124 Essential Islamic Vocabulary Words Every Muslim Should Know

73. [ma’udhatan]   مَعُوذَتَانْ

This is the name given to the last two suras of the Quran الفَلَق [al-falaq] (“Daybreak”) and اَلنَّاسْ [annâs] (“Men”), say the suras of the refuge supposed to protect from suffering and the evil eye.

74. [mufti]   مُفْتِي

He is a Sunni Muslim cleric who is an interpreter of Muslim law. It has the authority to issue legal opinions, called fatwas.

75. [mu’min]   مُؤْمِنْ

Believer,

Plural: مُؤْمِنِينَ [mu’minina]

مُؤْﻣِﻨُونَ [mu’minuna]

76. [munafiq]   مُنَافِقْ

Hypocrite.

Pluriel : مُنَافِقُونَ   [munafiquna]

مُنَافِقِينَ   [munafiqeena]

77. [mustahab]   مُسْتَحَبْ

Preferable: qualifies an action recommendable but not binding.

78. [mutawatir]   مُتَوَاتِرْ

Recurrent, notorious: Said of a hadith found several times with different chains of guarantors.

79. [nafil]   نَافِلْ

Supererogatory, superfluous.

80. [noor]   نُورْ

Light.

81. [nubuyya]   نُبُوَّة

Prophecy. 

82. [Umma]   أُمَّة

Umma: the community of believers.

83. [‘omra]   عُمْرَة

Small non-compulsory pilgrimage, not part of the five pillars of Islam.

84. [nabiy’]   نَبِيْ

Prophet.

Plural: أَنْبِيَاءْ [anbiya]

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85. [al-qadhâ’ wa l’qadar]   اَلْقَضَاءْ وَ الْقَدَرْ

Fatality: the will of Allah.

86. [Quddus]   قُدُّوسْ

The Most Holy: [Quddus] is one of the 99 attributes of Allah.

87. [qalam]   قَلَمْ

Qalam pencil; pen.

88. [qiyama]   قِيَامَة

Resurrection, day of judgment.

89. [qudusse]   قُدُسِي

Sacred: The sacred hadiths (Qudsi) are considered to relate to the divine word and not that of the prophet.

90. [rasheed]   رَشِيدْ

Reasonable, orthodox, well-directed.

Plural: رَاشِدُونْ [rashidoon]

رَاشِدِينَ [rashideena]

91. [risâla]   رِسَالَة

Message; mission; apostolate.

This is the message brought by the Messenger رَسُولْ [rasul]

92. [ruh]   رُوحْ

Spirit, breath, essence; soul. It was the divine breath that brought Adam to life.

93. [rukn]   رُكْنْ

Pillar, support, column; basic principle; elementary principle. For example, the pillars of Islam.

Plural: أَرْكَانْ [arkan]

94. [ruku’]   رُكُوعْ

Prostration.

95. [rak’a]   رَكْعَة

Prostration: the basic unit of canonical prayer صَلَاة [salat]; each of the daily prayers consists of a fixed number of prostrations.

Plural: رَﻛَﻌَﺎتْ [rakat]

96. [sabr]   ﺻَﺒْﺮْ

Patience: self-control; endurance.

97. [sadaqa]   صَدَقَة

Alms; voluntary alms in opposition to legal alms زَكَاة [zakat].

Plural: صَدَقَاتْ

98. [sadâq]   صَدَاقْ

Dot, dower. The future husband gives Dot to his wife. In principle, this dowry should remain the exclusive property of the wife.

99. [suhoor]   سَحُورْ

Breakfast: meal taken before sunrise during the fast of the month of Ramadan.

100. [salat]   صَلَاة

Prayer (canonical), one of the five pillars of Islam.

Plural: صَلَوَاتْ [salawat]

101. [salsabeel]   سَلْسَبِيلْ

Name of a source in paradise.

102. [sawm]   صَوْمْ

Fasting: this can be the fast of the month of Ramadan, one of the five pillars of Islam, or the supererogatory youth that occurs on other occasions (fasting every Monday and Thursday, for example).

103. [seera]   سِيرَة

Name of the biographies of Prophet Muhammad May Salvation and Peace be upon Him.

104. [assirata l’mustaqueem]   اَلصِّرَاطَ الْمُسْتَقِيمْ

The path of the elect, straight path.

105. [sura]   سُورَة

Surah: what is put away; chapter of the Quran.

Plural: سُوَرْ [suwar]

106. [sunna]   سُنَّة

All the facts, gestures and prophetic words in Islam reported by his companions.

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107. [ta’awwudh]   تَعَوُّذْ

An invocation that asks for Allah’s protection against Satan.

108. [tafseer]   تَفْسِيرْ

Exegesis, especially of the Quran.

109. [tahajjood]   تَهَجُّدْ

Extraordinary night prayer. It is recommended that you spend up to two-thirds of the night in prayer.

110. [tahara]   طَهَارَة

Purification: In the secular sense: hygiene, purification. In the religious sense: perform ritual ablutions.

111. [tajweed]   تَجْوِيدْ

Embellishment, a particularly applied way of reading the Quran for the most benefit.

112. [tanzeel]   تَنْزِيلْ

Revelation: Divine Revelation descended on Prophet Muhammad May the Salvation and Peace of Allah Be upon Him.

113. [taraweeh]   تَرَاوِيحْ

Prayers of Rest: Qualifies the additional prayers that can be said during the nights of the month of Ramadan.

114. [tarteel]   تَرْتِيلْ

Slow declamation: the slow form of تَجْوِيدْ [tajweedd], which is the applied recitation of the Quran.

115. [tasbeeh]   تَسْبِيحْ

A form of reminder ذِكْرْ [dhikr] which involves the repeated invocation of short sentences that glorify Allah.

116. [tawaf]   طَوَافْ

Circuit: circumambulation around the Kaaba.

117. [tawassul]   تَوَسُّلْ

Imploration: notion of intercession of Allah.

118. [tawheed]   تَوْحِيدْ

Monotheism call for the oneness of the existence of Allah.

119. [tayammum]   تَيَمُّمْ

Dry ablution: ablution made with sand, or stone, in the absence of water.

120. [wah’y’]   وَحْيْ

Inspiration, revelation, like that made to Moses, differs from that made exclusively to the Prophet Muhammad may the Salvation and the Pay of Allah Be upon Him.

121. [wajib]   وَاجِبْ

Mandatory.

122. [witr]   وِتْرْ

Odd: supererogatory prayer with an odd number of prostrations celebrated after the canonical prayer of عِشَاءْ [isha] and before the prayer of شَفْعْ [shaf].

123. [yaqeen]   يَقِينْ

Certainty, deep faith.

124. [zakat]   زَكَاة

Legal alms, one of the five pillars of Islam.

This lesson is now finished. We have now studied 124 Islamic vocabulary words that Muslims commonly use.