Empire of Islam
learning or university or education
Arabic people
Ethnic group of people originally from the Arabian peninsula who speak Arabic. Not all are Muslims.
Followers of the Islamic faith, “those who surrender to Allah”
Muslim
Language of Arabic people, also the language the Qu’ran is to be read in for religious purposes
Arabic
This sect/branch of Islam believe the successor to Muhammad should be one of his descendents.
Shia
Allah
Islamic word for God
Prophet of Allah (God) who received Allah’s words from the Angel Gabriel and spread the faith.
Muhammad
Caliph
A spiritual leader of Islam who claims succession from Muhammad
This sect/branch of Islam believed the successor to Muhammad could be any righteous member of the religion as chosen by the community of believers.
Sunni
Qur’an / Koran
The holy book of Islam
The place of worship for Muslims
Mosque
A monotheistic faith, as revealed through Muhammad as a Prophet of Allah (God) - “submission to the will of God”
Islam
"People of the Book," (Jewish and Christians) could live and keep their faith within the Islamic Empire, as long as they did this.
Paid a tax
Hajj
The pilgrimage (religious trip) to Mecca that, if able, all Muslims should make.
One of the holiest cities to the faith of Islam, location of the Kaaba, site of the hajj
Mecca
Caliphate
The rule or reign of a Caliph