Concepts

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• Iman

  الإيمان

  Creed · Concept

  Faith — belief in Allah and what He revealed, expressed through trust and action.

• Tawhid

  التوحيد

  Creed · Concept

  The oneness of Allah — the foundational doctrine of Islam, declared to Musa at Tuwa and distilled in Surah Al-Ikhlas.

• Akhirah

  الآخرة

  Creed · Concept

  The Hereafter — life after death and the final return to Allah.

• Jannah

  الجنة

  Afterlife · Concept

  Paradise — the lasting garden promised to the faithful and righteous.

• Rahmah

  الرحمة

  Virtue · Concept

  Mercy — divine compassion and a quality believers are called to embody.

• Resurrection

  البعث

  Creed · Concept

  Allah's raising of the dead for judgment.

• Zakah

  الزكاة

  Act of worship · Concept

  Obligatory almsgiving and purification of wealth.

• Sabr

  الصبر

  Virtue · Concept

  Patience and steadfastness — endurance under trial and constancy in obedience, which the Quran pairs with prayer and with taqwa.

• Taqwa

  التقوى

  Virtue · Concept

  God-consciousness — mindfulness of Allah that guards a person from what displeases Him; the Quran's measure of nobility.

• Jahannam

  جهنم

  Afterlife · Concept

  Hell — the destination of punishment repeatedly warned against in the Quran.

• Sawm

  الصيام

  Act of worship · Concept

  Fasting — abstention prescribed for believers, especially in Ramadan.

• Tawbah

  التوبة

  Virtue · Concept

  Repentance — returning to Allah after wrongdoing.

• Du‘a

  الدعاء

  Act of worship · Concept

  Supplication — calling upon Allah in need, hope, fear, and worship.

• Kufr

  الكفر

  Theological · Concept

  Disbelief or ingratitude — rejection or concealment of truth after it is made clear.

• Charity

  الصدقة

  Virtue · Concept

  Voluntary giving for Allah's sake, without injury or display.

• Dhikr

  الذكر

  Act of worship · Concept

  Remembrance of Allah by heart, speech, and responsive attention.

• Prophethood

  النبوة

  Creed · Concept

  Nubuwwah — Allah's choosing of human beings to convey His message, sealed with Muhammad.

• Tawakkul

  التوكل

  Virtue · Concept

  Reliance on Allah — placing trust in Him after taking the means, as Musa did at the edge of the sea.

• Hajj

  الحج

  Act of worship · Concept

  The pilgrimage to the House, obligatory on those able to make the journey.

• Justice

  العدل

  Virtue · Concept

  Adl — justice in judgment and dealing, commanded by Allah alongside excellence, and described as nearer to taqwa.

• Revelation

  الوحي

  Creed · Concept

  Wahy — Allah's communication to His prophets, by inspiration, from behind a veil, or through a messenger-angel.

• Arrogance

  الاستكبار

  Vice · Concept

  Kibr or istikbar — pride that rejects truth and looks down on obedience.

• Salah

  الصلاة

  Act of worship · Concept

  The prescribed prayer, commanded throughout the Quran and asked for by the prophets for their descendants.

• Al-Masih

  المسيح

  Title · Concept

  The Messiah — a Quranic title given to Isa son of Maryam.

• Shirk

  الشرك

  Theological · Concept

  Associating others with Allah — the opposite of tawhid, and the charge the prophets brought against their peoples.

• Oppression

  الظلم

  Vice · Concept

  Zulm — wrongdoing and tyranny, placing things out of their right place; Pharaoh is the Quran's archetype of the oppressor.

• Qiblah

  القبلة

  Ritual direction · Concept

  The direction of prayer, changed in the Quran to al-Masjid al-Haram.

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