مُسْلِمُونَ Muslims in Arabic
مُسْلِمُونَ is how you say “Muslims” in Arabic.
Root س ل م s-l-m. noun (active participle of Form IV أَسْلَمَ, masculine plural). muslimūn.
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Meaning of Muslims in Arabic
- Muslims adherents of Islam; the standard term throughout the Qur'an
- those who submit, surrender (to God) the literal sense underlying the religious term
Example sentence
فبينا عمر في نفر من المسلمين يتحدثون عن يوم بدر،
While Umar was among a group of Muslims discussing the Day of Badr,
الْمُسْلِمِينَ the Muslims
al- = 'the'; muslimin means 'Muslims' (plural) — the noun after 'min'.
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How it is used
مُسْلِمُونَ is the plural active participle of أَسْلَمَ ('to submit'), itself built on the root that gives سَلِمَ 'to be safe, secure, or free from evil' and its verbal nouns سَلَامَةٌ and سَلَامٌ. The religious sense — one who submits to God — grew out of this core idea of being safe, whole, and at peace.
Words from the same root
- أَسْلَمَ to submit, surrender oneself (to God)
- سَلَامٌ peace; a greeting wishing safety
- سَلَامَةٌ safety, soundness, freedom from fault
- سِلْمٌ peace, safety
- سلّم to hand over, deliver; to greet with peace
More example sentences
والذي نفس محمد بيده لولا أن يشق على المسلمين ما قعدت خلاف سرية تغزو في سبيل الله أبدا،
By the One in whose hand is Muhammad's soul, if it were not hard on the Muslims, I would never remain behind any expedition that fights in the cause of Allah, ever,
الْمُسْلِمِينَ the Muslims
This is the sound plural of 'Muslim' carrying 'the', 'the Muslims', and it is the object of 'on'. The plural is built by an ending on the noun, and that ending also takes the shape a preposition's object requires; the definite article marks the known community.
وَكَانَ الْمُسْلِمُونَ قَدْ عَلِمُوا حُبَّ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَائِشَةَ،
And the Muslims already knew that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, loved Aisha.
الْمُسْلِمُونَ the Muslims
A definite masculine-plural noun carrying 'the', whose plural ending also marks it as the subject of 'were'. The article makes it the known community of Muslims, and its ending shows it is the doer of the knowing that follows.
أجمع المسلمون على وجوب تعظيم القرآن العزيز على الاطلاق وتنزيهه وصيانته
Muslims unanimously agree on the obligation to honor the Glorious Quran in all cases, and to respect and safeguard it.
المُسْلِمُونَ Muslims
The plural subject of the agreeing verb, with al- ('the') and the sound-plural -un ending, in the nominative. It supplies the doers the singular verb left unspecified, the normal verb-then-subject pattern. The -un ending is the visible mark of 'more than two, masculine'.
وقد أجمع المسلمون على أن القرآن المتلو في الاقطار المكتوب في الصحف الذي بأيدي المسلمين مما
And the Muslims have unanimously agreed that the Qur'an recited in the regions and written in the pages that are in the hands of the Muslims is among...
الْمُسْلِمُونَ the Muslims
The plural subject of the agreeing verb, with al- ('the') and the sound-plural -un ending, in the nominative. It names the doers the singular verb left blank, in the normal verb-then-subject order. The -un ending marks 'more than two, masculine'.
Common questions
- How do you say "Muslims" in Arabic?
- مُسْلِمُونَ (muslimūn) — the masculine plural active participle of أَسْلَمَ, 'to submit' (to God).
- What does مُسْلِمُونَ literally mean?
- Literally 'those who submit' — from the same root سلم that gives سَلَامٌ 'peace' and سَلَامَةٌ 'safety'.
Related words
Definitions summarised from Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon (E. W. Lane, 1863–1893).