ISLAMIslam ~ submission to divine willMuslim ~ one who submits to divine will

Which of the following is a true statement:

A. All Arabs are Muslims

B. All Muslims are Arabs

C. Iran is an Arab country

D. None of the above

Which of the following is a true statement:

A. All Arabs are Muslims

B.All Muslims are Arabs

C.Iran is an Arab country

D. None of the above

During prayer a Muslim should face:

A. Mecca

B. Islamabad

C. Jerusalem

D. Washington, DC

During prayer a Muslim should face:

A. Mecca

B.Islamabad

C.Jerusalem

D. Washington, DC

Which of the following is a true statement:

A. Muslims believe Jesus is the son of God

B. Muslims believe Jesus is a prophet

C. Muslims do not believe Jesus existed

Which of the following is a true statement:

A. Muslims believe Jesus is the son of God

B. Muslims believe Jesus is a prophet

C. Muslims do not believe Jesus existed

Myth #1: Most Muslims are Arabs who live in the Middle East.

Reality: Of more than 1 billion Muslims worldwide, only about 1/5 are Arabs.

Myth #2: Muslims have a unfamiliar religion and worship a strange god.

Reality:

Muslims are monotheistic and worship the same one God as Christians and Jews-the Arabic word for God is Allah

Myth #3: Muslims believe it is ok to kill civilians in a holy war or jihad.

Reality: Only Muslim extremists believe

this. In Arabic Jihad does not mean "holy war”. It means "struggle” or “strive”.

Myth #4:Most Muslim women wear veils over their faces and are treated very badly.

RealityMuslim women have many different styles of

dress- very few cultures require women to cover their faces.

The treatment of women varies from country to country and family to family.

Some Muslim countries, like Pakistan, have had female prime ministers. The U.S. has never had a female president.

The religion is called ISLAM.

The people are MUSLIMS.

ALLAH is the Arabic word for God.

MOSQUE is the place of worship.

QURAN is the book of prayer.

Mecca-Most Holy Site in Islam

The Muslims trace their ancestors to Abraham and his son Ishmael, who were believed to have built a shrine in Mecca on the spot where Adam laid a stone

The Kaaba

The Kaaba-cornerstone is a sacred stone called the

Black Stone

Muhammad the Prophet

571~Muhammad born in Mecca

610~Claims to receive visions and messages

622~Hijra or Escape. Muhammad and his followers escape prosecution and go to Medina.

This marks Year 1 in the Islamic calendar.

Current year in Islam: 1431

The Hijra

Muhammad the Last Prophet

Muhammad came to believe that Allah had revealed himself partially through Moses-Judaism and Jesus-Christianity and that Allah’s final revelations were to him.

Muhammad

629 ~ Muhammad conquers Mecca

632 ~ Muhammad dies in Medina.

Ascends into Heaven from Jerusalem

Jerusalem is the third most holy site in Islam

The Teachings of Muhammad

Islam is monotheistic.

Allah is the all-powerful creator of everything.

Islam offers salvation and the hope of an afterlife to its followers. PARADISE.

Muhammad is not considered divine, as Jesus is in the Christian religion.

He is a prophet who conveys Allah’s final revelations through the Quran.

How is Muhammad Viewed?

Muslims believe the Quran is the direct word of Allah revealed to Muhammad

Written and read in Arabic

The Holy Quran

Characteristics of the Koran

About as long as the New Testament114 suras, arranged from longest to shortestMost suras are collections of Mohammed’s teachings

with no overall themeSuras are labeled by distinctive or unusual words found

in eachNo historical chaptersConsidered the definitive form of ArabicStrictly speaking, cannot be translated, only

paraphrased

Imam

The leader of a mosque and the community. Similar to spiritual leaders, the imam is the one who leads the prayer during Islamic gatherings.

The Five Pillars of Islam

Profession of Faith: There is no god but Allah, and Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah.

Daily Prayer: Pray five time times each day in the direction of the holy city of Mecca.

Charity: Give alms to the poor.

Fasting: No food or drink from dawn until dusk during the holy month of Ramadan.

Hajj: Pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca.

Shahadah Profession of FaithThere is no god but Allah,

and Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah.

The Flag of Saudi Arabia

SalatDaily Prayer

Pray time times each day in the

direction of the holy city of Mecca.God is Great. God is Great. God is Great. God is Great. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except God. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except God. I testify that Muhammad is the messenger of God. I testify that Muhammad is the messenger of God. Come to prayer! Come to prayer! Come to success! Come to success! God is Great! God is Great!

There is none worthy of worship except God.

Zakat Charity

Give alms to the poor.

http://salamcenter.org/zakat-ul-mal.html

Sawm Fasting

No food or drink from dawn until dusk during the holy month of Ramadan.

Eid al-Fitr means the Festival of Breaking the Fast

The beginning of Ramadan is based on the Islamic calendar and observing the first waxing crescent moon.

HajjPilgrimage to the holy city of

Mecca.

Dome of the RockImportant to the Three Monotheistic Faiths

Muhammad died in 632 and rose into heaven from a holy rock in Jerusalem.

Christians believe Jesus gave sermons on the rock.

Jews believe Abraham prepared the sacrifice of his son Isaac on the same rock.

On the site Muslims built a mosque called the Dome of the Rock.

Dome of the Rock

Interior of the Dome of the Rock

The Muslim World

Major groups of Muslims: Sunnis and ShiitesMost Muslims are SunnisShiites are the majority in Iraq and Iran

Sunnis and Shiites

Sunnis

The caliph may be elected from the Muslim community.

Shiites (Shia)

The caliph must be a descendant of the family of Muhammad

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The Hajj1. Pilgrims perform cleansing rituals at designated stations outside Mecca. Men and

women exchange their street clothes for hajj garments - stripping themselves of social distinctions and embracing their dedication to God.

2. Among other rites, pilgrims circle the Kaaba, a shrine at the center of the Grand Mosque - built by Abraham and his son - seven times counterclockwise in a procession called the Tawaf. It symbolizes placing God's House at the center of their lives. (Map)

3. On the first official day of the hajj, pigrims take a three-mile journey into Mina, where they spend the night in a massive tent city.

4. In the morning, pilgrims continue east to the Plain of Arafat, where Muslims believe Adam and Eve were reunited after leaving Eden. A daylong group vigil, in which pilgrims stand in the presence of God, marks the zenith of the hajj.

5. At sundown, the hajj loops back toward Mecca, halting at a patch of hills called the Muzdalifah, where pilgrims stop for the night, participate in a nightlong vigil, and collect stones for the next day.

6. At dawn, pilgrims cast pebbles at the Jamraat, three stone pillars that symbolize temptation - places where Satan tried to tempt Abraham from the path of God. They first throw seven stones at the largest pillar, and then stone the other two over the course of two or three days.

7. Back in Mecca, pilgrims can perform the seven turns around the Kaaba one last time before heading home. The end of the hajj is celebrated with a three-day feast.

Historical Overview

Islam: • ”Surrender”, related to ‘salaam’, or peace. • Abraham, father of all prophets, is the first Muslim • Islam is also a code for social conduct • Quran plus the authentic statements of Muhammad (Hadith) =

Shareeha (constitution), as Interpreted by Islamic scholars• Muhammad is the last prophet (33: 40). • Gabriel highest ranking angel

The Quran: • Islam’s holy book, an inspired scripture. God’s word inspired to his

messenger, • 114 Chapters (chapter = Surah), 4 to >200 verses/chapter (verse =

Aiyah) • Confirms most narratives and prophets of the Jewish and Christian faiths

Special place for Virgin Mary, the only female (the Chapter of Mary)

• Allah is the word for God used by Christian and Muslim Arabs God = Allah (Arabic) = Eluhim (Hebrew) = El (Aramaic)

• One and only one God, no trinity• Arabic as the language of the Quran

•Mecca

•Medinah

The Levant

MesopotamiaThe fertile Crescent

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Dynastiesof the South

Middle East, 7th Century

• The Arabian Peninsula The source of Arabs and the Semitic race Mostly desert, few urbanized areas Urban centers, Mecca Mainly tribal society First mention of ‘Arabs’, 854 B.C. Arabs of the North and Arabs of the South Dynasties in the south Religions

– Christianity (inclusive), Judaism (exclusive), polytheism

• The Sassanid or Persian Empire Ailing

• The Byzantine or Eastern Roman Empire Christianity is the state religion, 3rd century A foreign occupying power Sectarian conflicts with the locals

ByzantineEmpire *

Persian Empire

An Arabian dynastyAn Arabian

dynasty *•

Islam by the death of Mohammed 632

Abu-Bakr - 632-634• The first elected official. Wise leader, crisis manager

Omar Ibn Elkhattab - 634-644

• A first-rate statesman. Honest, modest and just.

• Conquered the Levant, Egypt, Iraq, Persia Damascus (9 / 635) and Jerusalem (5 / 638) surrender peacefully

– Omar’s pledge to the Jerusalemites

• A modern state: Treasury, communication, defense. Engraved currency.

Othman bin Affan - 644-656• Collected and compiled the Quran• Emergence of power struggle

Ali Bin Abitalib - 656-661

• Power struggle escalated to armed conflict

• Emergence of political parties

• End of democracy. Ummayah Dynasty in Damascus, Muawyia (661-680)

632-661: the Four Elected Successors (Caliphs)

Islam at 644, the year Omar died

The Ummayah Dynasty, 661-750

• Empire center and capital move to Damascus

• Expansion: All N. Africa (Atlantic), W. Europe, much of C. Asia, the wall of China

711: Conquer of Spain and Portugal. Tariq Bin Ziyad

• Expansion into W. Europe blocked in France by Charles Martial, 732

• Power Struggle continues, but the Caliphs brutally liquidate all rivals

Karbalaa in S. Iraq (10 Nov, 680) and the emerge of the Shiha

• Addelmalek builds Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem (691)

• Massive translation of Greek and Indian writings

• Arabization of the empire

• Bloom of architecture, arts, agriculture, and science

732, 100 Yrs after Mohammed

The Abbassides Dynasty, 750-1258

• The center of the Empire moves to Iraq and Iran

• Baghdad, built 762 AD by Almansur (2nd Caliph).

• With over 2 M, Baghdad becomes the glamorous center of the world

Science, art, architecture, learning, and wealth

Lighted streets, public baths, public libraries and hospitals everywhere

• Other dynasties in Egypt, Spain, and parts of the Levant.

• A 2nd Ummayah dynasty in Spain, 9th century Qurtoba (Cordova) competes with Baghdad

• Cairo, built 968 AD

Islam as Monotheistic Religion

The framework for Muslim life. Essential practices

1. The declaration of faith: • "There is no deity but God, and Muhammad is the messenger of God"

2. Prayer: • Five obligatory prayers each day. • A direct link between the worshiper and God. • No hierarchical authority or priesthood

3. Zakat: • Obligatory charitable giving. • Wealth belong to God and it is held in trust by humans.• Zakat, or, "purification" by setting aside a portion (2.5%) for the needy

4. Fasting: • From sunrise to sunset during the holy month of Ramadan

5. Pilgrimage: • A pilgrimage (Hajj) to Mecca, Arabia. Only those who can

The 'Five Pillars' of Islam

Jihad and the Conduct of War

• Islam is not addicted to war, and jihad is not one of its "pillars”

• Jihad in Arabic does not mean "holy war”. It means "struggle” or “strive”.

• It is the difficult effort needed to put God's will into practice at every level

• The "greater jihad” in the Quran is that of the soul, of the tongue, of the pen, of faith, of morality, etc. The "smaller jihad" is that of arms.

• Many directives in the authentic statements of Muhammad (Hadiths): He told his companions as they go home after a battle "We are returning from

the lesser jihad [the battle] to the greater jihad, at home" Three levels:

– Personal: That of the soul– Verbal: Raising one's voice in the name of Allah on behalf of justice.

"The most excellent jihad is the speaking of truth in the face of a tyrant" (Hadith)

– Physical: Combat waged in defense against oppression and transgression.

» Profoundly misunderstood in today's world.

• Much of the Koran revealed in the context of an all-out war imposed on early Muslims by the powerful city of Mecca, and many passages deal with the conduct of armed struggle.

While one finds "slay [enemies] wherever you find them!" (e.g., 4: 89), in almost every case it is followed by something like "if they let you be, and do not make war on you, and offer you peace, God does not allow you to harm them" (2:90; 4: 90; 5: 2; 8: 61; 22: 39)

Since good and evil cannot be equal, repel thou evil with something that isbetter, and love he between whom and thy self was enmity may then become as though he had always been close unto thee, a true friend" (41:34)

• God does not allow harm of civilian, and requests the protection of women, children and the elderly during war (4:96; 9: 91; 48: 16,17)

“If any one slew a person--unless it be for murder or for spreading mischiefin the land--it would be as if he slew the whole people; and if anyone saved a life, it would be as if he saved the life of the whole people.” (5:32)

• You shall feed and protect prisoners of war, and you shall not expect a reward (4: 25,36; 5:24)

Thus, the only permissible war in the Quran is one of self-defense, you cannot kill unarmed (civilian), and you have to protect prisoners of war

Jihad and the Conduct of War

Jihad and the Conduct of War

• Warfare is always evil. Sometimes you have to fight to avoid persecution. e.g., the one Mecca inflicted on early Muslims (2: 191; 2: 217), or to preserve decent values (4: 75; 22: 40)

• Muslims may not begin hostilities "Fight in the cause of Allah those who fight you, but do not transgress limits;

for Allah loves not transgressors." (2: 190).– Notice: Defensive war, fight back

• Hostilities must be brought to an end as quickly as possible, and must cease the minute the enemy sues for peace (2:192-3; 41:34)

• ‘Martyrdom’: Those killed during fighting or while doing civic duties (martyrs) are

promised a place in heaven (several passages, e.g., 2:154; 3:169-172)

• However, suicide is not allowed; it is forbidden and condemned (e.g., 6:151, 17:33, 25:68)

• One of my favorite Hadiths 'Do not attack a temple, a church, a synagogue. Do not bring a tree

or a plant down. Do not harm a horse or a camel’

Relation with other Faiths

• Like the Torah, the Quran permits retaliation eye for eye, tooth for tooth. But, like the Gospels, it says “it is meritorious to forgo revenge in a spirit of charity (5: 45)

• Acknowledges Adam, Noah, Abraham, Ishmael, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, Moses, David, Solomon, Zacharia, Jesus, John the paptist, and others as the “the good prophets of God”

• A special place for Jesus and Mary (e.g., 3:45,46; 4:156-158; 19:1-98)

• Accepts that Mary’s conception is from God’s soul.

• Rejects the divinity of Jesus (no trinity).

• Jesus was not killed (e.g., 4:155-159; 5:17-19)

• Islam did not impose itself by the sword. "There must be no coercion in matters of faith" (2: 256)

• Muslims have to respect Jews and Christians, the "People of the Book," who worship the same God (e.g., 2:62; 29:46).

"And dispute ye not with the People of the Book, except with means better, unless it be with those of them who inflict wrong: but say, 'We believe in the revelation which has come down to us and in that which came down to you; Our Allah and your Allah is one; and it is to Him we bow.”

• In one of his last public sermons Muhammad said “God tells all human beings, "O people! We have formed you into nations

and tribes so that you may know one another" (49: 13). Do not conquer, convert, subjugate, revile or slaughter but to reach out toward others with intelligence and understanding”

• The Levant remained mainly Christian for almost 200 Yrs. No one was forced to convert to Islam

• The right of all faiths to warship was respected

• Sites of warship, holy places and shrines of all faiths were protected

Relation with other Faiths

• Charity, Charity, Charity …. On top of the Zakat. Help the orphan, the poor, the ill, the lost, the homeless,

the elderly Endless times in the Quran (16 times in Chapters 2-5 alone)

• Freedom, Integrity, Equality, Justice …. “An hour of justice by a ruler is better than sixty days of hard work” (Hadith) Endless request for justice in the Quran (e.g., 2: 282; 6; 152)

– “O mankind, We’ve created you from a male and a female and have made you nations and tribes that you may know and interact with each other.The noblest of you in the sight of God is the best in conduct” (49:13).

– No Arab is privileged over non-Arab but by his or her conduct (Hadith)

– All people are equal like the teeth of a comb (Hadith)

– “You are not considered faithful in the sight of God unless you like for your brother (read, others) what you like for yourself” (Hadith)

– when you are greeted with a greeting of peace, answer with an even better greeting, or at least the like thereof" (4: 86).

Social Justice

Right and Status of Women• Eliminated many pre-Islamic discriminatory practices• Gave women rights (e.g., inheritance) and equality to men, both were made

from a single soul (e.g., 4:1) • Limited the number of wives a man can marry

• Treat women with kindness and respect their rights as equal to men

The hijab or head scarf• Modest dress apply to women and men equally (Quran and Hadith). • Women are required to cover their bodies so that their figure is not revealed. • Women are not required to cover their faces.

• The forbidden or ‘taboo’ (muharramat) include pork, blood, improperly butchered animals, baby animals, gambling, and charging interest

• Alcohol drinking was gradually disallowed

Other Values

Science and Civilization

• A dedicated quest for knowledge and a burst of scientific innovation in a multi-ethnic and multi-faith society

• Lasted for over 8 centuries, and produced a plethora of knowledge and discoveries in all disciplines

• Induced the later European renaissance

• The Arabic tong, invigorated by the Quran, was the vehicle, and tolerant, inclusive, and knowledge-advocate Islamic faith was the culture

• Repeated requests in both the Quran and the Hadith for seeking knowledge, and application of rational thinking

Seek knowledge even in ChinaSeek knowledge from crib to graveOn judgement day, the ink of scientists is valued by God higher

than the blood of martyrsThe two important disciplines of science are theology and Biology

• Initially, massive translation of Greek and Indian writings preserved all literary and scientific works and transmitted them to Europe

• Medicine and Pharmacy• Chemistry and Physics• Mathmatics• Astronomy

Medicine and Pharmacy

• Institutionalized and regulated the practice of Medicine and Pharmacy The modern concept of clinics Board exams and license to practice. Regulatory boards (FDA's!!!) Classification of plants and Algae for their medical use, and outlined

possible side effects (PDR’s!!)

Hospitals: • Tens, including specialized, in each of Baghdad, Qurtoba, and Damascus. • Mobile hospitals for emergency. • Departments and University Hospitals.• Patients records and vital signs, urine tests, family history.

Surgery:

• Threads from animals intestine.

• Opium and Hashish for Anesthesia.

• Alcohol as disinfectant.

• Treatment of cataract, and removal of kidney and gallbladder stones

Autopsy !!!

• Students training (Anatomy)

• Cause of death

• Abu-bakr Elrazzy; 9th Century • Father of Physicians, great clinician and experimentalist • Many books including “Smallpox and Measles”

• Ibn-Elhaytham: 10th Century • Multidisciplinary scientist. Ophthalmologist • Mechanism of sight. Function of the eye • Over 100 books in Med. and Math.

• Ibn-Seena (Avisai): 10th Century • The “Qannun”, the medical text book in Europe till 19th Cen.• Described the medical use of over 2700 plants• Light has a finite speed, which is much faster than the speed of sound

• Ibn-Rushd (Aviros): 13th Century • Philosopher and Physician. Many books

• Ibn-Elnafees: • Blood circulation and the role of lungs

• Abulkassim Alzahrawi (Abulcasis or Albucasis): 11th Century • One of the greatest surgeons. A good dentist and GP. • Removal of breast cancer. • Hemophilia and its hereditary transmission (female to male)

Known Physicians

• Arabic terms and methods of preparation for Alkali, Alcohol, Tartarate

• Discovered and prepared in pure form 28 elements (Ibn Elhaytham) • The processes of crystallization, fermentation, distillation, sublimation,

• Preparation of acids (H2SO4, HCl, HNO3) and bases (NaOH)

• Light travels in straight lines. Laws of refraction, reflection and illusion of light.

• Eluded to the Magnetic properties of some objects

Chemistry and Physics

• Arabic numeral and the decimal system of numbers. Right Left. English. But 1000

• Arithmetic. Roots and powers• Algorithm = Alkhawarismi

• The mathematical ZERO• Algebra (combining fractions). • The Use of (x, y, z) to solve complex arithmetic/geometric problems• Trigonometry (Albairuni and Albuzjani), differential and Integral. = 3.141596535898732.

Some known Mathematicians:

• Abu-bakr Alkhawarismi

• Thabit Ibn Qarra (9th Century). Calculus.

• Ibn-elhaytham• Albairuni (10th Century)• Albuzjani • Omar Elkhayam (2° & 3° equations)

Mathematics

• Astrology (myth) Astronomy (science)

• Movement, path, and location of planets and stars

• The Asturlab

• Earth is spherical and rotates along its axis and around the sun.

• Calculated earth circumference (Albairuni)

• Calculated the time needed for one rotation around the sun (solar year), with an error of 2’ 22” only (Albattani)• Calculated the equinoxes

• Current names of most constellations, and many stars are from Arabic

Some known astronomists:

• Alkindy (9th Century)

• Albattani (9th Century)

• Ibn-elhaytham (11th Century)

• Thabit Ibn Qarra

• Almajreeti

Astronomy

Sunni and Shiha

Sunni

• 90% of Muslims

• Follow the Quran and the Hadeeth as we have them today, and as interpreted by the Sunni scholars

Shiha

• Came to be as a sect after 680 A.D.

• Believe in the Quran and Hadeeth, like Sunni

• However, they place Ali very high as a holy figure, and think ‘main stream’ Islam discriminated against him

• Today Shiah is mainly in Iran (90%), Iraq (55%) and Lebanon (~40%)

Important Holidays

Al-adhaa (the sacrifice)

• Symbolizes Abraham attempt to sacrifice his son Ishmael by God’s request. • Should sacrifice an animal and give the food to the poor.

• The pilgrimage to Mecca

Alfetr • Observed at the end of the holy month of Ramadan (the fasting month)

The Islamic New Year• Yr 1, Islamic calendar = 622 A.D.

Alisraa Walmaaraj• Symbolizes the ascending, in Jerusalem, of Mohammed's soul to heaven

The Birthday of Muhammad

Ashuraa day (Shiha only)

Islam Today

• 1.3 Billion worldwide, three continents 0.3 Billion Arabs Indonesia (200 M) > India (180 M) > Pakistan (160 M) > Bangladesh (120 M) >

China (80 M) > Egypt (70 M)

• There are about 20 M Christian Arabs Egypt > Syria > Lebanon > Palestine > Iraq

• About 7 M Muslims in the USA, 3-4 M are Arabs Roughly half of the Arab Americans are Christians

• Farouq Elbaz (Egypt), NASA, the moon mission

• Ahmed H. Zewail (Egypt) Winner of the 1999 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Cal. Tech.

• Saleh Wakeel (Iraq), member of the Nat’l Acad. Sci., Biochemistry

• Qais Elawqati (Iraq), member of the Nat’l Acad. Sci., Microbiology

• Majdi Yacub, first open heart surgery

• Michael Debakee (Lebanon), chief cardiologist of the White House

• Ralph Nader (Lebanon), consumer advocate, Green Party founder, • and 2000 presidential candidate

• John Sununu (Palestine), White House Ex-Chief of Staff

• John Sununu JR., current state governor

• Donna E. Shalala (Lebanon), Ex secretary of HHS

• Helen Thomas, Ex dean of the White House press corps.

• Edward Attiyeh (Syria), Ex governor of OR

• Spencer Abraham (Lebanon), Secretary of Energy

• George Mitchell

Arab Americans

Arab Americans

• Casey Kasem and Don Bustany (Lebanon) creators of radio's American Top 40

• Mustapha Elaqqad (Syria), Hollywood movie director (director of the ‘Halloween’ series)

• Tom Shadyac (Lebanon), Hollywood movie director

• Salma Hayic (Lebanon), a Hollywood star

• Yasser Seirawan (Syria), US Chess Champion

• Jacques Nasser, president and CEO of Ford Motor Co

• Ray Irani CEO of Occidental Petroleum (Exxon Mobil) Co

• The Hyatt, Hagar, and Farah enterprises

• Christina McAuliffe, an astronaut who died aboard the space shuttle Challenger

• Candy Lightner, founder of MADD

• “History of the Arabs”, Philip Hitti

• “The Arab People”, Albert Hourany

• “Islam, An Empire of Faith”, PBS Video, 2001• “Islam: A Short History”, Karen Armstrong, 2000

• “Muhammad”, Karen Armstrong, 1998

• “Jihad: A Commitment to Universal Peace”, Marcel A. Boisard, American TrustPublications, 1988

• “The Oxford History of Islam”, John L Esposito, ed. 1999

• “Islam: The Straight Path”, John L Esposito, ed. 1998

• “The Meaning of the Holy Quran”, Abdullah Yusif, Ali, 1997

• “Lives of the Prophets”, Leila Azzam, 1995

• “From Difference to Equas”, George Kindy, and Philip Saliba, eds., NYAS, 1994

• Science in Medieval Islam, Howard R Turner, 1997

• Arab American Encyclopedia, Anan Ameri, and Dawn Ramey, eds., 2000

Suggested Reading

The Holy Quran

114 suras, arranged from longest to shortest

Most suras are collections of Mohammed’s teachings with no overall theme

Suras are labeled by distinctive or unusual words found in each

No historical chaptersConsidered the definitive form of ArabicStrictly speaking, cannot be translated, only

paraphrased

Quraiysh

Qussaiy

Abdmanaf

Abdshams Hashem

(Amneh+) Abdallah Abutalib Hamzeh Alabbas Abulahab Alhareth

(661-750) (750-1258)

Muhammad Ali

Adbelmuttalib

Ummayah Dynasty Abbbassides Dynasty

Abraham

Ismail

Adnan

Islam• Founder: Muhammad Ibn (son of) Adballah• Born: 571 AD in Mecca, Arabia• Descendant of Abraham• Nicknames: Almustapha (the chosen), Alamin (the faithful)• Titles: The prophet, the messenger (Alrasul)• Tribe: Quraiysh• Holy Book: The Quran, derived from ‘read’