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Quran Test #2
Terms for Qu'ran Test #2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Yusuf | Joseph from the Bible Q12 |
| Kahin | sooth sayer, or a priest |
| ‘Isa | the name that is used to refer to Jesus in the Qur’an |
| Tafsir | Arabic word a genre for exegesis or commentaries of the Quran |
| Noldeke | Published a book about the Qur’an in 1860 which became the foundation for all later Qur’anic studies; giant in the field of Qur’anic studies |
| Zulaykha | The wife of the Egyptian who bought Joseph and tried to seduce him |
| Exegesis | interpretation of a text; commentary |
| Nabi | Prophet; Muslims believe in all the Biblical prophets: Jonah, Noah, Joseph, Abraham, etc. |
| rasul | Messengers whom God communicated and created through; all messengers are prophets but not all prophets are messengers |
| Maryam | Mary, Jesus’ mother |
| Ismail | Abraham’s first son (from his marriage to Sarah’s handmaiden Hagar) |
| Bani Israil | “Children of Israel”; Qur’anic term for Israelites and the Jews which is interchangeable sometimes with “People of the Book” |
| Ahl al-Kitab | People of the Book or ‘Scripture People’ (mainly Jews and Christians); those who believe in God and the Last Day and do good deeds and will have nothing to fear or regret |
| Zam zam well | the site of a spring in Mecca that miraculously sprang forth; water from this well is a blessed water used to cure “whatever it is drunk for” |
| Yahud | This is the Arabic word for “Jews” |
| Nasara | from the syriac world meaning “Nazarenes’ (Jesus’ hometown in Galilee) |
| Sayyid Qutb | one of the major 20th century exegetes from Egypt |
| Al-mu’minun | mentioned in Q23; deals with the fundamentals of faith, tawhid, Risalah and judgment |
| Din, deen (relig service, devotion) | the path along which pious Muslims travel in order to comply with the divine law |
| Masih | Arabic word for Messiah (Christ) |
| wali, awliya’ (5:51) | relationship between Muslims and the People of the Book |
| umma wahida (5: 48) | (the "One Community") refers to all of the Islamic world unified |
| rabb | Lord |
| Ahl al-Injil | Gospel People, Q5:47 |
| Hagar, Hajara | Mother of Ismail; was the handmaiden of Sarah, but gave birth to Ismail with Abraham and then was later casted out of their house because Sarah wanted her to leave |
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