ISLAM VOCAB
Abadat Khan
Religious Studies 110
March 1, 2015
QUIZ: ISLAM VOCAB
1. Qur’an: Muslims’ sacred book (recitation), which contains Muhammad’s (pbuh) sermons and revelations.
2. Hadiths: (recollections or narratives)- the remembrances of him by his early followers.
3. Muslims: meaning “people who submit” to God (Allah)
4. Hijra: (flight or migration) occurred when the persecution of Muhammad (pbuh) and his followers in Mecca intensified. At the invitation of leaders of Yathrib, a city about three hundred miles to the North, Muhammad (pbuh) and his finally migrated away from Mecca in 622 C.E.
5. Mosque: (masjid) where many early rules about worship and social regulation were worked out. Also where Muslims go to pray.
6. Islam: literally means “surrender” or “submission,” indicating wholehearted surrender to God, and a Muslim is one who submits to God (Allah).
7. Muezzin: a chanter who announces that Allah is great, greater than anything else and calls people to prayer several times a day.
8. Minaret: the top of a tower that is used to call people for prayer by a muezzin.
9. Mihrab: a special arched niche used to indicate the direction of prayer in a mosque.
10. Ramadan: period of shared fasting that unites Muslims; the night month of the Muslim calendar, is the time during which Muhammad (pbuh) first received his revelations.
11. Hajj: Pilgrimage to Mecca, which Muhammad (pbuh) took to visit the mysterious black meteorite.
12. Id-al-Adha: Day of sacrifice; Pilgrims return to Mina, where they throw seven small stones at three pillars, a ritual that recalls how Abraham responded to a temptation when a demon tempted him to disobey God’s command to sacrifice his son, Abraham threw stones at the demon and drove it away.
13. Shiites: derive their name from the word Shia, which means “faction”-namely, the group who followed Ali, the son-in-law and cousin of Muhammad (pbuh).
14. Imams: twelve successors of the Light of Muhammad (pbuh).
15. Sunni:
Religious Studies 110
March 1, 2015
QUIZ: ISLAM VOCAB
1. Qur’an: Muslims’ sacred book (recitation), which contains Muhammad’s (pbuh) sermons and revelations.
2. Hadiths: (recollections or narratives)- the remembrances of him by his early followers.
3. Muslims: meaning “people who submit” to God (Allah)
4. Hijra: (flight or migration) occurred when the persecution of Muhammad (pbuh) and his followers in Mecca intensified. At the invitation of leaders of Yathrib, a city about three hundred miles to the North, Muhammad (pbuh) and his finally migrated away from Mecca in 622 C.E.
5. Mosque: (masjid) where many early rules about worship and social regulation were worked out. Also where Muslims go to pray.
6. Islam: literally means “surrender” or “submission,” indicating wholehearted surrender to God, and a Muslim is one who submits to God (Allah).
7. Muezzin: a chanter who announces that Allah is great, greater than anything else and calls people to prayer several times a day.
8. Minaret: the top of a tower that is used to call people for prayer by a muezzin.
9. Mihrab: a special arched niche used to indicate the direction of prayer in a mosque.
10. Ramadan: period of shared fasting that unites Muslims; the night month of the Muslim calendar, is the time during which Muhammad (pbuh) first received his revelations.
11. Hajj: Pilgrimage to Mecca, which Muhammad (pbuh) took to visit the mysterious black meteorite.
12. Id-al-Adha: Day of sacrifice; Pilgrims return to Mina, where they throw seven small stones at three pillars, a ritual that recalls how Abraham responded to a temptation when a demon tempted him to disobey God’s command to sacrifice his son, Abraham threw stones at the demon and drove it away.
13. Shiites: derive their name from the word Shia, which means “faction”-namely, the group who followed Ali, the son-in-law and cousin of Muhammad (pbuh).
14. Imams: twelve successors of the Light of Muhammad (pbuh).
15. Sunni: