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Arabic Terms in Esposito
Arabic Vocabulary and Terms Appearing in Esposito's
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Language - Arabic
Undergraduate 4
05/08/2013

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shaykh
Definition
chief (Arabic tribal)
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imam
Definition
leader (religious)
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Quran
Definition
"The Recitation"
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umma
Definition
community (of believers)
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hijra
Definition
migration
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hajj
Definition
pilgrimage
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sunna
Definition
"trodden path," traditional practices based on the example of the Prophet
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hadith
Definition
reports/traditions of the Prophet's actions and teachings, written by his friends or early religious leaders
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tawhid
Definition
oneness/unity (of God)
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jahiliyya
Definition
ignorance (of God)
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Allah
Definition
"The God"
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Islam
Definition
"submission"
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iman
Definition
(true) faith
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sharia
Definition
"straight path," Muslim law
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jihad
Definition
"struggle," also armed resistance, holy fight/war
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mujahidin
Definition
holy warriors
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shahid
Definition
"witness," used to describe martyrs for Islam
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wahy
Definition
revelation, Islamic doctrine of revelation
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ayat
Definition
signs (of God)
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ilm al-kalam
Definition
scholastic Islamic theology
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Allahu Akbar
Definition
"God is Most Great"
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Muslim
Definition
"one who submits"
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shaytan
Definition
"The Adversary," Satan
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taqwa
Definition
fear of God; self-protection (p. 31)
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caliph
Definition
successor of the Prophet
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ayatollah
Definition
"Sign of God," title for high-ranking Shii religious leaders
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bida
Definition
innovation; deviation from Islamic tradition
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din
Definition
religion
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faqih (pl. fuqaha)
Definition
legal expert; jurisprudent
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faqir
Definition
"poor"; term for Sufi ascetic
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fatwa
Definition
formal legal opinion or decision of a mufti on a matter of Islamic law
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fiqh
Definition
"understanding"; Islamic jurisprudence, religious law
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hadd (pl. hudud)
Definition
"limits"; penalty prescribed in the Qur'an for theft, adultery, intoxication, fornication, or false witness
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halal
Definition
permitted/lawful activities
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haram
Definition
prohibited/unlawful activities
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