Vocabulary

Question 1

Shiek

Answer 1

The patriarch of a tribe or a family; chief: a term of polite address.

Question 2

Quran

Answer 2

The Islamic sacred book, believed to be the word of god as dictated to Muhammad by the archangel Gabriel and written down in Arabic.

Question 3

Islam

Answer 3

the religion of the Muslims, a monotheistic faith regarded as revealed through Muhammad as the Prophet of Allah.

Question 4

Hijab

Answer 4

a head covering worn in public by some Muslim women.

Question 5

Haj

Answer 5

the Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca that takes place in the last month of the year, and that all Muslims are expected to make at least once during their lifetime.

Question 6

Bedouin

Answer 6

A nomadic Arab of the desert.

Question 7

Jihad

Answer 7

A holy war undertaken as a sacred duty by muslims.

Question 8

Mosque

Answer 8

a Muslim place of worship.

Question 9

Muhammad

Answer 9

The Arab founder of Islam, Muhammad is held by Muslims to be the chief prophet of God.

Question 10

Abu Bakr

Answer 10

companion of 1st Muslim leader after Muhammad, regarded by Sunni’s as the 1st caliph and rightful successor.

Question 11

Mu’āwiyah

Answer 11

a male Arabic given name of disputed meaning.

Question 12

Sunni

Answer 12

one of the two main branches of Islam, commonly described as orthodox, and differing from Shia in its understanding of the Sunna and in its acceptance of the first three caliphs.