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vocab chapter 10
Question | Answer |
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Allh | God(an arabic word mainley in Islam) |
Hijrah | Muhammad migration from mecca to yathrib |
Mosque | An Islamic place of worship |
shari'a | A body of law governing the lives of muslims |
House of Wisdom | A center of learning established in Baghdad in the 800's |
Sufi | A Muslim who seeks to achieve direct contact with God through mystical means |
Muhammad | Born into the clan of a powerful Meccan family |
Caliph | A supreme political and religous leader in muslim government |
Hajj | A privilege of Mecca , performed as a duty by Muslims |
Umayyads | A dynasty that rules the Musslim Empire From AD 661 to 750 and later established a kingdom in Al-Andulus |
Musslim | Follower of Islam |
AL-Andalus | Muslim-rulled region in what is now Spain, established in the eight centrual AD |
Qu'ran | The holy book of Islam |
Islam | A monothesis releigion that develloped in Arabi in the seventh centuary AD |