ISLAM

• tawid= one god
• nubuwwah- prophethood
• adalat- justice of allah
• imamate- leadership
• al-ma’ad - resurrection
• Ahkirah- life after death
• Azra’il - the angel of death
• Risalah- authority of prophets
• sunnah- the second most important source of authority
• akhira: everlasting life after death
• allah: god in arabic
• angels: spiritual beings that act as messengers of god
• beneficient: benevolent or all-loving or all-good
• caliph: a person considered to be a political and religious successor to the prophet Muhammad
• day of judgement: : the day when god will judge everyone and decide if he will punish or reward them
• eid-ul-adha: the celebration many muslims preform the pilgrimage of hajj
• fairness: the idea that god treats all people fairly and without discrimination
• gospel (Injil) a holy book revealed to jesus by God
• Hajj: the annual pilgrimage to mecca that every muslim must attempt to do in their lifetime
• heaven (jannah): a place of eternal happiness with God in the afterlife
• hell (jahannam): a place of eternal misery without god in the afterlife
• satan: a spiritual being who was thrown out of heaven for refusing to bow down to adam
• imam: a person who leads communal prayer in Shia Islam
• imamate: the devine appointment of the imam
• Immanent: the idea that god is present and involved with with life on earth
• Islam: ‘peace‘ the religion followed by muslims
• Jibril: Arabic for Gabriel, the archangel who brought Gods message to the prophets
• Justice (Adalat‘ in Shia Islam) : bringing about what is right and fair, according to the law
• Kaba: the black box in the centre of the Grand mosque in Mecca. the holiest place in earth in Islam
• Merciful: the quality of god that shows his compassion and forgiveness
• Mikail: arabic for michael, the archangel of mercy who rewards good deeds.
• Monotheistic: belief in one God
• Muslim: a follower of Islam
• Omnipotent: all powerful
• Predestination: the idea that God determines everything in the universe
• Prophet: a messenger from God
• Prophethood: the group of people God has chosen to be his messengers
• Psalms (zabur): a holy book revealed from god to david
• Quran: the holy book in islam
• Resurrection: rising from the dead or returning to life