QUR'ANIC WORDS

1.      Ahkam: “Legal Status”. According to Islamic law, there are five kinds of Ahkam:

1. Compulsory (Wajib)
2. Desirable but not Compulsory (Mustahab)
3. Forbidden ( Muharram/Haram)
4. Dislike but nor Forbidden ( Makruh)
5. Lawful and Allowed (Halal)

2.      Ansar : The Companions of the Prophet Muhammad SAW from inhabitants of Madinah, who embraced Islam and supported it and who received it and entertained the Muslim emigrants from Makkah and other places.

3.      Bai’ah: A pledge given by the citizen, etc to their Imam (Muslim ruler) to be obedient to him according to the Islamic Religion.

4.      Bait-ul-Maqdis: Bait literally means ‘House’: a mosque is frequently called Baitullah (the House of Allah). Bait-ul-Maqdis is the famous mosque in Jerusalem, which is regarded as the third sacred mosque in Islam, the first and the second being Al Masjidil Haram at Makkah and the mosque of the prophet Muhammad at Al-Madinah, respectively.

5.      Arafah: The ninth day of the month Dzulhijjah, on which the pilgrims stay in Arafat plain till sunset

6.      Ka’bah: A square stone building in Al-Masjid-al-Haram (the great mosque in Makkah) toward which all Muslims face in Salat (Prayer)

7.      Jihad: Holy fighting in the cause of Allah or any other kind of effort to make Allah’s word (i.e. Islam) superior. Jihad is regarded as one of the fundamentals of Islam.

8.      Kafir: The one who disbelievers in Allah, His messengers, all the angels, all the holy books, day of resurrection and in the al-Qodar (Divine Preordainment)