Islam

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Islam
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Islam
Note Definitions taken from A Popular
Dictionary of Islam by Ian Richard Netton

• Islam a word meaning literally submission
  (to the will of God)

• Muslim a word meaning literally submitter
  (one who submits to the will of God). One who
  professes and practices the faith of Islam.

An estimated 20 of the worlds population ( 1 -
1.8 billion) are Muslims, making Islam the
second-largest religion in the world, after
Christianity.
The Muslim faith is currently growing by 2.9 per
year and is expected to grow 0.6 each year.
With this projected growth, Islam is predicted to
be the worlds largest religion by 2025.
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Present day Muslim population around the world
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Islam
Note Definitions taken from A Popular
Dictionary of Islam by Ian Richard Netton

• Allah the word for deity is formed from the
  Arabic al-llay which means literally the God.
  Allah is the eternal and uncreated Creator of
  the universe and of all mankind.

• Muhammad Muhammad b. Abd Allah is the
  professed Prophet Founder of Islam and the
  faiths most important and significant messenger.

• Quran (Koran) a word meaning literally
  recitation or the reading. This is Islams
  holiest book, being the uncreated word of God
  revealed through Jibril (Gabriel) to the Prophet
  Mohammad. The text consists of 114 chapters,
  each called a sura in Arabic, arranged so that
  the longest ones come first.

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Islam
Note Definitions taken from A Popular
Dictionary of Islam by Ian Richard Netton

• Hadith a word with several meaningsbut a
  specialist sense of tradition, i.e. a record of
  the sayings and doings of the Prophet Muhammad
  and his companions, and as such is regarded by
  Muslims as a source of Islamic law, dogma and
  ritual second only in importance to the Quran
  itself.

• Sunna trodden path indicating the
  customary practice of the Prophet

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Muslims believe (without proof) that the revered
"black stone" (Alhajar Al-Aswad) is a special
divine meteorite, that pre-dates creation that
fell at the foot of Adam and Eve. It is presently
embedded in the southeastern corner of the Kaba.
Muslims touch and kiss the black stone during
Hajj but non-Muslims are strictly forbidden to
even touch it.
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The Umayyad Period (661 750)