Aaq-e-Waledi : A child who disobeys or angers the parents
Ahlul Bay : People of the house. They are The Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.), Janabe Fatima Zahra (s.a.), Ali (a.s.) and his eleven successors.
Ahsan : Goodness
Amanat : Trust
Amr-bil-Maroof : Enjoining to do good
Ayat : Verse of the Holy Quran
Barakat : Divine increase of bounties
Barzakh : The intermediary stage between death and the Day of the Judgement
Bismillah : In the Name of Allah
Dirham : Unit of currency
Diyah : Blood money
Dua : Invocation
Ehtekaf : A recommended ritual consisting of a continuous stay of at least three days in the mosque during the last ten days of the month of Ramazan.
Fajr : Morning
Faqih : Jurisprudent
Firon : Pharaoh (In this context Ramases II)
Furoo-e-Deen : Branches of Religion or the practical laws of Islam
Hadd : Punishment
Hadith : A statement of the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.) or of the Holy Imams (a.s.)
Hajj : Annual pilgrimage to Makkah during the month of Zilqad
Halal : Permissible, legal
Haraam : Prohibited, illegal
Hasna : Unit of heavenly rewards
Hijab : Statutory Islamic dress for women, veil, curtain
Iblees : Satan
Iddah : A prescribed period a woman has to pass after divorce or her husband's demise before she can remarry.
Imaan : Faith
Imla : Respite given by Allah to the sinners in which they become more heedless of their sins .
Insha-Allah : If Allah wills
Isha : Late evening
Jamat : Congregation
Janabat : A state of ritual impurity that can be removed by performing ghusl (Bath)
Jehad : Religious war
Kaaba : The Holy House of Allah, the directions that Muslims face during prayers.
Kaffara : Fine, penalty
Kafir : One who denies God
Kalimas : I witness that there is no god except Allah and that Muhammad (s.a.w.s.) is the Messenger of Allah
Kuffar : Plural of Kafir
Kunniyat : Patronym
Maghrebain : The two prayers of Maghreb (early evening) and Isha (late evening)
Makrooh : Detestable, in the Islamic terminology it denotes an action performing which does not incur sin but refraining from which earns divine rewards
Marefat : Recognition
Masjidul-Haram : The Holy Mosque in Makkah
Masoomeen : (Singular- Masum): Infallible
Mehram : Relatives between whom marriage is prohibited
Mahshar : The field where people will be collected on the Day of the Judgement for their final Accounting
Meraj : Ascension (to heaven)
Misqal : A measure of weight of about 4.6 gms.
Mohib : Admirer
Momin : Believer
Mubah : Permitted. It denotes an action performing of which earns no rewards and refraining from it is not punishable
Mujtahids : Doctors of Islamic law
Munafiq : Hypocrite
Mushrik : Polytheist
Mustahab : Recommended. It is an action performing which earns rewards and refraining from it is not punishable
Mutawati : A frequently related tradition
Nahy-Anil-Munkar : Forbidding evil
Najis : Unclean
Nam-e-Amaal : Scroll of deeds
Namaz : Salat or prayers
Namehram : Persons between whom marriage is possible
Nawafil : Recommended prayers
Nikah : Marriage ceremony
Oqooq : (Singular=Aaq): those who disobey or anger the parents
Qasr : Shortening of the ritual prayers during a journey
Qate-Rehmi : Breaking off relations with relatives
Qaza : An unfulfilled obligatory act
Qazi : Judge, jurist
Qunut : Despondence
Rakat : A unit of ritual prayer
Rawayat : A narration
Riyah : An act of showing off
Rizq : Sustenance
Roza : Fast
Sadaat : Descendants of the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.) through Imam Husain (a.s.)
Sadaqah : Voluntary charity, alm
Salaam : Salute, Islamic greeting
Salaat : Ritual prayers
Sawaab : Divine rewards
Shab-e-Qadr : The Night of Power
Shabaan : A month of the Muslim calender
Shahadatain : See Kalimas
Shariat : Islamic law
Shiraz : A city of Iran
Sileh-Reham : An act of goodness towards ones relatives
Siraat : Path
Taqwa : Piety
Taslim : Acceptance
Tawakkal : Reliance
Tawfeeq : Divine inspiration
Tawheed : Belief in the absolute Oneness of Allah
Tuman : Currency of Iran
Ulil-Amr : One who holds an authoritative position
Ummat : Followers (of Prophets)
Wajib : Obligatory
Wajib-e-Aini : An obligation that is to be carried out by every person
Wajib-e-Kifai : An obligatory act which if performed by one ceases to be obligatory on the others
Wilayat : Love and obedience
Yaas : Despair
Zakat : Obligatory Islamic wealth tax
Ziarat : Visitation or the recitation of salutation while facing the tomb of religious personalities
Zimmi : A non-muslim who lives under the protection of an Islamic government
Zohrain : The two ritual prayers of Zuhr (noon) and Asr (afternoon)
Zuhoor : Reappearance (of Imam Mahdi [a.t.f.s.]).
