GLOSSARY - 1

Directions: Your teacher will go over the definitions and pronunciations of these Islamic words. Study them. Be prepared for daily quizzes to master the terms and people. This knowledge will help you to answer the Quiz Cards.

Note: This page has so many highlights that blocked out the text, I apologize if anything is misspelled.

  1. Koran (koo-RAN), also Koran (ko-RAN), the holy book of Islam.
  2. Hadith (ha-DEETH) book of sayings and traditions of Prophet Muhammad.
  3. Shiite (SHEE-a) branch of Islam in which Muslims believe Prophet Muhammad's son-in-law (also cousin) Ali was the rightful leader after Prophet Muhammad's death.
  4. Sunni (SOONi) branch of Islam in which Muslims believe Prophet Muhammad's father-in-law Abu Bakr was the rightful leader after Prophet Muhammad's death.
  5. Mosque (MOSK) Muslim house of worship
  6. [illegible] (min-eh-RET) tower from which Muslims are called to prayer
  7. [illegible] (moo-IS-in) calls the faithful to prayer from a minaret
  8. Caliph (KAY-lif) successor or leader
  9. Jihad (ji-HAD) to struggle against oppression
  10. Kabah (KA-ba) Islam's holiest shrine, located in Mecca
  11. [illegible] (KA-fir) unbeliever
  12. [illegible] (Tenants of Islam?) five duties all Muslims must fulfill
  13. Ramadan (rama-ah-DON) holy month of fasting for Muslims
  14. [illegible] (DROM-e-dar-e) single-humped camel
  15. Muslim (MUS-lim) one who submits to the will of God [Allah! not God!]
  16. [illegible] (BED-oo-win) desert nomad
  17. Islam (IS-lam) name of second largest religion in the world today; means "submission to God's Will" [Allah's, not God's!]
  18. Allah (Al-LAH) Arabic word for God [Allah, not God!]
  19. Ali Akbar (Al-LAH-ou AK-bar) Arabic words for "God is great"
  20. Monotheism (MON-eh-thee-iz-em) practice of religion where there is only one god
  21. [illegible] (HAJ) Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca
  22. Pilgrimage (PILL-gra-mij) a holy journey
  23. Caravan (CARE-a-van) a company of travelers, especially of merchants or pilgrims
  24. Oasis (oh-A-sis) a fertile place in the desert where there is water and trees                                                Islam 1:17

GLOSSARY - 2

  1. Muhammad (moo-HAM-ed) God's final prophet who perfected Islam, 570-632
  2. Abu Bakr (a-BOO BAK-er_ first caliph of Islam
  3. Omar Khayyam (O-mar ki-YAM) Muslim poet who wrote the Rubaiyat
  4. Ali (A-lee) Prophet Muhammad's son-in-law; a leading figure in the Shi'a branch of Islam
  5. Ibn Sena (IB-en SEE-na) great Muslim scientist, 980-1037
  6. Muawiya (MOO-ah-wee-ya) caliph of Umayyad Dynasty, 661-680
  7. Abdul Maylik (AB-dool MAY-lik) caliph of Umayyad Dynasty, 685-705
  8. Ahman Suer (A-MAN soor) second Abbasid caliph, 754-775
  9. [illegible] (HAROON al-RASHID) fifth Abbasid caliph, 786-809
  10. Abdul Rama... (AB-dool RAH-man) caliph who ruled the western Islamic Empire, 912-961

[Highlighted terms I cannot read, but definitions are]:

  1. Peace be with you
  2. And may peace be with you
  3. my name is
  4. Go with peace
  5. thank you
  6. (IN sha AL-LAH) (g)od willing

VERSES FROM THE QUR'AN - 1


Introduction N.J. Dawood, in his translation of the Qur'an, states, "The Qur'an is the earliest and by far the finest work of Classical Arabic prose. For Muslims it is the infallible word of God, a transcript of a table preserved in heaven, revealed to the Prophet Muhammad by the Angel Gabriel. Except in the opening verses and some few passages in which the Prophet of the Angel speaks in the first person, the speaker throughout is God."

Historically, Dawood points out, the verses of the Qur'an were written during Prophet Muhammad's lifetime on anything at hand, such as palm-leaves, stones, or any other material that could be inscribed. After Prophet Muhammad's death in 632, these verses were collected into an authorized version of the Qur'an during the caliphate of Othman, 844-56. It is this version which Muslims recognize as the authoritative word of God.

Your task is to analyze one of the verses and be able to explain what the verse means in relationship to life, today, to meet the Salaat activity requirement.

The Exordium

In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful.
Praise be to Allah, Lord of Creation,
The Compassionate, the Merciful,
King of Judgment-day!
You alone we worship, and to You alone we pray for help,
Guide us to the straight path
The path of those whom You have favoured,
Not of those who have incurred Your wrath,
Nor of those who have gone astray.

Night

"...for him that gives in charity and guards himself against evil and believes in goodness, We shall smooth the path to salvation; but for him that neither gives nor takes and disbelieves in goodness, We shall smooth the path of affliction. When he breathes his last, his riches will not avail him...
 (this is word for word, dot for dot per the handout)

Abraham
"Do you not see how Allah compares a good word to a good tree? Its root is firm and its branches are in the sky; it yields it fruit in every season by Allah's leave. Allah gives parables to men so that they will take heed. But an evil word is like an evil tree torn out of the earth and shorn of all its roots."       Islam 3:13

1. Introduction "You will become Muslims"
2. Bribery, Grade Threats & Peer Pressure
3. Islamic names children chose to "become Muslims"
4. Glossary
5. Glossary2  Muhammad factually defined as "Prophet of God"
6. Quran/Koran - Children to define its teachings into their life today
7. Verses from the Qur'an
8. "Reading Strategy" - obvious brainwashing strategy!
9. Lesson 2 Preview - directs children to write that the Quran is Allah's words!
10. Lesson 2 Summary - "The Life of the Prophet"
11. Islam History - more beliefs given as facts

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