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Is⋅lam
[is-lahm, iz-, is-luh
m, iz-] 
–noun
| 1. | the religious faith of Muslims, based on the words and religious system founded by the prophet Muhammad and taught by the Koran, the basic principle of which is absolute submission to a unique and personal god, Allah. |
| 2. | the whole body of Muslim believers, their civilization, and the countries in which theirs is the dominant religion. |
Also called Muhammadanism.
Origin:
1605–15; < Ar islām lit., submission (to God)
1605–15; < Ar islām lit., submission (to God)
Related forms:
Is⋅lam⋅ic [is-lam-ik, -lah-mik, iz-] , Is⋅lam⋅it⋅ic [is-luh-mit-ik, iz-] , adjective
[is-lam-ik, -lah-mik, iz-] , Is⋅lam⋅it⋅ic [is-luh-mit-ik, iz-] , adjective
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| Is·lam (ĭs-läm', ĭz-, ĭs'läm', ĭz'-) n.
[Arabic 'islām, submission, from 'aslama, to surrender, resign oneself, from Syriac 'ašlem, to make peace, surrender, derived stem of šlem, to be complete; see šlm in Semitic roots.] Is·lam'ic adj. |
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Islam
Is"lam\, n. [Ar. isl[=a]m obedience to the will of God, submission, humbling one's self, resigning one's self to the divine disposal. Cf. Moslem.]1. The religion of the Mohammedans; Mohammedanism; Islamism. Their formula of faith is: There is no God but Allah, and Mohammed is his prophet. 2. The whole body of Mohammedans, or the countries which they occupy.
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Language Translation for : Islam
Spanish:
Islam,
German:
der Islam,
Japanese:
イスラム教
Islam
A religion, founded by Muhammad, whose members worship the one God of Jews and Christians (God is called Allah in Arabic) and follow the teachings of the Koran. Islam means “submission to the will of God”; adherents of Islam are called Muslims. The fundamental belief of Islam is “There is only one God, and Muhammad is his prophet.”
Muslims are obliged to pray five times a day, to fast in the daytime during the holy month of Ramadan, to abstain from pork and alcohol, and to make gifts to the poor. All of them are expected to make a pilgrimage to Mecca, Muhammad's birthplace, at least once in their lives.
Note: Shi'ite and Sunni Muslims make up the two main branches of Islam.
Note: Islam is the dominant faith in Arab nations, a number of countries of central Asia, and Malaysia and Indonesia.
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Islam
"religious system revealed by Muhammad," 1818, from Arabic, lit. "submission" (to the will of God), from root of aslama "he resigned, he surrendered, he submitted," causative conjunction of salima "he was safe," and related to salam "peace." Islamic is attested from 1791. Earlier Eng. names for the faith include Muhammadism (1614) and Ismaelism (1604), which in part is from Ishmaelite, a name formerly given (esp. by Jews) to Arabs, as descendants of Ishmael (q.v.), and in part from Arabic Ismailiy, name of the Shiite sect that after 765 C.E. followed the Imamship through descendants of Ismail (Arabic for Ishmael), eldest son of Jafar, the sixth Imam. The Ismailians were not numerous, but among them were the powerful Fatimid dynasty in Egypt and the Assassins, both of whom loomed large in European imagination.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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