Islam chapter 1 Flashcards
sheik
an arab leader in particular the chief or head of an arab tribe family or village
quran
the sacred text of islam considered by muslims to contain the revelations of god to Muhammad
islam
the religion of the muslims a monotheistic faith regarded as revealed through Muhammad as the prophet of allah
hijab
a head covering worn in public by some muslim women
haj
the pilgrimage to mecca which every adult muslim is supposed to make at least once in his or her lifetime: the fifth of the pillars of islam
bedouin
an arab of the desert in asia or Africa nomadic arab
jihad
a holy war undertaken as a sacred duty by muslims
mosque
a muslim temple or place of public worship
muhammad
founder of islam
abu bakr
first caliph of mecca 632-634
mu’awiyah
first Umayyad caliph
sunni
a muslim who adheres to the sunni branch of islam
shite
a member of one of the two great religious divisions of the islam that regards ali (the son in law of Muhammad)
caliph
a spiritual leader of islam claiming succession from Muhammad
the moors
a tract of open peaty wasteland often overgrown with heath common in high attitudes where drainage is poor; heath
astrolabe
an instrument formerly used to make astromomical measurements
mecca
the birthplace of Muhammad and thus the holiest city for muslims
medina
the old arab or non-European quarter of a north African town
the five pillars
the five bases of the Islamic faith: shahada (confession of faith) salat (prayer) zakat (almsgiving) sawm (fasting) and hajj (the pilgrimage of mecca)
kadijah
the first wife of muhammad
hadith
a collections of traditions containing sayins of the prophet muhammad
ulama
a body of muslim scholars recognized as having specialist knowledge of Islamic sacred law and theology
caliphite
a Islamic state
ummayad
a member of a muslim dynasty that ruled the Islamic world
abbasid
of or relating to a dynasty of caliphs who ruled in Baghdad from 750 to 1258
baghdad
the capital and the largest city of iraq
dowry
property or money brought by a bride to her husband on their marriage
harem
refers to the sphere of women in what is usually a polygynous household and their enclosed quarters which are forbidden to men
