islam key vocab

wudu

ritual washing before prayer

adalat/justice

• part of nature of God in Shi’a Islam

• belief that God is fair

Adam

• Allah’s first prophet

• father of humankind

• built the Ka’aba

akhirah/life after death

belief in a new stage of life after death

malaikah/angels

• spiritual beings

• created from elements of light

• they gave God’s messages to the prophets

• and watch over humans

arafat

• part of the Hajj pilgrimage

• place where Prophet Muhammad preached his last sermon

• place where pilgrims gather to pray

ashura

• important festival in Shi’a Islam

• to commemorate the martyrdom of Hussein (Muhammad’s grandson)

• Sunni Muslims observe ashura

• as a day of repentance for sins

• in the belief that they will be forgiven

authority

• having power and status

• the Qur’an has supreme authority as it’s the word of Allah

• meaning it must be believed and obeyed

beneficence

• 1/99 of Allah’s names

• demonstrates to Muslims

the Five Pillars

• important duties which support the main principles of Islam

• includes shahadah, salah, zakah, sawm and hajj

Five Roots of Usul ad-Din

• foundations of the faith in Shi’a Islam

• includes five key beliefs: tawhid, adalat, risalat, imamate and resurrection