إِسْلَامٌ Islam in Arabic
إِسْلَامٌ is how you say “Islam” in Arabic.
Root س ل م s-l-m. noun (verbal noun / maṣdar, Form IV). islām.
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Meaning of Islam in Arabic
- Islam, the religion of submission to God
- submission, surrender (to God's will) the literal sense underlying the religion's name
Example sentence
هداني للإسلام
guided me to Islam.
لِلْإِسْلَامِ to Islam
li- = 'to, for'; al- = 'the'; islam — 'to Islam'.
The English is machine-translated.
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How it is used
As a maṣdar of أَسْلَمَ (Form IV of the root س ل م), إِسْلَام literally denotes giving oneself up or submitting; in religious usage it became the proper name of Islam. The same root's core idea of safety and freedom from harm also gives السَّلَام, the everyday greeting.
Words from the same root
- سَلِمَ to be safe, secure, unharmed
- أَسْلَمَ to submit to God; become a Muslim
- سَلَامٌ peace; a greeting
- سَلِيمٌ sound, unharmed, unimpaired
- سَلَامَةٌ safety, soundness, freedom from harm
More example sentences
وما هو من علوم الاسلام،
And it is not part of Islamic sciences.
الإِسْلَامِ Islamic
'Islam,' in the -i form, owned in 'the sciences of Islam.' The body of knowledge logic is denied a place in — the author sets it outside the Islamic disciplines entirely.
تركها من حسن إسلام العبد،
Leaving them is part of a person’s good Islam,
إِسْلَامِ of Islam
Genitive as the middle link of a chain — 'goodness of the ISLAM of the servant'. It is owned by 'goodness' and owns 'the servant', the 'of' shown only by juxtaposition. Arabic stacks these links without connectors.
الْإِسْلَامُ أَنْ تَشْهَدَ أَنْ لَا إِلٰهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَأَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ
Islam is to testify that there is no god except Allah and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah.
الْإِسْلَامُ Islam
A definite noun 'Islam' serving as the subject of a defining sentence, in the subject (nominative) form. It is what is being defined, and the clause beginning with the next particle gives its definition.
Common questions
- How do you say "Islam" in Arabic?
- إسلام (islām).
- What does islām literally mean?
- Literally "submission" or "surrender" to God, from the same root (س ل م) as salām, "peace."
Related words
Definitions summarised from Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon (E. W. Lane, 1863–1893).