islam

• tawhid

  • 'oneness' in God
  • basic Muslim belief
  • 'he is god, one, god, the eternal refuge'
  • 'he beggeth not, nor is he begotten'
• prophethood

  • 'risalah'
  • messengers of Allah
  • Adam - Muhammad
• halal

  • permitted actions within Islam
• haram

  • forbidden actions within Islam
• jihad

  • to strive
  • greater jihad: daily struggle and inner spiritual striving to live as a Muslim
  • lesser jihad: a physical struggle or 'holy war' in defence of Islam
• mosque

  • place of worship
• shariah

  • a way of life
  • set path for how Muslims should live their lives
  • shariah law is the set of moral and religious rules that put the principles set by the Qu'ran and Hadith into place
• ummah

  • muslim community
• 6 articles of faith (sunni)

  • Allah: tawhid
  • Malaikah: angels- each muslim has an angel that records the person's good and bad actions
  • Holy books: Qu'ran
  • Risalah: spoken through prophets
  • Akhirah: afterlife
  • Al-Qadr: predestination- set a destiny for every person
• 5 roots (shi'a)

  • oneness - tawhid
  • justice of God - adalah
  • prophethood
  • leadership
  • resurrection
• adalat

  • highlighted in shi'a islam
  • justice of god
  • 'He has power over all things'
• isa

  • islamic name for jesus
  • isa and maryam are the most prominent figures in the qu'ran
  • successor to moses
  • given injil and performed miracles
  • Muslims deny Christian teaching of trinity- god is one not three
• muhammad

  • last and greatest prophet
  • lived moral and prayerful life
  • performed no miracles
• five pillars

  • shahadah
  • salah
  • zakah
  • sawm
  • hajj
• shahadah

  • the declaration of faith which says 'there is no god but God and Muhammad is his prophet'
• salah

  • prayer, five times a day
• zakah

  • charity, giving money to the poor
• sawm

  • fasting during the month of ramadan
• hajj

  • pilgrimage to Makkah
• tawhid

  • most important belief in Islam
  • God is:
  • immanent:always close by
  • transcendent: beyond all things
  • omniscient: all knowing
  • beneficent: always kind
  • merciful:always fair
  • judge: on the last day, God will be our judge
  • creator: God is the beginning; he is the cause of all that exists