Islamic terminology
Core words of Islamic faith, prayer, scripture, fasting, charity, pilgrimage, and the hereafter.
Faith
- Allah God
- İslam Islam
- musliman Muslim
- din religion, faith
- iyman faith, spiritual belief
- inşallah God willing
- amin amen
Conduct & religious law
- halal halal, religiously permitted
- haram forbidden by Islamic law
- günah sin
- toba repentance
- şeriyat sharia, Islamic religious law
Prayer & the mosque
- namaz daily ritual prayer
- azan call to prayer, adhan
- muadzin muezzin
- mejgit mosque
- minara minaret
- duwa personal prayer, supplication
- juma Friday congregational prayer
- sejde prostration in prayer
- qıbıla direction of Mecca, qibla
- Kyaba Kaaba
The Qur'an
- Quran the Holy Qur'an
- hadis hadith
- fatiha the opening sura, al-Fatiha
- suwra sura, a chapter of the Qur'an
Fasting, charity & pilgrimage
- ramazan Ramadan
- oraza Ramadan fasting
- fitir alms at the close of Ramadan
- sadaqa alms, charitable gift
- qurman religious sacrifice, offering
- haji hajji; pilgrimage to Mecca
- ziyarat pilgrimage to a holy place
- janazı Islamic funeral prayer