إِيمَانٌ faith in Arabic
إِيمَانٌ is how you say “faith” in Arabic.
Root ا م ن ʾ-m-n. noun (verbal noun / maṣdar, Form IV). īmān.
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Meaning of faith in Arabic
- faith, belief trust or confidence placed in someone or something, especially belief in God
- the act of rendering secure, giving safety or protection the literal causative sense of Form IV آمَنَ, 'to make someone secure/safe'
Example sentence
يَا بُنَيَّ إِنَّ الإِيمَانَ قَائِدٌ
O my son, faith is a guide.
الإِيمَانَ faith
'al-' = 'the'; 'iman' = 'faith', so 'the faith'. The '-a' ending is the object form after 'inna'.
The English is machine-translated.
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How it is used
إِيمَانٌ is the verbal noun of Form IV آمَنَ, which means both 'to render secure' and, used with بِ, 'to trust or believe in' someone. It is the standard word for faith or belief, especially religious belief in God.
Words from the same root
- أَمْنٌ security, safety
- أَمَانٌ safety, protection
- أَمَانَةٌ trustworthiness, a thing entrusted
- أَمِينٌ trustworthy, faithful
- مُؤْمِنٌ a believer
More example sentences
فمن كان خطؤه لتفريطه فيما يجب عليه من اتباع القرآن والإيمان مثلا،
Whoever errs due to negligence in following the Qur'an and faith, for example,
وَٱلْإِيمَانِ and faith
'and faith', joined by 'wa', genitive — paired with following the Quran.
فأصول دين السلف الإيمان بالله وكتبه ورسله وملائكته،
The fundamentals of the religion of the predecessors were faith in Allah, His books, His messengers, His angels,
الإِيمَانُ were faith
This is the predicate, a definite verbal noun ('faith / believing') — the foundations 'are FAITH...'. It pairs with the preposition coming next to spell out faith IN what. Being definite frames it as the known, defining thing.
قَالَ فَمَا الْإِيمَانُ؟
He said, 'What is faith?'
الْإِيمَانُ the faith
A definite noun 'the faith' as the subject of the equational question, in the subject (nominative) form. The question asks what this thing is, and the noun is what is being inquired about.
Common questions
- How do you say "faith" in Arabic?
- إيمان (īmān).
- What is the core meaning of the root of إيمان؟
- The root ا م ن centers on being secure or safe, a sense extended to trust and belief.
Related words
Definitions summarised from Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon (E. W. Lane, 1863–1893).