Key Words (Islam)

Question 1

Mecca

Answer 1

A town in modern day Saudi Arabia

Question 2

Mount Hira

Answer 2

A place outside of Mecca where Muhammad used to pray

Question 3

Muhammad

Answer 3

The founder/ religious leader of Islam, the last and greatest of all the prophets

Question 4

Qur’an

Answer 4

Sacred text of Islam

Question 5

Revelation

Answer 5

The way in which Allah revealed himself to Muhammad

Question 6

Saudi Arabia

Answer 6

The country where Islam was founded

Question 7

The night of power and excellence

Answer 7

The first night angel gabriel appeared to Muhammad

Question 8

Hafiz

Answer 8

Someone who can recite the whole Qur’an

Question 9

Hijra

Answer 9

The journey from Mecca to medina in 622

Question 10

Ka’ba

Answer 10

A stone structure in the centre of mecca

Question 11

Khadijah

Answer 11

Muhammad’s wife (first to convert to Islam)

Question 12

Convert

Answer 12

Change one’s religious faith or belief

Question 13

Allah

Answer 13

The one true god in Islam

Question 14

Surah

Answer 14

Chapter in the Qur’an (x114)

Question 15

Wudu

Answer 15

This is washing for Muslims. Muslims preform wudu before praying and touching the Qur’an