Lindsay glodme 2.1 Flashcards
Arab
a member of the people who are originally from the Arabian Peninsula and who now live mostly in the Middle East and northern Africa
Mecca
The most sacred city in all Islam, home to the Kaaba, home of Muhammad.
Kaaba
The ancient shrine in Mecca that Muhammad cleansed of polytheism and rededicated to Allah - the center of Islamic practice worldwide
Muhammad
Prophet of Islam; last prophet; created Islam
Allah
The Arabic word for God
Quran
For Muslims, this book contains the direct words of God as revealed to Muhammad - this word means “recitation”
Hadith
Stories of the life of Muhammad - these are a second source of religious authority along with the Quran - this word means “story”
Hijra
Muhammad’s flight from Mecca where he was rejected to Medina where he was much more successful
Medina
Muhammad fled from Mecca to Medina and this is where he was successful in creating Islam and the ummah; political and military leader against Meccans
Ummah
Arabic word meaning nation or community, original community of Muhammad
Sunnah
Means “tradition” and refers to the life and ways of the prophet
Sufism
Islamic mysticism - a tradition involving the use of poetry, music, and dance used to achieve direct experience of the divine.
Ijtihad
The use of human reason in deriving Islamic law
Shari’ah
Islamic law
Haram
An act that is forbidden, to do it ever would be a sin
Makruh
An act that is bad if done repeatedly or habitually
Mubah
An act that is neither good nor bad - doing this or not doesn’t matter
Mustahabb
An act that is good but not required
Wajib
An act that is required; to not do it is a sin
Ulama
A class of trained Islamic scholars - these scholars read and interpret the Quran and so are very important
Caliph
This term means “successor” and refers to the leaders of the ummah after Muhammad whose power was mostly political - these were the leaders of the Sunni branch of Islam