Authority

• Risalah: Prophethood
• Qur'an: The holy book of Islam
• Revelation: When God is revealed to humans; belief that Allah shows his nature and will through the words of the Qur'an.
• Ibrahim: One of the prophets of Allah. He rebuilt the Ka'aba.
• Isma'il: Son of Ibrahim
• Musa: Moses, the Prophet of Allah to whom the Torah was given.
• Dawud: David, the Prophet to whom the book of Psalms was given
• Isa: Jesus, Son of Mary
• Night of Power: The name for the night on which Muhammad received the first revelations of the Qur'an.
• Haddith 


  Traditional teachings based on Muhammad's words and actions
• The Imamate: One of the Five Roots of Usul-ad-Din, 'Leadership.' Shia belief in the twelve imams who succeeded Muhammad as the leaders of Islam.
• The Scrolls of Abraham: Holy book/source of authority; individual revelations to Ibrahim that were written on parchment but have perished
• Sunnah 


  writings about Muhammad's way of life