Islam vocab

• Husayn


  Grandson of Muhammad
• Imam


  Islamic prayer leader
• Jahiliyya


  Time before Qur'an
• Jihad


  The greater struggle with oneself to be a better person
• Shari'a


  Islamic law
• Shirk


  The sin of worshiping anything other than god
• Sufi


  The followers of a mystical tradition of Islam, focusing on believers personal experience of the life of Muhammad
• Sunna


  The example of the life of Muhammad
• Shiahand sunni


  the two major branches of Islam
• Tafsir


  Chapter of the Qur'an
• Umma


  The worldwide Muslim community
• Zakat - alms giving to the poor
• Salat - prayer, five times daily