Islamic History
Vocabulary
Prayer
Ramadan
Art/Art History in Islam
100

This city was the first to accept Islam

What is Medina?

100

What is Salat?

What are the five daily prayers?

100

What is the number of prayers that must be performed in a day?

What is 5?

100

What is sawm?

What is fasting during Ramadan?

100

A kind of approach to Islam that involves philosophical discourse and “mysticism” is called? 

What is Sufism?

200

This major Islamic empire ruled large parts of the Middle East, North Africa, and Eastern Europe for centuries

What is the Ottoman Empire?

200

What is Zakat?

What is giving to charity?

200

What is the call to prayer?

What is Adhan? 

200

Who is the angel who visited the Prophet (pbuh)?

Who is Gabriel?

200

Concept that embodies wisdom and philosophy; foundational element in Islamic mysticism  

What is Hikkmah?

300

This title was given to the political and religious leader of the Muslim community during the period of empires

What is Caliph?

300

What is the oath you take to Islam?

Sahada

300

What must be performed before each payer or maintained?

What is wudhu?

300

What is the name of the Prophet to whom the Quran was revealed to?

Who is Prophet MUHAMMAD (SAW)?

300

What is Rumi best known for?

What is poetry

400

This event marks the migration of Prophet Muhammad and his followers from Mecca to Medina

What is Hijra?

400

What is taking a pilgrimage called?

What is Hajj?

400

What is a single unit of prayer, with a sequence of repeating movements called?

What are rakkats?

400

The most important night in the Islamic calendar, marking the beginning of the revelation of the Quran

What is the night of power (Laylat al-Qadr)

400

Who was one of the figures Rumi was famously inspired by?

Who is Shams Tabrizi?

500

This city served as a key intellectual and cultural center during the Islamic Golden Age

What is Baghdad?

500

What is the holy site of pilgrimage also the site toward which the prayer is directed towards? 

What is Makkah (Mecca)?

500

What are the names of the five prayers?

What is Fajr, Duhr, Asr, Maghrib, Isha? 

500

the Muslim festival marking the end of the fast of Ramada

What is Eid al fitr?

500

What is Rumi’s famous work called?

What is  Mathnawī?

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