatic
دُغْمَائِي
dogmatism
دُغْمَائِيَّة
the afterlife, another life
دُنْيَا الأُخْرَى
invoke God
ذْكَرْ رَبِّي
The twelveth and final month of the islamic calendar
ذُو الحَجَّة
the eleventh month in the Islamic calendar
ذُو القَعْدَة
New Year’s day in the Muslim calendar
رَاسْ العَامْ الهِجْرِي
Rabia 1: month in the Islamic calendar
رَبِيعْ الأَوَّلْ
Rabia 2: month in the Islamic calendar
رَبِيعْ الثَّانِي
to read, chant the Quran or another holy book (past singular masculine)
رَتِّلْ
cursed, evil (descriptor of Satan in Quran)
رَجِيمْ
to deny a belief, reject religion (past singular masculine)
رْفَضْ الإيمَانْ
Islamic healing method/magic for exorcism, etc.
رُقْيَة شَرْعِيَّة
to bow to God, usually in prayer (past singular masculine)
رْكَعْ
Ramadhan
رُمْضَانْ
visited a saint (saint’s tomb)
زَارْ الوَلِي الصَّالَحْ
holy man, Sufi’s tomb
زَاوْيَة مْتَاعْ صُوفِيَّة
party, feast at holy man’s tomb
زَرْدَة
Irreligious
زِنْدِيقْ
to worship, to bow down (past singular masculine)
سْجِدْ
bowing down, prostration
سَجْدَة
one of the pilgrimage activities (walking between two springs)
سَعي بَيْنَ الصَّفَا وَ المَرْوَا
Peace, mercy and blessings from God
سَلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَ رَحْمَةُ الله وَ بَرَكَاتُه
Salafist, extremist
سَلَفِي
Salafism
سَلَفِيَّةْ
Salafi Jihadism (extremism, terrorism)
سَلَفِيَّة جِهَادِيَّة
Salafism by words alone, theoretical salafism
سَلَفِيَّة عِلْمِيَّة
by the name of God, in God’s name, protect us
سْمِلَّهْ
Sunni, path of Mohammed
سُنَّةْ
Surah (in Quran)
سورة
Polytheism
شِرْكْ
Islamic law
شَرِيعَة
to light two candles in the Saint’s tomb, visit the saint (past singular masculine)
شعّل شمعتين في قبر الولي
to state the Muslim testimony (past singular masculine)
شَهِّدْ
martyr
شَهِيدْ
Shiite (a branch of Islam)
شِيعَة
to fast (past singular masculine)
صَامْ
to fast without eating breakfast (past singular masculine)
صَامْ عَ الشَّايَحْ
disciples of the Prophet Mohamad
صَحَابَة
prayer for guidance
صَلَاةْ الِإسْتِخَارَةْ
prayer without heart or understanding, to be seen by people
صْلَاةْ التِبِّيبْ
funeral prayer
صَلَاةْ الجَنَازَةْ
funeral prayer for person whose body isn’t present
صَلَاةْ الجَنَازَةْ عَلْ غَائِبْ
Eid prayers
صْلَاةْ العِيدَيْنْ
Group prayers
صْلَاةْ جَمَاعَةْ
Prayers for rain
صْلَاةْ الِإسْتَسْقَاءْ
extra prayers
صَلَّاوْ النَّوَافِلْ
pray for mercy for someone
صَلَّاوْ عْلِيهْ
minaret
صُمْعَةْ
right, true, right path
صْوَابْ
fasting
صْيَامْ
voluntary fasting
صِيَامْ تَطَوَّعْ
Ramadan fasting
صْيَامْ رُمْضَانْ
he was hit with the evil eye
ضَرْبُو بْعِينْ
shrine, holy grave
ضَرِيحْ
he asked God for mercy to get married
طْلَبْ بَرْكَةْ رَبِّي بَاشْ إِعَرِّسْ
to die, go to God (past singular masculine)
طْلَعْ لْرَبِّي
mid-day Muslim prayers
ظُهْرْ
not fasting during Ramadan (negative connotation)
عَازِقْ
Achoura (Muslim traditional day)
عَاشُورَاءْ
his dossier was sent to the Mufti
عَدَّاوْ وُرَاقُو لِلْمُفْتِي
religious custom, ruling, tradition
عُرْفْ ديني
not fasting during Ramadan
عَزْڨُو
love for God
عِشْقْ الذَّاتْ الِإلَاهِيَّةْ
demons, evil spirits
عْفَارِتْ
imps, poorly behaved kids
عْفَارِتْ
to hang a fishtail (for protection from the evil eye) (past singular masculine)
عَلِّقْ بَعْبُوسْ حُوتَةْ
understanding of Islam or Islamic law
عِلْمْ الفِقْهْ
a visit to the Islamic holy site in Mecca (not official hajj)
عُمْرَةْ
to do a Sufi concert (past singular masculine)
عْمَلُّو حَضْرَةْ
amulet, small Quran worn around the neck
عَنْدُو حِصْنْ
feast, vacation
عِيدْ
Eid al-Fitr
عِيدْ صْغِيرْ
Eid al-Adha
عِيدْ كْبِيرْ
to do a purifying wash after having committed a significant sin (past singular masculine)
غُسْلْ
First Surah in the Quran
فَاتْحَةْ
name for God (the Opener, provider)
فَتَّاحْ
they stepped over the fish the seventh day after their wedding
فَحْجُو عَلْ الحُوتْ فِي السَّابَعْ
someone eating during fasting time
فَطَّارْ
(Islamic) jurisprudence
فِقْهْ
old sufi sect
قادِريّة
to wake up to pray the optional midnight prayers (past singular masculine)
قَامْ اللِّيلْ
the direction toward Mecca
قِبْلَةْ
Qu’ran (the holy book of Muslims)
قُرْآنْ
a ritual consisting of giving supernatural power to water by reading Quranic verses
قْرَاوْ عَلْ المَاءْ
Koraich, the tribe of Muhamad
قُرَيْشْ
Quranic school for children
كُتَّابْ
Sunna, the books about the prophetic traditions
كْتَابْ سُنَّة
infidels, unbelievers
كُفَّارْ
disbelief, apostasy
كُفْرْ
to not believe, apostasize (past singular masculine)
كْفَرْ
to not believe, apostasize (past singular masculine)
كْفَرْ بِالِإيمَانْ
demon-possessed
لَابْسُو جِنّْ
forbidden, banned, unlawful meat
لْحَمْ حْرَامْ
permitted meat
لْحَمْ حْلاَلْ
Islamic conquests
لْفَتْحْ الِإسْلَامِي
to make or teach to say the Muslim testimony (past singular masculine)
لَقْنُوهْ الشَّهَادَةْ
He died a martyr
مَاتْ شَهِيدْ
he’s married to a genie
مَاخُو جِنِيَّةْ
banned, forbidden food
مَاكْلَةْ مُحَرّْمَةْ
he doesn’t practice religion
مَاهُوشْ بَرَاتِيكُونْ
he doesn’t do what I tell him to do
مَاهُوشْ بَرَاتِيكُونْ
wears the veil
مِتْحَجِّبْة
religious
مُتَدَيِّنْ
following the Shia doctrines/ways, Shiite
مِتْشَيْعِينْ
pious
متّقي
taboo, prohibited, banned
مُحَرّْمَةْ
Quranic teacher of children
مِدِّبْ
religious, wearing the hijab
مِدَّيْنِينْ
someone who turned back to polytheism during the early days of Islam
مُرْتَدْ
possessed with an evil spirit
مَسْكُونْ
inhabited
مَسْكُونْ
nominal Muslim, not practicing
مُسْلِمْ بِالِإسْمْ
he went on the pilgrimage to Mecca
مْشَى لِلْحِجْ
person who prays, religious person
مُصَلِّي
circumcised
مَطَهِّرْ
Mecca
مَكَّةْ المُكَرَّمَةْ
atheist
مُلْحِدْ
unclean, ceremonially unclean
مَنْجُوسْ
cursed, hit by evil eye
مَنْفُوسْ
wearing the niqab, fully covered
مُنَقْبَةْ
Mohammed’s birthday
مُولِدْ
Magog
مِيجُوجْ
to request, ask, pray (past singular masculine)
نَاجَى
to make unclean, to pollute (past singular masculine)
نَجِّسْ
sacred text
نَصْ مُقَدَّسْ
Hud (prophet)
هُودْ
passage, group of verses (usually from the Quran)
وِرْدْ
saint, traditional holy person
وْلِىّْ
someone who follows the Wahabi path
وَهَاّبِي
strict path of Islam
وَهَّابِيَّة
curse using religion and God’s name
يَاعَنْ دِينْ رَبِّكْ
curse using religion and God’s name
يَاعَنْ دِينْ رَبّْ مُحَمِّدْ
to have an early breakfast before fasting begins during Ramadan (past singular masculine)
يِتِسْحِرْ
judgement day, end of the world
يُوم لَقْيَامَة
to pray for, ask for mercy for deceased person (past singular masculine)
ترحم عليه
to wash, typically before prayers (past singular masculine)
إغْتَسَلْ
the Creator
بَارِىءْ
to be godly, pious (past singular masculine)
إتّقى
the Islamic conquest
فَتْحْ ِإسْلَامِي
pious, godly, good woman
عَفِيفَةْ
Mohammed’s vision of heaven, being taken up to heaven
إسْرَاءْ
relative of the prophet
أهْلْ البَيْتْ
to ask God for guidance before doing something (past singular masculine)
إستخار ربّي
God
االله
sect of islam (found in Ghardaia, city in Algeria, and in Jerba)
أبَاضِيَّة
temptation, test (often from God)
إبْتِلَاءْ
everyone, all people (said in prayers)
أجْمَعِينْ
commemoration of Mohammad’s birth
إحْيَاءْ ذِكْرَى المَوْلِدْ النَّبَوِي الشَّرِيفْ
judgment day, the last day, the after life
آخْرَة
the Muslim Brotherhood
إْخْوَانْ المُسْلِمُونْ
he prays, but is bad towards people: hypocrite; he does what he’s supposed to do but causes lots of problems
أدَّى الفَرِضْ وْ يُنْقِبْ لَرِضْ
small prayer book for day and night
أذْكَارْ اللّيْلْ و النَّهَارْ
to make the call to prayer (past singular masculine)
أذّنْ
the pillars of Islam
أرْكَانْ الِإسْلَامْ
to consider simple or easy (past singular masculine)
إسْتَسْهِلْ
to ask God for forgiveness (past singular masculine)
إسْتَغْفِرْ
to wash one’s private/intimate parts (usually before praying) (past singular masculine)
إسْتَنْجَى
Islam
إسْلَامْ
Islamic
إسْلَامِي
Sufi sect found especially in Egypt
إسْمَاعِيلِيَّة
primary principles of religion
أصُولْ الدِّينْ
to convert to a different religion (past singular masculine)
إعتنق دين
actions of Mohammed
أعْمَالْ الرُّسْل
Acts of the Apostles (Bible)
أعْمَالْ الرُّسْل
to wash away one’s impurity from something wrong/unclean before (past singular masculine)praying
إغتسل
breaking of the fast during Ramadan
إفْطَارْ
they held the post-breaking of the fast prayers in Ramadan
أقامو التَرَاوِيحْ
atheism
إلْحَادْ
Oh God (beginning of prayer)
اللَّهُمَّ
imam
إمَامْ
time of going back to fasting after the night is over
إمْسَاكْ
grabbing, holding on to
إمْسَاكْ
God willing
إنشاالله
Sunni Muslims
أهْلْ السُّنَّة وَ الجَمَاعَة
holy man, saint
أوْلِيَاءْ الله الصَّالِحِينْ
sign or miracle from God
آيَة الله
Ayotalllah (Iranian leader)
آيَة الله
heresy, something newly created
بِدْعَة
mythological horse Mohammed rode on
بُرَاقْ
to say “in the name of God” (past singular masculine)
بَسْمَلْ
after dinner or the evening prayers
بَعْدْ العْشَا
after evening prayers, do whatever you want
بَعْدْ العَشَاءْ أَفْعَلُ مَا أَشَاءْ
to distance someone from sin, turn someone from sin (past singular masculine)
بَعْدُو عَلْ الحْرَامْ
someone who practices his faith
پْرَاتِيكُونْ
someone who fears God, repents, pious
تَايِبْ
to chant, read a holy book (past singular masculine)
تَرْتِيلْ
to leave the faith (past singular masculine)
ترك الإيمان
ablutions, washing before prayers
وُضُوءْ
Islamic legal opinion, pronouncement
فَتْوَى
Gog and Magog
يَجُوجْ وْ مَجُوجْ
belief, doctrine
مُعْتَقَدْ
good person, believer
نَفْسْ مُومْنَةْ
sect, path
مَذْهِبْ
to eat during fast times or Ramadan (past singular masculine)
عْزَڨْ
of the pilgrimage (A.H.)
هِجْرِي
holy place
مَكَانْ مُقَدَّسْ
major sins, serious sins
كَبَائِرْ
mosque
مَسْجِدْ
mufti, Islamic leader of a country
مُفْتِي
Muslim
مُسْلِمْ
mystic, Sufi
مُتَصَوِّفْ
niche, shrine
مِحْرَابْ
serious sin, major mistake
فَاحْشَةْ
paradise
فِرْدَوْسْ
pious, godly
مَتَّقْ
polytheist
مُشْرِكْ
prayer time
وَقْتْ صَلاَةْ
prohibited, banned
مُحَرِّمْ
religious beliefs
مُعْتَقَدَاتْ دِينِيَّةْ
forbidden act, serious sin
مُنْكَرْ
worship of (intangible) idols
عِبَادَةْ الأَوْثَانْ
toilet in mosque
مِيضَةْ
unbeliever, infidel
كَافِرْ
Muslim full veil
نِقَابْ
veiled
مُحَجِّبْة
