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Islam
Final Exam
41
Religious Studies
Undergraduate 1
07/26/2010

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Term
Ka'ba
Definition

"Cube"

Place of worship in Mecca.

Original place of worship for Abraham.

Term
Sunna
Definition

"The words and example of the prophet."

 

Used to help interpret the laws.

Term
Panth
Definition
"community" that are on the path
Term
Sikh
Definition

"disciple"

or someone who is learning

Term
Adi Granth
Definition

"first book"

collection of hymths about the love of God

no rules or instructions

Term
Langar
Definition

"free kitchen"

 

people broke bread with people that normally would not be associated with them

 

served to break down the caste system

Term
Dhikr
Definition

"meditation on the name of God"

 

chant on beads

 

Allah has 99 known names/ 1 unknown

Term
Dhimmis
Definition

"people of the book"

 

Christians and Jews

Term
Jihad
Definition

"striving"

 

to strive / holy war

Term
ALLAH
Definition

"the god"

 

 

Term
Shari'ah
Definition

"the law"

 

The law cannot be seperated from Islam.

Term
Ramadan
Definition

"the night of power"

The first time the Qur'an was revealed.

Term
Khalsa
Definition

"the pure"

 

initiated people

 

they were willing to give up their heads for the tradition

Term
Sufism
Definition

"wool"

 

Islamic mysticism

Term
Ummah
Definition

 

 

Muslim community

Term

5 Pillars of Islam

 

Definition

1) Confession of faith- all you had to do was recite it to become Muslim

2)Prayer- must pray in arabic 5 times a day

3)Alms- giving of your possessions to help the poor

4)Ramadan- fasting one month a year/commemorates the first revelation of the Qur'an

5)Hajj- pilgrimage to Mecca/once a lifetime

Term

4 Main sources of Law

 

Definition

1) Qur'an

2) Hadith

These were both divine law

 

3)Reasoning

4) concensus of the community

These were human derived

Term
5 k's dress code
Definition

1) long hair

2) comb

3)iron bracelet

4)shorts

5)short sword

Term
Two major sins
Definition

1)Shirk- not believing in Tawhid

Tawhid- "one-ness of god"

 

2)Kufr- to not believe

Term
ideas of Sikhism
Definition

1)hard work

2)sharing wealth with the poor

3)remembering God's name

Term
Guru Gobind Singh
Definition

10th Guru

 

abolished names

wanted full sacrifice

last human guru

 

Term
Abraham and Ismail
Definition

Abraham is patriarch of Arabs and Jews.

Ismail is father of Arabs.

They built the Ka'ba.

Term
Sunnis
Definition
Believe that the Caliphs are their leaders.
Term
Jizya
Definition
Head-tax on non-Muslims
Term
Guru Granth Sahib
Definition

Last Guru

writings of Gobind Singh

Term

Hijrah

662 CE

Definition

Movement of the Muslim people from Mecca to Medina.

 

Considered the first date in Islam.

 

When the Muslim communtiy(Ummah), came into being.

Term
Gurus to know
Definition

Nanak-founder

Arjan-Adi Granth

Gabhind

 

Term
Kaur
Definition
Sikh name for women
Term
Hadith
Definition
The body of literature that tells the Sunnah of the prophet.
Term
Gabriel
Definition
They angel who first delivered the Qur'an.
Term
Shi'ites
Definition

They believe the Imams are their leaders.

 

Located in Iran and Iraq.

Term
Gurdwara
Definition

any temples

open to anyone of any religion

 

place of worship

Term
Amritsar
Definition
capital of the Sikhs
Term
Guru Arjan
Definition

established the Golden Temple(Gurdwara)

was tortured and killed for giving a blessing to someone

put together the Adi Granth

Term
Nanak
Definition

founder

people were equal

the inner meaning was important

rituals were not important

Term
Hijab
Definition
head covering
Term

Qur'an

650 CE

Definition

moral order

114 Surahs

Muhammad recited it and people wrote the down.

Standardized writing system and grammar.

Term

Muhammad

500 CE

Definition

prophet of the Qur'an

 

Term
5 beloved ones
Definition
the five cut-off head guys
Term
Waheguru
Definition
the name of God
Term
Khalistan
Definition

what the Sihks wanted to call their land they never got

 

"Land of the Khalsa"

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