The Muslim World (chapter 10)
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| God, Arabic word | ||
| Founder of Islam, considered the greatest prophet in Islam | ||
| A monotheistic religion that developed in Arabia in 7th century, means "submission to the will of Allah" | ||
| A follower of Islam, means "one who has submitted" | ||
| Muhammad's migration from Mecca to (Yathrib) Medina | ||
| An Islamic place of worship | ||
| A pilgrimage to Mecca, performed as a duty by Muslims | ||
| The holy book of Islam | ||
| An Islamic model for living, based on the life and teachings of Muhammad | ||
| A body of law governing the lives of Muslims | ||
| Arab nomads | ||
| Shrine in Mecca | ||
| Islamic holy city in present-day Saudi Arabia | ||
| Earlier name for the city Yathrib. Muhammad moved here from Mecca in the migration known as the Hijrah. | ||
| Declaration of faith, prayer, alms, fasting, and pilgrimage | ||
| A supreme political and religious leader in a Muslim government | ||
| A dynasty that ruled the Muslim Empire from 661 to 750 and later established a kingdom in al-Andalus | ||
| The branch of Islam whose members acknowledge Ali and his descendents as the rightful successors of Muhammad | ||
| A branch of Islam whose members acknowledge the first four caliphs as the rightful successors of Muhammad | ||
| A Muslim who seeks to achieve direct contact with God through mystical means | ||
| A dynasty that ruled much of the Muslim Empire from 750 to about 1250. | ||
| A Muslim-ruled region in what is now Spain, established by the Berbers in the eighth century A.D. | ||
| Members of a Muslim dynasty that traced its ancestry to Muhammad's daughter Fatima. They built an Empire in North Africa and Syria in the 10-12th century | ||
| Combination library, academy, and translation center in Baghdad established in the 800s. | ||
| Art of beautiful handwriting |