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Islam
Islam
Note: Definitions taken from “A Popular Dictionary of
Islam” by Ian Richard Netton
• Islam – a word meaning literally “submission” (to the will of God)
• Muslim – a word meaning literally “submitter” (one who submits
to the will of God). One who professes and practices the
faith of Islam.
An estimated 20% of the world’s population (~ 1 - 1.8 billion) are
Muslims, making Islam the second-largest religion in the world,
after Christianity.
The Muslim faith is currently growing by 2.9% per year and is
expected to grow 0.6% each year. With this projected growth,
Islam is predicted to be the world’s largest religion by 2025.
Present day Muslim population around the world
Islam
Note: Definitions taken from “A Popular Dictionary of
Islam” by Ian Richard Netton
• Allah – the word for deity is formed from the Arabic al-llay which
means literally “the God”. Allah is the eternal and uncreated
Creator of the universe and of all mankind.
• Muhammad – Muhammad b. ‘Abd Allah is the professed Prophet &
Founder of Islam and the faith’s most important and significant
messenger.
• Qur’an (Koran) – a word meaning literally “recitation” or “the
reading”. This is Islam’s holiest book, being the uncreated word
of God revealed through Jibril (Gabriel) to the Prophet
Mohammad. The text consists of 114 chapters, each called a
sura in Arabic, arranged so that the longest ones come first.
Islam
Note: Definitions taken from “A Popular Dictionary of
Islam” by Ian Richard Netton
• Hadith – a word with several meanings…but a specialist sense of
tradition, i.e. a record of the sayings and doings of the Prophet
Muhammad and his companions, and as such is regarded by
Muslims as a source of Islamic law, dogma and ritual second
only in importance to the Qur’an itself.
• Sunna – “trodden path”; indicating the customary practice of the
Prophet
Muslims believe (without proof) that the
revered "black stone" (Alhajar Al-Aswad)
is a special divine meteorite, that predates creation that fell at the foot of Adam
and Eve. It is presently embedded in the
southeastern corner of the Kaba. Muslims
touch and kiss the black stone during Hajj
but non-Muslims are strictly forbidden to
even touch it.
The Umayyad Period (661 – 750)