Islamic Glossary
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Sujood (سجود) The act of bowing down to Allah in worship. It is a necessary act during salat (worship). The hands, knees, feet and the forehead touch the ground. | |
Sujud (سجود) See Sujood. | |
Sulaiman (سليمان) Sulaiman (PBUH) is a Prophet of God, known as Solomon in English. Sulaiman is a popular boy's name. | |
Sun (شمس) The Arabic word for sun is Shams. | |
Sunnah (سنه) The Sunnah is the ways, teachings and activities of Prophet Muhammed (PBUH&HP)and 12 Imams(PBUT). Muslims should emulate the sunnah of them to be good Muslims.span id= | |
superiorityVirtue, merit (to be in higher position or rank, to be better or greater in some way; of higher quality.) | |
Supplication (دعاء) Supplication is 'Dua' in Arabic. This is a form of prayer where an individual opens their hands palms-up infront of them and recites either a written (memorized) or personal prayer to God. | |
Sura (سوره) (1) See Surah. The Arabic form shown is for meaning (1), but the spelling of meaning (2) is like so: صوره | |
Surah (سوره) A Surah is a chapter of the Quran but it is different to what you may understand chapters to be like in normal books. There are 114 surahs in the Quran and they range from being 3 verses to 286 verses in length. | |