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Title: Arabic Terms

Description: Arabic terms and definitions

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Created: 10/12/2009 10:26:31

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\f0\fs24 \cf0 Jahiliyya
Definition
ignorance, time before revelation\
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Isnad
Definition
transmitters of Hadith Stories\
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ahl al-bayt
Definition
people of the house, Muhammad's family\
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Qusayy
Definition
founder of Quraysh\
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Muruwwa
Definition
manliness, tribal moral code/honor code\
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ahl al-kitab
Definition
people of the book, jews and christians\
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hadith
Definition
sayings of the prophet, oral traditions/stories about the prophet\
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shirk
Definition
sin of polytheism\
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Yathrib
Definition
original name of Medina, home of Prophet's mother, 622 Hijra\
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Fatiha
Definition
opening chapter of the Koran\
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Sahih
Definition
genuine, one of the kinds of hadith\
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Nubuwwa
Definition
prophet or prophethood, nabi - prophet\
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Hudaybiyah
Definition
treaty between Meccans and Muhammad, signed 628\
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Basmalahb
Definition
in the name of Allah, opens all surahs but number 9\
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Hasan
Definition
good, beautiful, the best, name of Muhammad's grandson\
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Qiyama
Definition
raising of the dead, refers to day of judgment\
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Amana
Definition
the trust, not doing bad things in name of religion\
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da'if
Definition
weak, distinguishes between hadith and Koran\
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umma
Definition
of your mother, community\
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kufr
Definition
to cover up the truth, self-deception\
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ansar
Definition
helpers, helped followers leave\
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wahy
Definition
inspirational message, comes randomly\
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Sunna
Definition
habit or usual practice, the prophet's actions\
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Muhajirun
Definition
emigrants\
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Ibn Hisham
Definition
editor of original biography of Muhammad's life\
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Hamdalah
Definition
praise be to God, in Fatiha\
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Ilham
Definition
inspirations from the heart, result of premeditation\
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taqwa
Definition
God-fearing, moral and spiritual awareness\
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sura
Definition
the wall surrounding a city, chapter, 114 in Koran\
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'ilm al-rijal
Definition
earthly knowledge\
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populism
Definition
idea of social change from the ground up, not legislated\
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Islamicate
Definition
Hodgson's idea of Islam being a culture as well as a religion\
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Irano-semitic
Definition
may refer to language of Islam, development of Arabic language\
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Life-orientational
Definition
Islam is life-orientational experience}



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