Muslim Flashcards
Adalat
Justice in Shi’a Islam
Akhirah
Belief in the life after death
Al- Qadar
Means the divine decree and the predestination
Beneficence
The act of kindness or charity
Imamate
Derived from Imam meaning leadership
Immanence
Existing or operating within/ (of God) permanently pervading and sustaining the universe
Jannah and jahannam
Jannah meaning covered and Jahannam refers to an afterlife place of punishment
Merciful
Showing mercy
Mika’il
Is a boy name, who is like God
Predestination
That God has ordained all that will happen
Qur’an
The Islamic sacred book
Shi’a
They are one of two main branches that regard Ali as Muhammad’s first successor
Sunni
The main branch, that believe Abu Bakr was correctly chosen
Transcendence
Existence beyond the normal physical level