Islam Flashcards
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Islam
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- Second most widespread religion
- study about message from God revealed within from the Abrahamic tradition
- third and the final revelation of the abrahamic monotheistic teadition
- final & definitive revelation
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Muhammad
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- the last prophet
- messenger of Allah
- based on a universal and primordial truth
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Qur’an
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- sacred text of Islam
- being learned at early age
- consists of 14 chapters (surah), each composed of verses or ayahs.
- last series of revelation by Allah
- to correct the mistaken interpretations of men and women
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Meccan Surahs
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- shorter chapter
* revealed to muhammad in Meccah
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Medinan Chapters
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- longer chapter
* revealed later when Muhammad was in medina
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Tafsit
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- Intellectual explanation of Qur’an
* written by musfassir
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Goal of the Muslims
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to create a just society
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5 Pillars
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- Shahadah (Creed)
- Salat (Prayer)
- Zakat (Charity)
- Sawn (Fasting)
- Hajj (Pilgrimage to Mecca)
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- Shahadah (Creed)
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summarizes the faith of a muslim
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- Salat (Prayer)
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-Pray 5 times: before dawn midday mid afternoon sunset night time -individual cleaning ritual -friday is public prayer
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- Zakat (Charity)
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donated to the poor
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4.Sawn (Fasting in Ramadan)
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- ninth month of muslim calendar
- abstain from food, drink, tobacco and sex
- to discipline oneself
- to develop sympathy for the poor and hungry
- to give the others what one would have eaten
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- Hajj (Pilgrimage to Mecca)
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- religious journey by a believer to a sacred city or site
- all muslims is expected to visit mecca
- is already a practice before muhammad’s time
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Islam was born in?
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7th century Mecca
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Hijia
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- going to Medina
- 622
