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Islam- Vocabulary
Lyon- Test 3
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Religious Studies
Undergraduate 1
04/02/2013

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Term
What is the cube shaped shrine that is very sacred?
Definition
Ka'bah
Term
What has over 360 different statues of gods?
Definition
Ka'bah Shrine
Term
What is the stone that descended from Heaven white as snow, but turned black because of everyone's sin?
Definition
Black Stone
Term
What is the 9th month of the Arabic Calendar?
Definition
Ramadan
Term
What means the recitation?
Definition
Qur'an
Term
What means submission to God?
Definition
Islam
Term
What is the term for those who submit?
Definition
Muslim
Term
What is the term for the almighty?
Definition
Allah
Term
What is the Arabic word for God?
Definition
Allah
Term
What was the vision called that Muhammad received that showed him going to Heaven and going to the throne of God where he was given rules for prayer, and he spoke with past prophets?
Definition
Night of Ascent
Term
What is the town of Jewish- Arab conflict?
Definition
Yathrib
Term
What is a marriage called that has only one wife and one husband?
Definition
Monogamous Marriage
Term
What are the two divisions of Islam called?
Definition
Sunni and Shi'a
Term
What is the ruler/leader of Islam refereed to as?
Definition
Caliph
Term
What is money that is mandatory to pay (tax)?
Definition
Zukot
Term
What is Sunni Islam refereed to as?
Definition
Mainstream Islam
Term
What represents an average Muslim?
Definition
Mainstream Islam
Term
What is the possessor of spiritual knowledge (true holder of power)?
Definition
Imam
Term
What is a mystical tradition of Islam that believed in pursuing God in the present world through prayer and devotion?
Definition
Sufism
Term
What is the pilgrimage that Muhammad received revelation from referred to as?
Definition
Hajj
Term
What were the first 4 successors refereed to as?
Definition
"The Rightly Guided Caliphs"
Term
Who supported Abu Bakr?
Definition
Sunni
Term
Who supported Ali?
Definition
Shi'a
Term
What is a verse in the Qur'an refereed to as?
Definition
Ayah
Term
What is a chapter in the Qur'an refereed to as?
Definition
Surah
Term
What is someone called when they memorizes the entire Qur'an?
Definition
Hafiz
Term
What is the word of Allah, the source of authority?
Definition
Qur'an
Term
What is the life and example of the prophet?
Definition
The Sunna
Term
What are the sayings and teachings of Muhammad?
Definition
Hadiths
Term
What is the Sunna made up of?
Definition
Hadiths
Term
What is a short statement of the faith of Islam?
Definition
The Shahadah
Term
What says "There is no God but Allah and Muhammad is his prophet/messenger"?
Definition
The Shahadah
Term
What is believed to be the oneness of God?
Definition
The Tawid
Term
What is the division of the unity of God?
Definition
Shirk
Term
What function as Allah's servants and messengers?
Definition
Angels
Term
What are supernatural beings that could be good or bad?
Definition
Jinn
Term
What is it called when everyone gets judged for their deeds?
Definition
Day of Judgment
Term
What are all of your deeds written down in?
Definition
Book of deeds.
Term
What is Paradise or Hell refereed to as?
Definition
The final outcome
Term
What is The Garden?
Definition
Paradise
Term
What is The Fire?
Definition
Hell
Term
What is the term for everything is under God's control?
Definition
Al-Qadr
Term
What is the declaration of faith?
Definition
Shahadah
Term
What is the prayer you pray 5 times a day?
Definition
Salah
Term
What is Alms-giving?
Definition
Zakat
Term
What is fasting during Ramadan?
Definition
sawm
Term
What is the pilgrimage to Mecca?
Definition
Hajj
Term
Where should you face when you pray?
Definition
The Quibla
Term
What do you pray toward?
Definition
The ka'bah
Term
What is the ritual hand washing or ablution?
Definition
Wudu
Term
What is a place of prayer in Islam?
Definition
Mosque
Term
What is the prayer leader?
Definition
Imam
Term
What is giving money?
Definition
Zakat
Term
What is the overall wealth that someone has?
Definition
their net worth
Term
What are the 3 C's?
Definition
Cash Cattle Crop
Term
What is the 9th month of the Arabic calendar?
Definition
Ramadan
Term
What is the month that the Qur'an was first revealed to Muhammad?
Definition
Ramadan
Term
What marks the end of fasting?
Definition
Eid al-fitr
Term
Where did Muhammad receive rules of the Hajj?
Definition
Kabah Shrine
Term
Where was the reunion and forgiveness of Adam and Eve?
Definition
Mount Arafat
Term
What is Mount Arafat also known as?
Definition
Mount of Mercy
Term
What is consecration?
Definition
Ihram
Term
What are the two hills that you have to run in between during the Hajj?
Definition
Safa and Marwah
Term
Which well do you drink from after you run through the mountains?
Definition
Well of Zamzam
Term
What is the lesser pilgrimage?
Definition
The umrah
Term
What is sacrificing a goat, sheep, or camel?
Definition
The feast of Eid Ul-Adha
Term
What is a male known as when he completes the Hajj?
Definition
Haji
Term
What is a female known as when she completes the Hajj?
Definition
Hajigah
Term
What is covering women from head to toe?
Definition
Burkas
Term
What is the term for veil in Islam?
Definition
Hijab
Term
What is a common practice in nomadic cultures to leave unwanted babies out to die?
Definition
Condemned infanticide
Term
What is it called when the brides father pays the groom something
Definition
dowry in other cultures
Term
What is it called when the groom pays the bride something?
Definition
A dowry in Islamic cultures
Term
What is the practice of having more than one wife?
Definition
Polygamy
Term
What means path or way?
Definition
Sharia
Term
What is the system of religious laws in Islam dealing with a variety of topics?
Definition
Sharia
Term
What are laws derived by a consensus?
Definition
Ijma
Term
What are laws derived by analogy?
Definition
Qiyas
Term
What are things that are compulsory?
Definition
Fard
Term
What does compulsory mean?
Definition
required to do
Term
What are things that are recommended but not compulsory?
Definition
Mandub
Term
What are things that have to be decided by consensus because there is no clear guidance?
Definition
Mubah
Term
What are things that are not forbidden but discouraged?
Definition
Makruh
Term
What are things that are forbidden?
Definition
Haram
Term
What are forbidden foods called?
Definition
Haram
Term
What are allowed foods?
Definition
Halal
Term
What means to struggle?
Definition
Jihad
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