Glossary of Islamic Terms and Concepts
This glossary had its beginnings from the information contained in the booklet Introducing Islam to Non-Muslims by Hussein Khalid Al-Hussein and Ahmad Hussein Sakr. Other terms not in that booklet are continually being added to this list now. A substantial number of terms were donated by ISL Software, makers of the Alim database.
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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
A
- A.H.
- Adhan
- Ahl ar-ra'y
- Ahzab
- Al-asharatu mubashshirun
- Al-hamdu lillahi rabbil 'alamin
- Alim
- Allah
- Allahu akbar
- Amin
- Amir
- Amir al-mumineen
- Ansar
- Aqabah
- Arafat
- Asabiyyah
- Assalamu alaikum
- Asr
- Astaghfirullah
- A'uzu billahi minashaitanir rajim
- Awqiyyah
- Awrah
- Ayah
- Ayat
- Ayat ul-Kursi
B
- Badiyyah
- Badr
- Bakka'in
- Baqi
- Barakallah
- Barakah
- Batil
- Batul
- Bawadi
- Bay'ah
- Bayt al-mal
- Bismillahir rahmanir rahim
- Bi'thah
- Busr
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
- Ijtihad
- Imam
- Iman
- Injil
- Inna lillahi wa inna ilahi raji'un
- In sha' allah
- Iqamah
- Isha
- Islam
- Istighfar
J
K
L
M
- Madinah
- Maghazi
- Maghrib
- Mahr
- Mahram
- Marwah
- Masjid
- Mawla
- Mawlaya
- Mihrab
- Mina
- Minbar
- Muadh-dhin
- Muhajir
- Mujahid
- Mu'min
- Munafiq
- Murabit
- Musad'afin
- Musalaymah
- Mushaf
- Mushawarah
- Mushrik
N
O
P
Q
R
S
- Sabirin
- Sabr
- Sadaq
- Sadaqah
- Safa
- Sahabah
- Sahifah
- Salah
- Sallallahu 'alaihi wa sallam
- Saqifah
- S.A.A.S. / S.A.W.S.
- Sawm
- Sa'yee
- Sayyid
- Shahadah
- Shaheed
- Shahid
- Shaikh
- Shaitan
- Shari'ah
- Shirk
- Shura
- Sin al-bulugh
- Sin at-tamyiz
- Sirah
- Sirwal
- Siwak
- Subhanahu wa ta'ala
- Suffah
- Suhuf
- Sujud
- Sunnah
- Surah
- S.W.T.
