Vocab Flashcards
Theology
The study of God
Philosophy
The love of Wisdom
Belief
A feeling that something exists or is true even without proof
Existential Question
Questions about nature and the existence of things
Absolute truth
An answer or fact that is fixed or cannot be altered, no matter the situation
Relative truth
An answer to a question that can change depending on time, place, situation or context
Tolerance
Accepting other people and their views
Worldview
The way in which someone answers questions in life and interprets information around them
Secular
Someone who believes the ultimate truth comes only from empirically (scientific) verifiable sources
Atheist
Someone who denies the existence of God
Monotheism
Belief in one God
Polytheism
Belief in many Gods
Shahadah
Declaration of Faith, there is only one God and Muhammad is the final Prophet
Salah
The requirement to pray five times a day
Hajj
Pilgrimage to Mecca
Zakah
The requirement to give 2.5% of your savings a year to charity
Sawm
Fasting form Dawn to Dusk in Ramadan
The Qu’ran
The Muslim Holy Book
Minaret
A tower attached to a mosque, with a balcony from which a muezzin calls Muslims to prayer
Recitation
Repeating something aloud from memory
Muezzin
The person who calls Muslims to prayer
Adhan
Islamic call to prayer
Kah’ba
Black cube in the middle of Mecca, sacred pilgrim shine for Muslims, the stone inside it was said to have been given to Abraham by Gabriel
Tawhid
The invisible oneness concept of monotheism in Islam