Religions {Islam, religion} can say there is only one god, who is merciful but unknowable, and Mohammad is his final prophet. In Islam, Adam ate wheat, rather than the Bible's apple, for his original sin. All adults should pray five times a day, facing Mecca.
Spiritual power works magic {baraka}.
Islam has a symbol {crescent and star}.
prohibited {haram}|.
crescent moon {hilal}.
Mohammad had a vision {Mi'raj} of going to heaven on al-Borak, a winged animal.
Doctrine {ijma} can be that belief of most Moslems is infallibly true.
People can take revenge equal to loss, such as taking eye for loss of eye {Talion Law} {Law of Talion}.
Mohammad said the angel Jibril (Gabriel) revealed text {Koran} {Qurun} to him.
Koran and Hadith have Islamic laws {Sharia} {shari'a}.
All able adults should perform five duties {five pillars of Islam}. Accept and say "There is one God and Mohammad is his prophet." Pray five times a day. Give alms at rate 2.5% {zekat}. Fast in the holy month, Ramadan. Make the pilgrimage, called the Hajj, to Mecca at least once.
All able adults must go to Mecca at least once {pilgrimage}.
People can work for Islam and God, deny temptations and never perform wrongs, or defend Islamic society after attack {jihad}|.
People have practices or ways of living {sunna}.
All adults should give one-quarter {alms} of income for the poor and for Islam.
Practice {din} of religion by prayers is way of Islam.
A heretical Islam branch {Babism} depends on Islam but has a different idea of the Mahdi.
A heretical Islam branch {Bahaism} depends on Islam but has a different idea of the Mahdi. Service to others is a form of prayer. Justice is paramount. Bahaism has no clergy. God's manifestations were Krishna, Abraham, Moses, Buddha, Zoroaster, Christ, and Mohammad.
Arab robe {abba}.
head covering {hijab}.
headdress {kaffiyah}.
face veil {niqab}.
keeping women veiled {purdah}.
Friday is holy day {Islam, holidays}.
Akheri-Chahar-Sumba remembers when Mohammad recovered slightly and bathed before he died, on Wednesday of Safar.
Id-e-Milad is Mohammad's Birthday.
Eide-Fetr, Id-ul-Fitr, Id-ul-Fitar, or Eid-al-Fitr is end of the month of Ramazan or Ramadan.
Eide-Mabus or Eide-Ghadir is when Gabriel revealed the Koran, on 2nd day of full moon after Ramazan or Ramadan.
Death of Mohammad.
First Day of Muharram.
Bakr-id, Id-uz-Zuha, or Eid-al-Adha is day of Abraham's sacrifice, on 10th day of last month of lunar year.
Shia
Arba'in.
Eide-Ghorban is day when Mohammad designated Ali as successor.
Death of Ali is in Ramazan.
Muharram or Tenth of Muharram or Ashura is martyrdom of Hassan and Hossein by Shimi, general of Yazid at Karbala, near Babylon, on 10th day of Muharram.
hajj last day {eid al-Adha}.
Ramadan last day {eid al-Fitr}.
pilgrimage to Mecca {hajj}|.
In the holy lunar month {Ramadan} {Ramazan}, in honor of Mohammad receiving the Koran, all adults should not eat, drink, smoke, or have sexual relations during daylight hours.
letters of unknown meaning {Alif Lam Mim} {Alif Lam Mim Suad} {Alif Lam Ra}.
evening or epoch {Asr}.
criterion of right and wrong {Furqan}.
book of the righteous {Iliyin}.
New Testament {evangel} {Injeel}.
Ka'bah is in Mecca {qiblah}.
Koran {Quran}.
People can mispronounce or misunderstand {Raina}.
book of the wicked {Sijjin}.
Torah or Pentateuch {Taurat} {Tavrat}.
watch over us {Unzurna}.
Psalms {Zabur}.
local god Baal {B'al}.
local goddess {Manat}.
help, or local god {Nasr}.
local god {Suwa}.
local goddess {Uzza}.
local god {Wadd}.
local god {Yaghus} {Yaghuth}.
local god {Yauq}.
In Islam, God asked Abraham {Abraham, Islam} to sacrifice his son Ishmael, not Isaac as in the Bible. Nimrod warred on Abraham. Abraham was first prophet of Islam.
tribe {Ad, tribe}.
first man {Adam, Islam}.
apostle of Jesus {Ahmad}.
imam (leader) of Ismaili Nizari Muslims of Ismaili Shi'a branch {Aga Khan}.
Gabriel is angel {archangel, Islam} of revelations. Michael is patron of Israelites. Israfil will sound the trumpet on judgment day. Azrael is angel of death.
Job {Ayub} {Ayyub}.
father of Abraham {Azar}.
theocracy head {caliph}.
People {Companions} went with Mohammad to Medina in the Hegira [622].
David {Dawood}.
Shaitan {devil, Islam}, the Opposer, is far from truth. Iblis, the Wicked One, is without hope.
bad spirits {Efreet}.
pharaoh {Firon}.
good and bad spirits {genii}|.
Persons {hafiz}| can memorize the Quran.
Egyptian in time of the pharaoh {Haman}.
Aaron {Haroun}.
Two angels {Harut} {Marut} were at Babel.
female fairies {houri}| {peri}.
prophet {Hud}.
Abraham {Ibrahim} is the Hanif.
Enoch {Idris}.
Elias {Ilyas}.
faith, man of faith, or mosque leader {imam, Islam}|.
father of Mary {Imran}.
Jeremiah {Irmiya}.
Jesus {Isa}.
Isaac {Ishaq}.
Isaiah {Ishaya}.
Abraham's son, progenitor of Arab people, and second prophet of Islam {Ishmael} {Ismail}.
Goliath {Jalut}.
Fifth prophet {Jesus} of Islam showed new side of God.
archangel Gabriel {Jibreel}.
bad spirits {Jinn} {Deves}.
A man {Joseph of Judea} married the beautiful Zulaikha in Egypt and has admiration in Islam.
caliph {khalif}.
Uncle {Lahab} of Mohammad opposed Islam.
sage {Luqman}.
Lot {Lut}.
Zoroastrians {Magians}.
At world's end, a man {al-Mahdi} {mahdi} will lead the faithful. Jesus will be al-Mahdi when he returns.
king, maker, or owner {Malik}.
Mary {Marium} was mother of Jesus.
archangel Michael {Meekaeel}.
Fourth prophet {Moses, Islam} of Islam received commandments.
Men {muezzin}| shout call to Islamic prayer from minarets.
Moses {Musa}.
People {Muslim} can humble themselves before, and submit to, God. World has one billion Muslims.
Nimrod {Namrud}.
Third prophet {Noah, Islam} of Islam survived the flood.
Noah {Nuh}.
Islam tells that there have been six prophets {prophet}: Abraham, Ishmael, Noah, Moses, Jesus, and Mohammad.
A Musa inhabitant {Qaroun} opposed Islam.
Kaaba keepers {Qureaish} {Quraish}.
Sheba {Saba}.
Mandaeans {Sabians} are in south Iraq and Iran.
companions {sahaba}.
prophet {Salih}.
Samarians {Samiri}.
witness or martyr {Shaheed}.
descended from Mohammad {sherif}| {sharif}.
prophet {Shu'aib}.
King Solomon {Solomon, Islam} of Judea has admiration in Islam.
Soloman {Sulaiman}.
Saul {Talut}.
believers in Allah {umma}.
Ezra {Uzair}.
Guide or Ali {Vali}.
John the Baptist {Yahya}.
Jacob {Yaqoub}.
Jonah {Yunus}.
Joshua {Yusha} {al-Yasha}.
Joseph {Yusuf}.
A follower {Zaid} of Mohammad memorized the Quran.
Zacharias {Zakariya} was father of John the Baptist.
Ezekiel {Zul-Kifl} {Zulkifl}.
plain and mountain near Mecca and Mina {Arafat}.
land {Aram}.
A black stone {Hajaru'l-Aswad} is in the Kaaba in Mecca.
first region that Mohammad conquered, near Medina {Hejaz, Koran}.
valley midway between Mecca and Tayef {Hunain}.
mountain in south Arabia {Judi}.
The old sanctuary {Kaaba} {Caaba} in Mecca is pilgrimage goal of Islam adherents.
lake in paradise {Kausar}.
north Arabia goddess {Lat}.
Ma'an {Madyan} is in greater Syria.
place in or near Mecca {Marwa}.
Mohammad was born in a city {Mecca, Islam}, which is now Islam religious center.
first town that Mohammad conquered {Medina}.
mosque tower {minaret}|.
house of worship or "place of kneeling" {masjid} {mosque}|.
Site {Mount Arafat} of a speech by Mohammad [630] is near Mecca.
valley {Naml}.
town {Rass}.
place in or near Mecca {Safa}.
fountain in paradise {Salsabil}.
land {Samood}.
mountain in east Egypt {Sinai}.
brightest star {Sirius}.
fountain in paradise {Tasnim}.
town {Tubba}.
valley {Tuwa}.
town or Medina {Yasrib}.
tree in hell {Zaqqum}.
in the name of God {Bismillah}.
sayings of Mohammad {Hadith}.
if God wills {Inshallah}.
"There is no God but God and Mohammad is his prophet." {Shahada}.
God {Allah}.
Satan {Iblis}.
Satan {Shaitan}.
Sunni sects {Ibadi Islam} can be in Oman. Jabir ibn Zayd founded it.
Shi'a sect {Ismaili}.
A mystical philosophy {Sufism} {tasawwuf} of meditation and personal union with God comes from Islam. It is a gnostic system, emphasizing divine illumination, rather than behavior. The goal is to attain knowledge of higher reality. Practically, Sufis resist corruption, tyranny, cruelty, and wealth and help the poor and lower classes. Sufis do not turn away from life. They contend that one can learn from painful or hard situations. 40 days is time for mourning or other spiritual intervals.
Sufis {dervish}| need individual teaching to learn techniques. Sufi practices, such as spinning and dancing {whirling dervish}, are to induce autohypnosis.
People can have devotion to God {dhikr Allah}.
People can lose self in God or all-inclusive Self {fana}.
Feeling {haqiqa} of Islam goes beyond Islamic laws.
God is One, who unifies all {La ilaha illa 'Llah}.
Wool {suf} is the cloth worn by mystics. Safa means purity. Suffa is mosque's veranda.
Sufism has seven stages to salvation: repentance, fear of God or abstinence, piety and detachment, poverty, patience or ecstasy, trust in God and surrender to God, and contentment {tariqa}.
Sufism has a style of meditation {zikr}.
Mirrors and polished silver {mirror symbol, Sufism} are symbols that both reflect and contain God.
Moths {moth, symbol Sufism} are souls always moving toward the light of God.
Closed-tail peacocks {peacock symbol, Sufism} are selves that are not yet one with God.
Pearls {pearl symbol} are holders of Truth.
Rubies {ruby symbol} are wealth and happiness.
Water drops {water drop symbol} come from and return to sea, like humans and God.
Wells {well symbol} are Paradise.
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