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Abd	A slave of Allah	
Ad	An ancient tribe that lived after Nuh (Noah). People of Ad were prosperous, but disobedient to Allah, so Allah destroyed  them with a violent destructive wind.	
Adhan	The call to Salat (prayer), pronounced loudly to indicate that the time of prayer is due.	
Al-Ahzab	The confederates. The term is used for disbelievers of Qureish and the Jews residing at Madinah and some other Arab tribes who invaded the Muslims of Madinah but were forced to withdraw.	
Ajwah	A kind of date (Prophet Muhammad saw praised for this kind of date)	
Alim	A knowledgeable person (usually used for religuous scholar)	
Allahu-Akbar	Allah is the Most Great.	
Amah	A female slave	
Al-Amanah	The trust or duties	
Amin	O Allah accept our invocation	
Ansir	The companions of the Prophet (saw) from the inhabitants of Madinah, who embraced Islam and and supported it. Ansir received and entertained the Muslim emigrant from Makkah other places.	
Aqiqah	Sacrificing one or two sheep on the occasion of the birth of child as a token of gratitude to Allah.	
Aqra Halqa	Exclamatory expression. Expresses disapproval	
Arfah	The ninth day of the month of Dhul-Hijjah, on which the pilgrims stay in the Arfat plain till sun set.	
Arak	A tree from which Siwak (teeth cleaning wood) is made.	
Al-Arba'ah	The four compilers of Ahadith namely "Abu Dawud", "Nasai", "Tirmidhi" and "Ibn Majah".	
Arsh	Compensation given in case of someone's injury caused by another person.	
Asabah	All male relatives of a deceased person from the father’s side	
Ashab As-Suffah	They were about eighty or more men who used to stay and have religious teachings in the Prophet’s mosque in Madinah, they were poor people. Prophet (saw) always care them.	
Ashab As-Sunnah	The compliers of the prophetic Ahadith on Islamic jurisprudence.	
Ashura	The 10th of the month of Muharram (the first month of the Islamic calendar).	
Asr	Afternoon, (Asr prayer time)	
Aurah	The part of the body which is not allowed to expose to others.	
Awsuq	Plural of Wasq, which is measure equal to 60 Sa = 135 kgms (approx.)	
Ayat	Proof, evidence, verses, lessons, signs etc.	
Ayat-ul-Kursi	Quranic verse No. 255 of Surat Al-Baqarah.	
Ayyam At-Tashriq	It is term used for 11th, 12th, and 13th of Dhul-Hijjah (the last month of the Islamic calendar).	
Az-Zihar	One’s saying to his wife, you are unlawful to me for cohabitation like my mother.	
Azl	Coitus interrupts, i.e. pulling out the penis from the vagina at the time of ejaculation of semen. ( a way of birth control)	
Azlam	Literally means “arrows”. Arabs of pre-Islamic period used arrows to seek good luck or decision.	

B
Badanah	A camel or a cow or an ox driven to be offered as a sacrifice, by the pilgrims at the sanctuary of Makkah.	
Badar	A place about 150 km to the south of Madinah, where the first battle in Islamic history took place between Muslims under the leadership of Prophet with infidels of Quresh.	
Al-Bahirah	A milking she-camel, whose milk used to be spread for idols and toher false deities.	
Bai’ah	A pledge given by the citizens to their Muslim ruler to be obedient to him.	
Bai’at-ur-Ridwan	The oath and pledge taken by the companions of Prophet in the 6 H to fight Quresh in case they harmed “Uthman” (ra), who had gone to negotiate with them and false rumor was spread that Quresh killed him.