Islam Flashcards
Motherhouse
Home base for a religious community
Laity
Unmarried/married persons who are a part of the church
Secular clergy
People of the church who don’t take vows
Consecrated persons
People of the church who take vows, part of a religious order
Monastic
A type of religious order that retreats from the world
Mendicant
Type of religious order that doesn’t retreat from the world
“Beggars”
Cloister
Part of the convent where the laity doesn’t enter.
Nun
A cloistered religious woman
Sister
A religious woman who is not cloistered
Brother
A religious man that isn’t cloistered
Habit
The clothing of a consecrated person
Refectory
Monastic word for dining room
Islam
“Submission”
Cell
Monastic word for room
Qu’ran
The holy text of Islam
Sunna
Quran + hadith
Salat
The 2nd pillar of Islam: prayer
Ramadan
Islamic celebration involving fasting
Ka’ba
Building in Islam’s most sacred sacred mosque
Hijra
The migration to Yathrib
Khadija
Muhammad’s wife
Allah
Islam’s God
Mecca
The holy Islamic city
Quibla
The direction of mecca
Caliphate
The territory ruled by a caliph
Caliph
Political leaders in islamic land
Vow
Promise made to god
Sunnis
People who follow the sunna
Imam
A leader in Shi’ite Islam
Muslim
An adherent to Islam
Vocation
A call from God
Monk
A cloistered religious man
Hadith
The life and teachings of muhammad
Shahada
1st pillar of Islam: profession of faith
Zakat
3rd pillar of Islam: alms giving
Hajj
5th pillar of Islam: pilgrimage to Mecca
Umma
The muslim community
List the 5 pillars of Islam
- Shahada: profession of faith
- Salat: prayer (5 times per day)
- Zakat: almsgiving (2.5% of income is donated)
- Sawm: fasting
- Hajj: pilgrimage to Mecca
List the 3 parts of the church
- laity
- secular/diocesan clergy
- consecrated persons
List the 3 kinds of religious orders and give examples of each
Monastic E: Benedictans
Mendicant: dominican
Reformation/ post-reformation: jesuits
What did your trip to the Downtown Islamic center teach you about Islam that you did not know before or fully realize?
From my visit I learned that Muslims and Christians worship the same god, Muslims just call it Allah. If I went to a Muslim country I would say, “I worship Allah” according to the presenter.
Describe one religious order that you “met” this November. What did you learn about them?
This November, we “met” a group of Franciscan brothers. They are a mendicant order, so they don’t stay in their convent. I learned that it is a Franciscan tradition to have a beard.
What did you learn from Fr. Laniauskas’s visit about his story and about priesthood in general?
From Fr. Laniauskas’s visit, I learned that he wanted to be a priest since he was 4. He also helped me learned what a vocation is and how we generally ignore them when we are younger. I also learned that he was going to marry someone, but decided not to to become a priest.
How did the Qu’ran come about?
The angel Gabriel gave Muhammad segments of the revelation of the Qu’ran. Muhammad received revelations his whole life. He stopped receiving them before he died.
If you had to pick one of the 5 pillars of Islam as most important, which one would you pick and why?
I would pick Shahada as the most important pillar of Islam. You can not be a Muslim without professing your faith, therefore Shahada is important. This is the equivalent to baptism.
What does in Islam believe about the human person?
Muslims believe in life after death, except not quite the way Hindus or Buddhists do. Muslims believe that they will stay in their grave after they die (body & soul) and that they will stay there until the day of judgement. If they have been good during their life, they will get a little taste of heaven before actually going to heaven on judgement day. If they have been bad, they will suffer before going to Hell on judgement day.
How do Islam’s beliefs about the human person compare to those of Hinduism and Buddhism?
Buddhists believe in life after death in the form of samsara, the wheel of rebirth. They will be reincarnated into some form of life based on their actions in their past life. Their ultimate goal is to escape this cycle and reach Nirvana, an end to suffering.
Hindus, similar to Buddhists, also believe in life after death in the form of samsara. They will be reincarnated into some life form based on their karma, the moral law of cause and effect. Their ultimate goal is also to escape the cycle and to be swallowed up by brahman.
