دِينٌ religion in Arabic
دِينٌ is how you say “religion” in Arabic.
Root د ي ن d-y-n. noun (verbal noun / substantive). dīn.
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Meaning of religion in Arabic
- religion, faith the way of belief and practice one submits to and follows
- obedience, submission the primary sense of the root: to obey or submit to authority
- requital, recompense, judgment repayment or reckoning for what one has done
Example sentence
فقال النبي ﷺ فقهوا أخاكم في دينه، وأقرئوه القرآن وأطلقوا له أسيره ففعلوا
Then the Prophet ﷺ said: Educate your brother in his religion, teach him the Quran, and release his captive, and they did so.
دِينِهِ his religion
din means 'religion'; the ending '-hi' adds 'his' — 'his religion'.
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How it is used
دِين is the standard word for "religion," especially one's submission to and following of a faith such as Islam. The same word also carries the older sense of "requital" or "recompense," reflecting the root's link between obeying and repaying what is due.
Words from the same root
- دَيْنٌ a debt, a loan
- دَائِنٌ a creditor, one who lends
- مَدِينٌ a debtor, one in debt
- مُتَدَيِّنٌ religious, pious
- دَيَّانٌ a judge, one who requites
More example sentences
وَاتَّهِمْهَا عَلَى دِينِكَ
And be suspicious of it regarding your religion.
دِينِكَ your religion
'din' = 'religion'; '-ka' = 'your', so 'your religion'.
تُبنى الأحكامُ على حفظِ خمسةٍ تُعَدُّ أُسَّ النظام الدِّينِ، والنَّفسِ، والعقلِ، والنَّسلِ، والمالِ
Judgments are based on the preservation of five essential values: religion, life, intellect, lineage, and wealth.
الدِّينِ religion
'religion,' in the -i form — the first of the five essentials, listed in apposition to 'five.' The five are spelled out one by one, each joined by 'and' and each in the -i form.
فإذا رأيت الواعظ راغبا في الدنيا قليل الدين،
If you see the preacher desiring worldly life and lacking religious commitment,
الدِّينِ religious commitment
This completes 'scant of religion', so it sits in the genitive as the thing he is short on. Pairing an adjective of deficiency with a following genitive noun is Arabic's compact way of saying 'lacking in religion' without a preposition. It is definite.
الدِّينُ كُلُّهُ دَاخِلٌ فِي الْعِبَادَةِ
All of religion is contained in worship.
الْدِّينِ the religion
A definite noun 'the religion' serving as the subject of the sentence. It is what the statement is about, and the totality-word right after it will stress that the claim covers the whole of it.
فَدِينُ اللَّهِ عِبَادَتُهُ وَطَاعَتُهُ وَالخُضُوعُ لَهُ
Thus, the religion of God is His worship, His obedience, and submission to Him.
فَدِينُ so religion
A concluding 'so/thus' fused to a noun 'religion' that opens a possessive pair. The 'so' draws the conclusion, and the noun, as owner-side, leads into 'the religion of God', taking the following name to complete it.
Common questions
- How do you say "religion" in Arabic?
- دِين (dīn).
- What does the root د ي ن mean?
- At its core, to obey or submit — the same root extends to owing a debt and to repaying or requiting.
Related words
Definitions summarised from Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon (E. W. Lane, 1863–1893).