Word: Banu Hāshim

Meaning: Clan of the Prophet

Word: Quraysh

Meaning: Tribe of the Prophet

Word: Cave of Hira

Meaning: Cave the Prophet meditated and prayed in

Word: Hanīf

Meaning: An Arab who followed the monotheistic message of Abraham

Word: Mecca

Meaning: City the Prophet was born in

Word: Medina

Meaning: City the Prophet migrated to and found as his permanent base.

Word: Hijrah

Meaning: the Prophet’s migration to Medina in the year 622.

Word: Khadījah

Meaning: The first wife of the Prophet

Word: Abū Ṭālib

Meaning: The uncle of the Prophet

Word: ʿAbd Al-Muṭṭalib

Meaning: The Prophet’s grandfather

Word: Qutb

Meaning: literally means pole. It is that perfect human being who is the cosmic and universal leader of all of God’s saints and the mediator between the divine and human realms. His presence is necessary for the continued existence of the world.