Islamic Flashcards

Al - haqq

Truth of Qu’ran

Risalah

Prophethood

Anbiya

Deliverers of Allah’s message

Rusul

Receivers of Allah’s scripture

Qadim

Eternal

ijas

Inimitable

Tawhid

Oneness of Allah

Taqwa

Awareness of Allah’s existence

Shariah

Islamic Law

Fiqh

Expanding of shariah

Halal

Permissible

Haram

Impermissible

Ulama

Islamic scholars

Ummah

Community

Revelation to the prophet

Mohammed was the final rusul i.e. profit to receive Allah’s divine written message in the form of the Quran. Because of the direct recitation Of the word of Allah to Mohammed, the Quran is inimitable and infallible

Predestination

Qadr, the 6th Islamic tenet, asserts that Allah annisciently knows all beings and every moment of their existence. Allah has predesnined everyone’s path, but human still possess free will to choose our actions

Greater Jihad

Jihad means to exert oneself in a religious sense in service of Allah. Greater jihad is an individual’s internal spiritual struggle to resist evil, obey haram halal and submit to Allah’s will.

5 Pillars

Shanada (profession of faith)

Salat (prayer)

Zakat (almsgiving)

Hajj (pilgrimage)

Perspective of life

The Islamic worldview is linear and is characterised by the belief that submission to the will of Allah through ritual acts of worship and obeying Shariah Will secure one’s place in paradise after death.