Origins of Islam
What is Islams' holy book
The holy Qu 'ran
What is the importance of Prayer in Islam?
Muslims must pray 5 times a day facing Mecca to stay connected with Allah.
What's a caliph?
Why did people trust Muslims so much?
Muslims were some of the most well-educated people during that time.
Conquest, religion, trade, and education.
What were the main trade ways?
Who was the founder of Islam
Muhammad.
What's the importance of giving?
Muslims believe giving to the needy gives good Karma when getting judged by Allah.
What's a Prophet
Gods messager
What's one of the biggest mathematical achievements Muslims have made?
Used math and science to find out how far the moon is.
Trading in North Africa.
How did muslims spread the religion to Northern Africa?
Where did Islam begin?
In Mecca during the 7th century
What does fasting during Ramadan teach?
It teaches Muslims about restraint and gratitude for having food.
What's the Quran
The holy book of Islam
Why were Muslims, on average, so smart?
Education was very prized back then. And one of the very needed things for Muslims.
632 C.E.
When did Muhammad die?
What message did Muhammad teach?
There is only one God (Allah), Pray, and help others.
What do Muslims believe happens after death?
They're deeds are to be judged by Allah.
What's a mosque?
A building Muslims go to to pray.
Why was science so prized?
People who studied science realized that some of science was also correlated with the deeds Muhammad did.
Ceramics and metalworking in muslim art.
What did Muslim artists perfect?
What does Islam mean in Arabic?
What are the five pillars of Islam
Shahadah (Declaration of Faith)
Salah (Prayer)
Zakat (Giving to those in need)
Sawm (Fasting)
Pilgrimage (Travel to Mecca)
What's the Ka'aba
The cube-shaped building that Muslims face to pray and go for the Pilgrimage.
Why were Muslims so liked back then?
Their education was a key Factor. They showed their well-rounded education when trading and showing others the hopes of Math and Science.
Muhammad unified the region.
What was the Arabian Peninsula under new faith?