Light to the Nations Chap 7

2. Interior “struggle” to submit one’s will to Allah as well as a holy war against the unbelievers
5. One who believes in one God
7. Nomadic tribes of Arabia that were hired to guard and drive caravans from Yemen to Damascus
8. “Successor” to the Prophet Muhammad and the spiritual and military leader of Islam
13. Beautiful and ornate handwriting
15. The central tenets of the Islamic faith
18. A man who has a religious authority over a local mosque or particular territory
19. The Byzantine emperor, and military genius who defeated the Persians and lost to the Arabs
20. Neighboring city of Medina that became Muhammad’s capital city when he was kicked out of Mecca Islam’s holiest city, birthplace of Muhammad
21. The third caliph, founder of the Umayyad dynasty of caliphs
22. The Muslim governor of a province
24. The shrine at the center of Mecca and Islam’s holiest place
25. A major division of Islam meaning “legitimate, loyal and traditional”

1. A major division of Islam meaning “partisan”
3. King of the Persian tribes that formed a deadly army that swept across Mesopotamia and into Syria and Palestine, and took Jerusalem from the Byzantine Empire.
4. Muhammad’s flight from Mecca and the beginning of the Muslim count of years
6. Muhammad’s father-in-law and the first caliph
9. “Submission” to Allah and the name of the religion founded by Muhammad
10. Constantine’s mother who discovered the true cross of Christ in Jerusalem
11. The fourth caliph, Muhammad’s son-in-law
12. A man who has the authority to preach and lead prayer in Islam
14. Having two or more wives
16. Arabic word for God
17. The founder and Prophet of the Islamic religion
23. The second caliph whose armies conquered Mesopotamia, Persia, and Egypt
24. The scripture of Islam containing the record of Muhammad’s prophecies and commands