Muslim
Follower of Islam
A Muslim is a follower of Islam, the monotheistic religion founded by the Prophet Muhammad in the seventh century.
The word comes from Arabic meaning "one who submits"—that is, submits to God's will.
Muslims follow the teachings of the Quran and observe practices including prayer, fasting during Ramadan, and pilgrimage to Mecca.
As an adjective, Muslim describes things relating to Islam or its adherents: Muslim traditions, the Muslim world.
Islamic ritual prayer
Islamic house of worship
- imamMuslim religious guide
- halalPermitted under Islamic law
- hijabMuslim woman's headscarf
- niqabVeil concealing the face
madrasa · minaret · brotherhood · sisterhood · congregation · diaspora · converts · reverts
Arabic name for God
- QuranIslam's central scripture
- monotheismBelief in one god
- prophetDivinely inspired messenger
- tawhidIslamic doctrine of oneness
Muhammad · sunnah · hadith · sharia · halal · haram · fatwa · shirk
Muslim religious guide
- caliphIslamic head of state
- muftiIslamic law interpreter
- sheikhArab tribal head
- muezzinIslamic prayer announcer
ayatollah · qadi · hafiz · mullah · dervish · fakir · marabout · scholar
salah
Islamic ritual prayer
mosque
Islamic house of worship
niqab · madrasa · minaret · brotherhood · sisterhood · congregation · diaspora · converts · reverts · interfaith
Allah
Arabic name for God
- QuranIslam's central scripture
- monotheismBelief in one god
- prophetDivinely inspired messenger
Muhammad · tawhid · sunnah · hadith · sharia · halal · haram · fatwa · shirk · angels
imam
Muslim religious guide
muezzin · ayatollah · qadi · hafiz · mullah · dervish · fakir · marabout · scholar · cleric
salat
Islamic obligatory prayer
- zakatObligatory Islamic charity donation
- hajjMuslim pilgrimage to Mecca
- fastingDeliberate food avoidance
Ramadan · iftar · Eid · Mecca · Arafat · Medina · charity · pilgrimage · almsgiving
caliphate
Islamic successor-led government
- sunnahTraditional Islamic practice
- hadithRecorded prophetic narration
- arabesqueFlowing ornamental design
calligraphy · geometric patterns · Muharram · henna · dome · courtyard · hammam · kufi · thobe
- FaithsChristians, Catholics, Buddhists, Hindus, Jews
- religionsChristianity, Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism
- believersbeliever, believers, adherent, devotee, theist
- Abrahamic faithsJudaism, Christianity, Abraham, God, Catholicism
- IslamAllah, Quran, Muhammad, Mecca, Ramadan
- Islamic TermsAllah, Quran, Muhammad, surah, ayah
Muslimkafir
Drought-resistant grain sorghum
non-Muslim · infidel · unbeliever · disbeliever · apostate
Muslimatheist
One denying gods exist
non-believer · irreligious · agnostic · secular · secularist
- Muslim communityAdherents of Islam collectively
- Muslim communitiesGroups practicing Islamic faith
- Muslim weddingIslamic marriage ceremony
- Muslim worldIslamic civilization collectively
- Muslim BrotherhoodTransnational Sunni Islamist organization
- Sunni MuslimsLargest Islamic branch