Vocab

Question 1

Islam

Answer 1

Submission / Surrender

Question 2

Shahadah

Answer 2

Profession of faith

Question 3

Hanifs

Answer 3

Pious ones, Accepted ethical monotheism

Question 4

3 Goddesses before Islam

Answer 4

Al-lat, Uzza, Manat

Question 5

Iblis

Answer 5

Satan

Question 6

Nabi

Answer 6

Prophet

Question 7

Ahad

Answer 7

“One”; refers to the oneness of God

Question 8

Jahiliyah

Answer 8

Foolishness

Period before Islam - the age of Jahiliyah, the age of foolishness

Question 9

Salat

Answer 9

Ritual Prayer

Question 10

Wudu

Answer 10

Partial ritual washing

Question 11

Ghusl

Answer 11

Whole body ritual washing

Question 12

Zakat

Answer 12

Paying alms/tithes

Question 13

Sawm

Answer 13

Fasting (Fast of Ramadan)

Question 14

Id al-fitr

Answer 14

Three-day Festival at the end of Ramadan

Feast of breaking of the fast

Question 15

Id al-adha

Answer 15

Four-day celebration during the hajj

Question 16

Jihad

Answer 16

Physical & Spiritual battle one fights on behalf of Islam

Question 17

Dar al-Islam

Answer 17

house/abode of Islam

Question 18

Sulh

Answer 18

Sphere of peace

Question 19

Harb

Answer 19

Sphere of war

Question 20

Imam

Answer 20

Islamic leadership position

Shi’a community leaders

Question 21

Ismah

Answer 21

Divinely bestowed freedom from any error

Question 22

dhikr

Answer 22

remembrance

practice of the Sufis, they repeat the name of God or the shahada