| A | B |
|---|
| the Muslim holy book | Qur'an |
| It refers to the words and actions of Muhammad | Sunnah |
| the written record of the Sunnah | Hadith |
| the prophet of the religion of Islam | Muhammad |
| people who move from place to place with no fixed home | nomads |
| a fertile place in the desert where a spring or well provides water | oasis |
| the wife of Muhammad | Khadija |
| Muslims remember the flight of Muhammad and his followers from Mecca to Medina as the: | hijra |
| a Muslim leader, all of the successors to Muhammad | caliph |
| a Muslim house of worship | mosque |
| goods or money given to the poor or needy | alms |
| not eating or drinking for a period of time | fasting |
| a journey to a sacred place or shrine | pilgrimage |
| pilgrimage to Mecca | hajj |
| the five key religious duties of each Muslim | Five Pillars of Islam |
| a cube-like building in the Grand Mosque at Mecca which contains Islam's sacred black stone | kaaba |
| The first caliph, or successor, to Muhammad | Abu Bakr |
| a "holy struggle" | jihad |
| those Muslims who believe that the caliphs should be chosen from the community by Muslim leaders | Sunnis |
| those Muslims who believe that only Muhammad's relatives should become caliphs | Shiites |
| settled | sedentary |
| the air, water, and land in which we live | environment |
| to make something exist | create |
| a problem or subject that people discuss | issue |
| to explain the meaning of something | interpret |
| a gradual decrease in the quality or importance of something | decline |
| to carefully watch something | monitor |
