| A | B |
|---|
| Allah | Arabic word for ‘God’ |
| Halal | something that is permissible to use, usually referring to food |
| Islam | Arabic for ‘submission,' referring to submitting or obeying |
| Mosque | a center for prayer and community activities for a Muslim community |
| Ramadan | a month in the Muslim lunar calendar in which Muslims are expected to fast from dawn to dusk |
| Sunna (h) | the deeds of Mohammad, often seen as a role model for Muslims |
| Caliph | a secular and religious leader of the Muslim community |
| Hadith | collections of passages of the sayings and deeds of Mohammad |
| Koran | an alternative, less preferred, spelling of ‘Qur’ān’ |
| Muslim | Arabic for ‘one who submits’ referring to one who obeys God |
| Saint | a holy person |
| Sura (h) | Arabic for ‘chapter’ |
| Eid | Arabic for ‘festival’ |
| imam | Arabic for ‘teacher’ who also leads prayers in a mosque |
| Imam | when capitalized, refers to the primary teacher of the Muslim community, according to Shi’a Islam |
| Masjid | Arabic for ‘mosque’ |
| Prophet | a messenger of God who speaks on behalf of God, e.g., Noah, Abraham, Moses, and Jesus. Mohammad is the last prophet. |
| Shari'a | a code of religious and secular law in Islam used in the Muslim community |
| Ummah | Arabic for the worldwide, global Muslim ‘community’ |
| Gabriel | the angel who gave the Qur’ān to Mohammad |
| Minaret | tall, thin tower attached to a mosque, usually used for the call to prayer |
| Qur'an | the main book of Islam, means “Recitation or Reading” revealed by God to Mohammad by the Gabriel in the early 7th century |
| Sufi | a member of a Muslim mystical religious order |
