Glossary

"After the Hijrah": years counted from the migration of Nabi ﷺ to Madinah. The Islamic calendar starts there.

Also written: AH

A turban.

Also written: amaamah, imaamah

The Throne of Allah ﷻ.

Also written: Arsh

"O Allah, accept": said at the end of a du'a.

Also written: Ameen, Amin

A verse of the Qur'aan. The plural is aayaat.

Also written: aayaat, ayat, ayaat, aayah

The call to prayer, said aloud to gather people for Salaah.

Also written: adhan, azan, athan

Character and manners: the way a person behaves.

Also written: akhlaq

"The trustworthy": a name the people of Makkah gave Nabi ﷺ before prophethood.

"All praise is for Allah."

Also written: Alhamdulillah

A trust: something left with a person for safekeeping. The plural is amaanaat.

Also written: amaanaat, amanaat, amanah

Prophets: the plural of Nabi.

Also written: Ambiyya, Anbiya, Anbiyaa

A leader or commander of a group.

Also written: amir, emir

"The helpers": the Muslims of Madinah who took in Nabi ﷺ and the Muhaajireen. One of them is an Ansaari.

Also written: Ansaari, Ansar, Ansari

"The truthful": a name the people of Makkah gave Nabi ﷺ before prophethood.

Teachers: the plural of ustaadh.

Also written: asatiza, asaatizah

The afternoon Salaah, and the time for it.

An old weight used for silver. The book says one awqiya equals forty dirhams.

Also written: awqiyas, awqiyah, uqiyah

"The pure wives": the wives of Nabi ﷺ, the Mothers of the Believers.

The public treasury of the Muslims.

Also written: baitul maal, bayt al-mal

Jerusalem, and the holy Musjid there.

Also written: Baitul Maqdis, Bayt al-Maqdis

Blessing: goodness from Allah ﷻ that makes a thing grow or last.

Also written: baraka

A pledge or promise made by taking someone's hand.

Also written: bay't, bai'at, bay'ah

"The pledge of (Allah's) pleasure": the pledge the Sahaabah gave under the acacia tree at Hudaybiyyah.

Also written: Bay'at-ur-Ridhwan, Bay'at al-Ridwan

"In the name of Allah": said before eating and before beginning any good work.

Also written: bismillaah

The swift mount from Jannah that carried Nabi ﷺ on the night of the Mi'raaj.

Also written: buraq

Religion: the whole way of life that Islaam teaches. Deeni means "of the Deen".

Also written: Deeni, din

A gold coin.

Also written: dinaars, dinar, dinars

A silver coin.

Also written: dirhams

A personal prayer: asking Allah ﷻ for something.

Also written: dua, duas, duaa, du'as

This world and its life, as against the hereafter.

Also written: dunyaa

One of the two yearly festivals: Eid-ul-Fitr after Ramadhaan and Eid-ul-Adha in Zul-Hijjah.

Also written: Eid-ul-Adha, Eid-ul-Fitr

Passing on the reward of a good deed as a gift to others, especially to those who have died.

Also written: isaal-e-thawaab, isal-e-sawab

The dawn Salaah, and the time for it.

Compulsory: a duty Allah ﷻ has made binding.

Also written: fard, farz

A duty binding on every single person.

Also written: fardh-e-a`in, fard al-ayn

A duty on the community as a whole: when a group able to do it carries it out, the duty is met.

Also written: fard al-kifayah

"A clear victory": the Qur'aan's words for the Treaty of Hudaybiyyah.

The plural of ghazwah.

Also written: ghazawat

An expedition in which Nabi ﷺ took part himself.

Also written: ghazwa

Backbiting: speaking badly about someone behind their back.

Also written: gheebah, ghibah

Abyssinia: the old kingdom across the Red Sea, in what is now Ethiopia and Eritrea.

Also written: Habasha

A title of respect placed before the names of prophets, Companions and pious people.

Also written: Hazrat

A report of what Nabi ﷺ said, did or approved.

Also written: hadees, hadeeth

The pilgrimage to Makkah in the month of Zul-Hijjah, one of the pillars of Islaam.

Also written: hajj

The Black Stone, set into one corner of the Ka'bah.

Also written: Hajar al-Aswad

Forbidden by Allah ﷻ.

Also written: haram

"The Ever-Living, the Sustainer of all": names of Allah ﷻ.

Also written: Hayy al-Qayyum

Migration for the sake of Allah ﷻ, above all the migration from Makkah to Madinah.

Also written: Hijrah, hijra

The Pond of Kowthar, from which Nabi ﷺ will give his followers drink on the Day of Qiyaamah.

Also written: Hawdh al-Kawthar

Worship.

Also written: i'badat, ibadah, ibaadah

The state a pilgrim enters for Haj or Umrah, with simple unstitched garments. A pilgrim "ties" the ihraam to begin.

Also written: ihram

Faith: belief in Allah ﷻ and in what He revealed.

Also written: iman, eemaan

Hell.

An army. In the book, a large force sent out without Nabi ﷺ in it.

Paradise.

Striving for the sake of Allah ﷻ. The book explains its meaning and purpose in episodes 32 to 36.

Also written: jihad

Striving by giving and spending wealth.

Striving by fighting.

A long outer robe.

Also written: jubbah

The sixth month of the Islamic (lunar) calendar.

Also written: Jumada al-Akhirah, Jumada al-Thani

The fifth month of the Islamic (lunar) calendar.

Also written: Jumad-ul-Ula, Jumada al-Ula

Friday, and the congregational Salaah held at midday on Friday.

Also written: Jumu'ah, Jummah

The cube-shaped House of Allah ﷻ in Makkah, which Muslims face in Salaah.

Also written: Ka`bah, Kaaba, Kabah

The plain cloth in which a Muslim's body is wrapped for burial.

The declaration of faith: there is no god but Allah, and Muhammad ﷺ is His Messenger.

Also written: kalima

Dates, the fruit of the date palm. Khajoor is the Urdu word.

Also written: khajur

The closest and dearest friend.

Also written: khalil

The leader of the Muslims who came after Nabi ﷺ.

Also written: caliph

A tax paid on land.

Also written: kharaj

A leather sock. In wudhu a person may wipe over it instead of washing the feet.

Also written: khufs, khuff

A sermon or address.

Also written: khutba

A book. Often a book of revelation sent to a prophet.

Also written: kitaabs, kitab

Disbelievers: people who reject faith in Allah ﷻ.

Also written: kuffar, kufaar, Kuffar

Disbelief.

A long, loose shirt. Kurta is the Urdu word; in Arabic it is a qamees.

Also written: qamees

A cloth wrapped around the lower body. Lungi is the Urdu word; in Arabic it is an izaar.

Also written: izaar

Kept free of sin. The book uses it for the Ambiyaa.

Also written: masoom

"Madinah the Radiant": the full, honoured name of the city of Madinah.

Also written: Madinah al-Munawwarah

A school, especially one for learning the Qur'aan and the Deen.

Also written: madrasa

The marriage gift a husband gives his wife. The book calls it a dowry.

Also written: mehr

A gathering, or a sitting with someone.

"Makkah the Honoured": the full, honoured name of the city of Makkah.

Also written: Makkah Mu`azzamah

Angels.

Also written: malaikah

A stage of travel, about a day's journey. The book gives one manzil as about 25.5 km.

Also written: manzils

Wiping with wet hands, as over khufs in wudhu.

Also written: mash

Senior teachers and spiritual guides: the plural of shaykh.

Also written: mashaikh

The ascent of Nabi ﷺ through the skies on one night, before the Hijrah.

Also written: Miraj, Mi'raj

The pulpit with steps from which a khutbah is given.

Also written: minbar

The brotherhood Nabi ﷺ made between the Muhaajireen and the Ansaar.

Also written: muakhat, mu'akhah

Miracles: the plural of mu'jizah.

Also written: mu`jizaat, mujizat

A miracle that Allah ﷻ causes to happen at the hands of a prophet, as a sign of his prophethood.

Also written: mu`jizah, mujiza

The person who calls the adhaan.

Also written: muadh-dhins, muezzin, muazzin

Blessed. The book uses it for everything belonging to Nabi ﷺ.

Also written: mubarak

"The emigrants": the Muslims who left Makkah for Madinah. One of them is a Muhaajir.

Also written: Muhaajir, Muhajireen, Muhajir

A master of Hadith, who collects and passes on the reports of Nabi ﷺ.

Also written: muhaddis

The first month of the Islamic (lunar) calendar.

Hypocrites: people who showed Islaam outwardly but worked against it in secret.

Also written: munafiqeen, munafiqun

People who worship others besides Allah ﷻ.

Also written: mushrikin

A mosque: a place of Salaah.

Also written: Masjid

The Musjid in Jerusalem (Bait-ul-Maqdis).

Also written: Masjid al-Aqsa

The sacred Musjid in Makkah, around the Ka'bah.

Also written: Musjid ul Haraam, Musjid-e-Haraam, Masjid al-Haram

The Musjid of Nabi ﷺ in Madinah.

Also written: Al-Musjid-un-Nabawi, Masjid an-Nabawi

A prophet: a person Allah ﷻ chose to convey His commands. The book writes the plural as Nabis or Ambiyaa.

Also written: Nabis, Nabee

Marriage: the Islamic marriage contract.

Also written: nikaah

Prophethood: being a Nabi.

Also written: nubuwwah, nubuwwat

A grave.

Also written: qabr

An oath.

The direction Muslims face in Salaah: towards the Ka'bah.

Also written: Qibla

The old Arab skill of tracking people by their footprints.

Also written: qiyafa

The Day of Judgement, when everyone will be raised again.

Also written: Qiyamah

The sacrifice of an animal for Eid-ul-Adha. Qurbaani is the Urdu word.

Also written: qurbani

Reciters of the Qur'aan: people who knew it well.

Also written: qurra

Lord: Allah ﷻ as the Master and Sustainer of everything.

The third month of the Islamic (lunar) calendar.

Also written: Rabi al-Awwal

"A mercy to the worlds": a title of Nabi ﷺ.

Also written: Rahmatul lil Aalameen

The seventh month of the Islamic (lunar) calendar, one of the sacred months.

The ninth month of the Islamic (lunar) calendar, the month of fasting.

Also written: Ramadhan, Ramadan

A messenger. As the book explains, a Rasool was sent with a new shari'ah and a new kitaab.

Also written: Rasools, Rasul

"The Messenger of Allah": a title of Nabi ﷺ.

Also written: Rasoolullah

Messengership: being a Rasool.

Also written: risalah

Patience and steadfastness.

A small charity given at the end of Ramadhaan, before the Eid Salaah.

Also written: Sadaqat al-Fitr

The second month of the Islamic (lunar) calendar.

The Companions: those who met Nabi ﷺ as believers. One of them is a sahaabi.

Also written: sahaabi, Sahabah, Sahaba

Prostration: placing the forehead on the ground in Salaah.

Also written: sajda

The formal prayer Muslims perform five times a day.

Also written: salah, salat

The greeting of peace.

Also written: salam

The plural of sariyyah.

Also written: saraya

An expedition sent out without Nabi ﷺ in it, with a small army.

Also written: sariya, sariyya

Fasting.

Also written: sawm

"Our master": a title of respect.

Also written: Sayyidina

The life story of Nabi ﷺ.

Also written: sirah, seerat

The meal eaten before dawn. The book uses the word for that early pre-dawn time.

Also written: suhoor

The eighth month of the Islamic (lunar) calendar.

Also written: Shabaan, Shaban

Greater Syria: the lands north of Arabia, today Syria, Lebanon, Jordan and Palestine.

Also written: Sham

Martyrdom: dying in the path of Allah ﷻ.

Also written: shahadah

A martyr: one who dies in the path of Allah ﷻ.

Also written: shahid

"Noble": added after the name of a holy place or book as a mark of respect, as in Ka'bah Shareef.

Also written: Sharif

The law Allah ﷻ gave through a prophet.

Also written: shariah, shari`ah

The tenth month of the Islamic (lunar) calendar.

Also written: Shawwal

Satan, the devil.

Also written: shaitaan, shaytan

"The Lote Tree of the Boundary": the book describes it as a point close to the A'rsh beyond which no creation can pass.

Also written: Sidrat al-Muntaha

True dawn: when the first light spreads across the horizon and the time of Fajr begins.

Also written: subh sadiq

"Glory be to Allah": said in wonder or in praise.

Also written: Subhaanallah

A chapter of the Qur'aan.

Also written: Sura

Kohl: a dark powder put on the eyes. Surmah is the Urdu word.

Also written: surma

"The Most High": said after the name of Allah.

Also written: Taala

Conveying the message of Islaam to others.

Also written: tabligh, Tableegh-e-Deen

Mindful fear of Allah ﷻ that keeps a person away from wrong.

Walking around the Ka'bah seven times as worship.

Also written: tawaf

A cap worn on the head. Topee is the Urdu word.

Also written: topi

People of religious learning.

Also written: Ulema

The whole community of Muslims, the followers of Nabi ﷺ.

Also written: Ummat

A follower of Nabi ﷺ, one of his Ummah.

Also written: ummatis

The lesser pilgrimage to the Ka'bah, which can be made at any time of year.

Also written: U'mrah, U'mra, umra

Necessary: an act a Muslim is bound to carry out.

Also written: wajib

Revelation from Allah ﷻ to a prophet.

Also written: wahi, wahy

The washing of the face, hands, arms and feet, and wiping of the head, before Salaah.

Also written: wudu, wuzu

The yearly charity that a Muslim with enough wealth must give to those in need.

Also written: zakaat, zakat

Adultery or fornication.

The midday Salaah, and the time for it.

Also written: Dhuhr

The twelfth month of the Islamic (lunar) calendar, the month of Haj.

Also written: Zil-Hijjah, Dhul-Hijjah

The eleventh month of the Islamic (lunar) calendar.

Also written: Zil-Qa'dah, Zul-Qa`dah, Dhul-Qa'dah