Vocab #3

Question 1

The extinction of ones sense of separate existence before achieving union with Allah; the aim of Sufi mystics

Answer 1

al-fana

Question 2

The military and political leaders of the Muslim community who succeeded Muhammad after his death

Answer 2

Caliphs

Question 3

Specific religious and ethical requirements for Muslims: the confession of faith (Shahada), prayer or worship, fasting during Ramadan, wealth sharing, and the pilgrimage to Mecca.

Answer 3

Five Pillars

Question 4

.The fifth of the five pillars; the journey too Mecca that all Muslims are to make at least once in their lifetime, if they can afford it and are physically able

Answer 4

Haji

Question 5

The emigration of Muhammad and his followers from Mecca to Yathrib in A>D. 622; the founding event of the Muslim community

Answer 5

Hijra.

Question 6

.The leader of the Friday worship service who directs the prayers and delivers a sermon

Answer 6

imam

Question 7

.For Shi;i islam, an early successor to Muhammad and leader of Islam believed to have special spiritual insight

Answer 7

Imam

Question 8

.Sometimes counted as the sixth pillar of islam, the general spiritual struggle to be a devout Muslim. In a more narrow context, jihad refers to armed struggle for the sake of Islam, which the Qur’an supports only if it is carried out in self-defence

Answer 8

jihad

Question 9

The stone cubical structure in the courtyard of the great Mosque of Mecca believed to have been bulit by Abraham and regarded by Muslims as the sacred centre of the earth

Answer 9

Ka’ba

Question 10

.The muslim place or building of worship , traditionally including a prayer hall and courtyard with towers called minarets at the corners.

Answer 10

mosque

Question 11

.Islam’s primary sacred text, regarded by Mulsim as the direct words of Allah revealed to Muhammad through the archangel Gabriel

Answer 11

qur’an

Question 12

.The ninth month of the Islamic lunar calendar, a period during which Muslims fast, in accordance with the third of the five pillars

Answer 12

ramadan

Question 13

.The confession of faith, the first of the five pillars and central creedal statement of Islam “there is no god except God Muhammad is the messenger of God.”

Answer 13

Shahada

Question 14

. The divine law, derived from the Qur’an and the sunna, encompassing all and setting forth in detail how Muslims are to live

Answer 14

Shari’a

Question 15

. A teacher and master in islam, such as the leader of an order in sufism

Answer 15

shaykh

Question 16

.- the divison of islam dominant in iraq and iran, orginating as a result of an early dispute over leadership. distinguishable from Sunni Islam mainly by its figure of the Imam and strong messianic expectations

Answer 16

shi’i

Question 17

.An adherent of sufism, the form of Islam characterized by a mystical approach to Allah, who is experienced inwardly

Answer 17

sufi

Question 18

.The teachings and actions of Muhammad recorded in writings known as hadith, which provide the model for being Muslim; islam’s second most important authority.

Answer 18

sunna

Question 19

.the division of Islam practiced by most Muslims, named after the Sunna

Answer 19

sunni

Question 20

.The community of all muslims

Answer 20

Umma