Islam Vocabulary 2020 PDF

ISLAM VOCABULARY Nomad  A member of a group that has no fixed home and moves from place to place Bazaar  An open-air market with shops and goods for sale Islam  A religion based on the teachings of the prophet Muhammad Council  An assembly called to help determine the next Muslim ca...

ISLAM VOCABULARY Nomad  A member of a group that has no fixed home and moves from place to place Bazaar  An open-air market with shops and goods for sale Islam  A religion based on the teachings of the prophet Muhammad Council  An assembly called to help determine the next Muslim caliph Ka’aba  Square building in Mecca believed by Muslims to be the house Ibrahim erected for God and the focus of Muslim worship oasis  A small area in the desert watered by springs and wells Idol  An image used as an object of worship Monotheism  The belief that there is only one God Caliph  The civil and religious ruler of a Muslim state Muezzin  One that calls Muslim worshippers to prayer Hijrah/Hegira  Muhammad's emigration with his followers from Mecca to Medina in 622. Tribe  Any system of social organization made up of villages, bands, or other groups with a common ancestry, language, culture, and name Pilgrimage  A journey to a sacred place or shrine Qu’ran/Koran  The sacred book of Islam Muslim  A believer in Islam Sunna  Customary procedures of living, specifically the ways and customs of Muhammad Mosque  A place of Muslim worship Muhammad  Founder of Islam, prophet of God Sunni  One who follows the way s and customs of Muhammad, specifically those who accept that authority was passed down through consensus of the Muslim community Shiite/Shi’a  From the Arabic "party;" one who believes that authority passed from the Prophet Muhammad to his lineal descendants Allah  Arabic word for God