# Glossary of Islamic Terms and Concepts

This glossary had its beginnings from the information contained in the booklet Introducing Islam to Non-Muslims by Hussein Khalid Al-Hussein and Ahmad Hussein Sakr. Other terms not in that booklet are continually being added to this list now. A substantial number of terms were donated by ISL Software, makers of the Alim database.

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## A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

## A

- A.H.
- Adhan
- Ahl ar-ra'y
- Ahzab
- Al-asharatu mubashshirun
- Al-hamdu lillahi rabbil 'alamin
- Alim
- Allah
- Allahu akbar
- Amin
- Amir
- Amir al-mumineen
- Ansar
- Aqabah
- Arafat
- Asabiyyah
- Assalamu alaikum
- Asr
- Astaghfirullah
- A'uzu billahi minashaitanir rajim
- Awqiyyah
- Awrah
- Ayah
- Ayat
- Ayat ul-Kursi

## B

- Badiyyah
- Badr
- Bakka'in
- Baqi
- Barakallah
- Barakah
- Batil
- Batul
- Bawadi
- Bay'ah
- Bayt al-mal
- Bismillahir rahmanir rahim
- Bi'thah
- Busr

## C

- C.E.
- Covenant

## D

- Daff
- Da'iy
- Da'wah
- Dhikr
- Dhimmi
- Dhu-n nurayn
- Din
- Dirham
- Du'a
- Du'at
- Dunya

## E

- Eid

## F

- Fajr
- Faqih
- Fard
- Faruq
- Fasiq
- Fatwa
- Festivities
- Fiqh
- Fitnah
- Fuqaha

## G

- Ghazi
- Ghazwah

## H

- Hadith
- Hadith qudsi
- Hajj
- Halal
- Halif
- Halqah
- Hanif
- Haqq
- Haraam
- Haram
- Hifz
- Hijrah
- Hudud

## I

- Ijtihad
- Imam
- Iman
- Injil
- Inna lillahi wa inna ilahi raji'un
- In sha' allah
- Iqamah
- Isha
- Islam
- Istighfar

## J

- Jahannam
- Jahiliyyah
- Jazakallahu khayran
- Jalbab
- Jannah
- Jihad
- Jinn
- Jizyah

## K

- Ka'bah
- Kafir
- Kalam
- Khalifah
- Khandaq
- Khatib
- Khutbah
- Kuffar
- Kufr

## L

- Laat
- La hawla wa la quwwata illa billah
- La ilaha illallah
- Lunar calendar

## M

- Madinah
- Maghazi
- Maghrib
- Mahr
- Mahram
- Marwah
- Masjid
- Mawla
- Mawlaya
- Mihrab
- Mina
- Minbar
- Muadh-dhin
- Muhajir
- Mujahid
- Mu'min
- Munafiq
- Murabit
- Musad'afin
- Musalaymah
- Mushaf
- Mushawarah
- Mushrik

## N

- Nabi
- Nasab
- Nasihah

## O

## P

- P.B.U.H.

## Q

- Qadi
- Qaideen
- Qard
- Qari
- Qiblah
- Qisas
- Qiyaas
- Qiyamah
- Qudah
- Quraysh
- Qur'an

## R

- Radhiallahu 'anhu
- Ra'kat
- Ramadan
- Rasul
- Ruku'
- Rutb

## S

- Sabirin
- Sabr
- Sadaq
- Sadaqah
- Safa
- Sahabah
- Sahifah
- Salah
- Sallallahu 'alaihi wa sallam
- Saqifah
- S.A.A.S. / S.A.W.S.
- Sawm
- Sa'yee
- Sayyid
- Shahadah
- Shaheed
- Shahid
- Shaikh
- Shaitan
- Shari'ah
- Shirk
- Shura
- Sin al-bulugh
- Sin at-tamyiz
- Sirah
- Sirwal
- Siwak
- Subhanahu wa ta'ala
- Suffah
- Suhuf
- Sujud
- Sunnah
- Surah
- S.W.T.

## T

- Tahajjud
- Tajweed
- Talbiyah
- Tamr
- Taqwa
- Tarteel
- Tauhid
- Tawaf
- Tayammum
- Thawab
- Torah

## U

- Ulama
- Ummah
- Umm al-mu'mineen
- Umrah
- Urdu
- Uzzah

## V

## W

- Wa 'alaikumus salam
- Wakil
- Wali
- Walimah
- Wudu

## X

## Y

- Yathrib

## Z

- Zakah
- Zendiq
- Zuhr

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