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Din – Religion. v. t. e. Dīn (Arabic: دين, romanized: Dīn, also anglicized as Deen) is an Arabic word with three general senses: judgment, custom, and religion. [1] It is used by both Muslims and Arab Christians. In Islamic terminology, the word refers to the way of life Muslims must adopt to comply with divine law, encompassing beliefs ...
A scholar (in any field of knowledge) ; a jurist or scientist (who knows science) or a theologian (who knows religion); similar to Japanese sensei, "teacher". Amān, lit. 'safety, protection, safe conduct'. ʾAmānah (أمانة) the trust. Of all creation, only human beings & jinns carry the "trust", which is free will.
A manuscript of Ibn Hanbal's Islamic legal writings (Sharia), produced October 879. Hadith[b] (Arabic: حديث, romanized: ḥadīth) or athar (Arabic: أثر, ʾAṯar, lit. 'remnant' or 'effect') [4] is a form of Islamic oral tradition containing the purported words, actions, and the silent approvals of the prophet Muhammad.
Islamic tradition identifies Bakkah as the ancient name for the site of Mecca. [1] [6] [7] [8] An Arabic word, its etymology, like that of Mecca, is obscure.[3]One meaning ascribed to it is "narrow", seen as descriptive of the area in which the valley of the holy places and the city of Mecca are located, pressed in upon as they are by mountains. [6]
Barakah. In Islam, Barakah or Baraka (Arabic: بركة "blessing") is a blessing power, [1] a kind of continuity of spiritual presence and revelation that begins with God and flows through that and those closest to God. [2] The Quran is said to be charged with barakah, and God can bestow prophets and saints with barakah.
Hikmah is an Arabic word that means wisdom, sagacity, philosophy, rationale or underlying reason. [1] Seyyed Hossein Nasr asserts that the Arabic term "hikmah" has a distinct meaning that does not align with modern European philosophy or theology. Rather, it is more closely related to the original Greek concept of theosophy. [2]
Nafs. A visual rendition of the Islamic model of the soul showing the position of " nafs " relative to other concepts, based on a consensus of 18 surveyed academic and religious experts [1] Nafs (نَفْس) is an Arabic word occurring in the Quran, literally meaning "self", and has been translated as "psyche", "ego" or "soul". [2][3] The term ...
The ordinary word in English is "Muslim". For most of the 20th century, the preferred spelling in English was "Moslem", but this has now fallen into disuse. That spelling and its pronunciation was opposed by many Muslims in English-speaking countries because it resembled the Arabic word aẓ-ẓālim (الظَّالِم), meaning "the oppressor ...