List of terms used in taxonomy "glossary".
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Term Name | Term description |
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Shaabi | |
Shafāʿah |
Intercession, mediation |
Shāfi‘ī |
One of four main schools of fiqh/jurisprudence. |
Shahādah |
First pillar of Islam. Declaration of faith. |
Shahīd |
witness or martyr. The term Shahid occurs frequently in the Qur'an where it means "witness." Only once it occurs with the meaning of martyr, that is someone who died for his faith. Shahid as martyr acquires a wider use in the hadiths. |
Shamm al-Nasīm |
Egyptian spring festival that dates back to the Pharaohs. |
Sharaa | |
Shariah | |
Sharīcah | |
Sharif | |
Sharīʿah |
Body of legislation derived from Qur’an and Sunna. |
shayākha | |
Shaykh |
In Islam: Islamic teacher, also used for an older respected man who has good knowledge of Islam. In Christianity: Elders in the Presbyterian Church. Plural:shuyūkh |
Shaʿabān | |
Sheikh | |
Sheikh Mujahed | |
Shiah | |
Shirk |
Polytheism- worship multiply gods/idols in addition to God. Strongly denounced in Islam. |
Shīʿī |
Is the person who belongs to the Shī‘ah, a branch of Islam. |
Shī‘ah |
Refers to followers of cAli Ibn Abi Talib. Branch of Islam (Shiism). |
Shūrā |
Consultation, council of Islamic organization. |
Shūrā Council |
Egypt’s upper bicameral chamber (pre-2014) |
Shuyūkh |
Plural of Shaykh |
Sīrah |
Biography of Prophet Muhammad. Refered to as “al-sīrah al-nabawīyah”. |
Subū‘ |
The seventh day after birth of child, wedding, etc. |
Sufi ṭarīqa |
litt: Path. This term refers to a religious fraternity following a particular school of Sufism -- the inner mystical dimension of Islam- with lines of initiation going back for many hundreds of years to the founding Shaykh (and ultimately to the Prophet) in which spiritual guidance is provided by the living shaykh who initiates members and leads the collective invocation of the Names of God which generally is the fundamental methodology (Definition of Sufi Muslim Prof. Abdallah Schleifer febr 6, 2016) |
Sufūr |
For Muslims women it is uncovering the face |
Suḥūr |
Dawn Meal, during Ramaḍān, before day of fasting. |
Ṣulḥ |
It means "peace" as opposed to war. It is derived from the same root as Arabic word musalaha meaning reconciliation. In Islamic Law it means an "amicable settlement." |
Sultān | |
Sunna | |
Sunnah |
Collection of recorded words/actions of Prophet Muhammad. |
Sunnī |
Islamic sect- accepts first four caliphs as Muhammad's successors. |
Sūrah |
Qurān is composed of 114 Surahs, or chapters. |
Synaxar | |
Synaxarium |
Liturgical book, lists of saints, in Coptic Orthodox church |
Ṣaḥābah |
Companions, disciples or close friends of the Prophet. |
Ṣūfī |
One who practices ṣūfism. |
Ṣūfīyah |
Mystical tradition of Islam based on spiritual truth. |
tabīb |
medecine man (preislamic) |
Tablīgh |
Order to Prophet Muhammad to deliver Islam's message. |
tafakkur | |
Tafsīr | |
Ṭāghūt |
Pagan human tyranny |
Tahajjud |
Optional prayers during the third part of nighttime. |
tahjīr | |
taḥrīf | |
Tajdid | |
takālīf (Islamic obligations) | |
takfīdī |