Islamic Vocabulary — 79 Words
79 Islamic words in 8 categories: greetings, prayer, faith, character, Quran terms, lifecycle, calendar, and Arabic basics.
Greetings & Daily Phrases 10 words
السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ
As-salāmu ʿalaykum
Peace be upon you
وَعَلَيْكُمُ السَّلَام
Wa-ʿalaykumu s-salām
And upon you be peace
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ
Bismi llāh
In the name of Allah
الحَمْدُ لِلَّه
Al-ḥamdu li-llāh
All praise be to Allah
إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّه
ʾIn shāʾa llāh
If Allah wills
مَا شَاءَ اللَّه
Mā shāʾa llāh
What Allah has willed (expressing admiration)
جَزَاكَ اللَّهُ خَيْرًا
Jazāka llāhu khayran
May Allah reward you with good
أَسْتَغْفِرُ اللَّه
ʾAstaghfiru llāh
I seek forgiveness from Allah
سُبْحَانَ اللَّه
Subḥāna llāh
Glory be to Allah
اللَّهُ أَكْبَر
Allāhu ʾakbar
Allah is the Greatest
Prayer & Worship 8 words
الأَذَان
al-ʾAdhān
Call to prayer
الوُضُوء
al-Wuḍūʾ
Ritual washing (ablution)
القِبْلَة
al-Qiblah
Direction of Makkah for prayer
الرَّكْعَة
ar-Rakʿah
One unit of prayer
السُّجُود
as-Sujūd
Prostration (forehead on floor)
الإِمَام
al-ʾImām
Prayer leader
Faith & Belief 8 words
الإِسْلَام
al-ʾIslām
Islam (submission to Allah)
الإِيمَان
al-ʾĪmān
Faith / Belief
المُسْلِم
al-Muslim
Muslim (one who submits to Allah)
التَّوْحِيد
at-Tawḥīd
Monotheism / Oneness of Allah
الجَنَّة
al-Jannah
Paradise
القُرْآن
al-Qurʾān
The Quran
الحَدِيث
al-Ḥadīth
Hadith (recorded sayings of the Prophet)
Islamic Character 8 words
الشُّكْر
ash-Shukr
Gratitude
الصِّدْق
aṣ-Ṣidq
Truthfulness / Honesty
الأَمَانَة
al-ʾAmānah
Trustworthiness
الرَّحْمَة
ar-Raḥmah
Mercy / Compassion
العَدْل
al-ʿAdl
Justice / Fairness
التَّوَاضُع
at-Tawāḍuʿ
Humility
الإِحْسَان
al-ʾIḥsān
Excellence / Doing things beautifully
Quran & Knowledge 12 words
سُورَة
Sūrah
Chapter of the Quran
آيَة
ʾĀyah
Verse of the Quran
جُزْء
Juzʾ
Thirtieth part of the Quran
حَافِظ
Ḥāfiẓ
One who has memorized the entire Quran
تَجْوِيد
Tajwīd
Rules of Quranic recitation
تَفْسِير
Tafsīr
Quranic commentary and interpretation
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
Bismi llāhi r-raḥmāni r-raḥīm
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
الحَمْدُ لِلَّه
Al-ḥamdu li-llāh
All praise is for Allah
اللَّهُ أَكْبَر
Allāhu ʾakbar
Allah is the Greatest
سُبْحَانَ اللَّه
Subḥāna llāh
Glory be to Allah
مَا شَاءَ اللَّه
Mā shāʾa llāh
What Allah has willed
إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّه
ʾIn shāʾa llāh
If Allah wills
Islamic Lifecycle 11 words
شَهَادَة
Shahādah
Declaration of faith
نِكَاح
Nikāḥ
Islamic marriage ceremony
مَهْر
Mahr
Bridal gift from husband to wife
وَلِيمَة
Walīmah
Wedding feast
عَقِيقَة
ʿAqīqah
Sacrifice for a newborn
جَنَازَة
Janāzah
Funeral rites
غُسْل
Ghusl
Full ritual bath
دُعَاء
Duʿāʾ
Personal supplication to Allah
صَدَقَة
Ṣadaqah
Voluntary charity
الصَّلَاةُ عَلَى النَّبِيّ
Aṣ-Ṣalātu ʿalā n-nabī
Sending blessings upon the Prophet
إِنَّا لِلَّهِ وَإِنَّا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ
ʾInnā li-llāhi wa-ʾinnā ʾilayhi rājiʿūn
To Allah we belong and to Him we return
Islamic Calendar & Months 10 words
هِجْرِي
Hijrī
Islamic calendar (lunar)
مُحَرَّم
Muḥarram
First month of the Islamic year
رَمَضَان
Ramaḍān
Month of fasting
ذُو الحِجَّة
Dhū l-Ḥijjah
Month of Hajj
عِيدُ الفِطْر
ʿĪdu l-Fiṭr
Festival of Fast-Breaking
عِيدُ الأَضْحَى
ʿĪdu l-ʾAḍḥā
Festival of Sacrifice
لَيْلَةُ القَدْر
Laylatu l-Qadr
Night of Power / Night of Decree
الإِسْرَاء وَالمِعْرَاج
Al-ʾIsrāʾ wa-l-Miʿrāj
The Night Journey and Ascension
عَاشُورَاء
ʿĀshūrāʾ
The Day of Ashura
جُمُعَة
Jumuʿah
Friday — the day of congregational prayer
Arabic Basics 12 words
مِنْ فَضْلِكَ
Min faḍlik
Please (to a male)
عَفْوًا
'Afwan
You're welcome / Excuse me / Sorry
مَسْجِدٌ
Masjid
Mosque (place of prostration)
حَلَالٌ
Ḥalāl
Permissible / Lawful
حَرَامٌ
Ḥarām
Forbidden / Unlawful
إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ
In shā' Allāh
If Allah wills / God willing