Islam Beliefs: Keywords

Question 1

Adalat

Answer 1

Justice in Shi’a Islam

Question 2

Akhirah

Answer 2

Belief in the life after death

Question 3

Beneficence

Answer 3

An act of charity or kindness in an effort to do good for others

Question 4

Caliph

Answer 4

A successor of Muhammad as the spiritual leader of Islam

Question 5

Hadith

Answer 5

The teachings of Muhammad

Question 6

Imamate

Answer 6

Leadership

Question 7

Immanence

Answer 7

The belief that Allah is closer to us than our heartbeat and is involved in the world

Question 8

Jihad

Answer 8

The greater or lesser striving for the way of Allah

Question 9

Merciful

Answer 9

To show forgiveness and compassion to those who do wrong

Question 10

Omnipotence

Answer 10

The belief that Allah is all-powerful

Question 11

Predestination

Answer 11

The idea that everything that happens has been decided already by Allah

Question 12

Psalms

Answer 12

The books written by David (Zabur)

Question 13

Rak’ah

Answer 13

A sequence of prayer containing actions and recitations

Question 14

Risalah

Answer 14

Communication between man and Allah in the form of books, angels and prophets

Question 15

Shi’a

Answer 15

A Muslim who adheres to the Shi’a branch of Islam; followed by about a tenth of all Muslims

Question 16

Sunni

Answer 16

Muslims who follow the Sunnah, the Way of the Prophet

Question 17

Tawhid

Answer 17

The belief in the oneness of Allah and the unity of His being

Question 18

Ummah

Answer 18

The brotherhood/community of Islam

Question 19

Usul-ad-Din

Answer 19

The foundations of faith in Shi’a Islam