One who leads the prayers. A pilgrimmage to Makkah is one of the five pillars of Islam, and is required of every Muslim, who can afford it physically and financially, at least once in a lifetime. It has to be experienced. One of the five pillars of Islam. Muslims are required to give a small percentage of their income to charity.
Intentions are of the essence, to a believer.
It's pronounced the same way as the Urdu word for the number 2. One cycle of prayer. The Urdu word for prayer. Perhaps, then, the substance of what the word is can be used to describe what the word means. The first surah of the Quran.