GLOSSARY
 

 

Akbar	Greater, adj., comparative of great
Al	Definite article, ‘the’
A-qi-bah	Consequence
Arabiyya	Arab
Aslim	Submit to Allah (become Muslim), verb
Auroba	Pan-Arabism; Arab nationalism
Ayah; Ayet	Verse
Chai-khana	Tea-house
Da’awah	Call; Mission
Dar	Abode
Fatwa	Religious edict (Islamic); Plural: fatawa/fatawi
Ghazu	Raid
Ghazawat	Raids, (Plural)
Hadeeth	Sayings and deeds of the Prophet Muhammad
Halal	Lawful (to handle and own)
Ijtihad	Diligence
Illa	But, (except)
Janissary or Mamluke	Janissary or Mamluke: Christian children and slaves raised in the Islamic faith and trained as special (Kamikaze) soldiers to protect the Turkish Sultan and his interests throughout the Ottoman Empire. The Sultan gave the Janissaries full authority in levying tax. They were responsible to the Sultan and reported direct to him. They increased in manpower, grew in strength and became very powerful and influential. They were known for their notoriety, for their wheeling and dealing and blackmail. Other Janissaries of either gender, were also used as domestic servants for the elite and as public janitors, doing menial work and running errands for their Turkish masters, especially the military corps. In times of war, the Janissaries were used by the Turkish armies as human shields in their attacks of enemy troops and invasion of enemy fortifications. The Turks used the Janissary as a dispensable commodity. Growing in manpower and military strength, the Ottoman Turks feared the Janissaries and decided to get rid of them. The Ottoman Government put the Janissaries to the sword in masse. Those that were spared the sword were dumped in Turkish colonies, spread throughout North Africa to the Balkans. Many Balkan Muslims are residues of the Janissary Mamlukes.
Jihad	Struggle (for the sake of Allah)
Kafir	Infidel
Khalidah	Eternal
Khilapha	Succession
Khalipha	Successor
Khulapha’	Successors
La	No (there is no)
La ilaha	No god, (there is no god)
Majlis	Council (Majlis al-Shuri = Consultative Council)
Millet	Multitude; pl., millal – a distinct group of people, non-Islamic in faith; may be of the same nationality and religion but denominationally different, yet indigenous, whose native land is conquered and occupied by the Muslim invaders; in this case, during the Islamic conquests, beginning in the mid-7th century AD. As a result, the genuine nationality of its native people and land rights are abolished. The natives are divided into millet (multitudes) – groups of people – according to its sect and church affiliation, henceforth identified not by its racial identity but by its distinct sectarian name as a separate religious community like, Nestorian, Chaldean, Jacobite, Maronite etc. All members of the millet are acknowledged residents but are not recognised as natural and full citizens of the country. They are bound by the Islamic law of the land. Millets are subjugated to the form of the Islamic government of the day, with a view to fusing them into (Dar Al-Silm) the Abode of Peace States, under the umbrella of the Islamic (Umma) Nation, after their conversion to Islam. (For meaning of ‘millet’, see Arabic-English Dictionary by Hans Wehr, Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic; edited by J M Cowan, 3rd edition, 1976; page 918; also, BCD 2.0)
Mujahideen	Strugglers (for the sake of Allah). (Muslim religious warriors)
Mullah	Savant: versed in Islamic knowledge
Mushrik	Polytheist. Pl., Mushrikoun or Mushrikeen
Muta-wwa Mutawwa	Religious police, in Saudi Arabia. Government official, who seeks out, arrests and punishes those who break the Islamic law. Plural: Mutawe’ah.
Nashr	Spread; propagation
Qat	Leaves of the shrub Catha; has a euphoric stimulant when chewed
Qulb	Heart
Ra’iyya	(singular) a drove, herd, flock; (A Christian Parish), a congregation; a moving crowd
Ra’aya	plural - as above
Rassoul	Messenger.
Risalah	Message
Shura	Consultation, (noun)
Shuri	(Majlis Al-Shuri: (Adj.) Consultative Council)
Souq	Market; marketplace
Stan	suffix = place and/or land of a people relating to Central Asian Countries Name of a State, such as Kazakhstan = Kazakh land
Sura	Koranic Chapter
Taslam	Saved (will be spared)
Thatu	of (that which is)
Ulama’a	Savant
Umma Nation	A political body, the concept of several Islamic countries, having the same aspiration towards establishment of a united Islamic nation, under the Islamic (shari’ah) law system of government, collectively known as (Dar Al-Silm) the Abode of Peace, under the umbrella of Umma – one nation government. Islam’s long-term objective is to expand the borderlines of (Dar Al-Silm), the Abode of Peace States, by bringing (Dar Al-Harb) the Abode of War - land yet to be conquered – under its direct control and rule, thus encompass the whole world, forming one single global Islamic nation, to be known as (Ummat Al-Islam) The nation of Islam
Wa-illa	Or else, otherwise
Wakheema	Dire; disastrous. Pronounced: Wa-Khee-Ma

 

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