Islamic Keywords Flashcards
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Beneficence
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Kindness & Generosity
2
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Kutubullah
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Books of Allah
3
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Malaikah
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Angels in Arabic
4
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Omnipotent
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All powerful
5
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Omniscient
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All knowing
6
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Transcendence
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Allah is above and beyond his creation
7
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Ahl al-bayt
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People of the Prophet Muhammad’s house (family)
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Allah
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Arabic name for God
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Hadith
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Spoken words and saying of the Prophet Muhammad
10
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Khalifah
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A religious leader representing Allah or a Prophet
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Kitab al-iman
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The Book of Faith in the Sahih Muslim collection of Hadith
12
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Qur’an
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The holiest text in Islam
13
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Shi’a
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Muslims who believe that leadership belongs to the Ahl al-bayt
14
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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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Adalat
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Divine Justice.