MENAS 398 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Tajwid, Qasida, Adhan

• School: U of M
• Department: Middle Eastern And North African Studies
• Course: MENAS 398
• Professor: Carol Bardenstein

Document Summary

Aaptis 331 midterm review introduction to arab culture. Jahiliyya - the name given to the pre-islamic period. Ignorance/barbarism vs. knowledge/culture ignorance inconstrast with spiritual enlight- enment. pre-islamic poetry clearly dispels any notion that pre-islamic arabs lacked culture or civilization. Qasida - ode or speci c form of poetry. Mu"allaquat - suspended, selected not written down but composed, recited from memory only written down 2 centuries after inception. The prophet muhammad - the most important prophet of islam. Khadija - first wife of muhammad, rst muslim. The hijra - the prophet"s journey to mecca to medina during which he was accompanied by his followers. Shahadah - declaring there is no god except god and that muhammad is god"s messenger. The qur"an - directly translates as recitation. the holy book of islam. Chanted recitation is usually how most people learn the qur"an. Distinctly stated as not music and not poetry althouth it is musical and poetic.