الإسلام
Arabic
Etymology
The definite form of إِسْلَام (ʔislām, “submission (to the will of God)”), verbal noun of أَسْلَمَ (ʔaslama), from the root س ل م (s l m).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /al.ʔis.laːm/
Proper noun
الْإِسْلَام • (al-ʔislām) m
- Islam, the religious system advocated by Muhammad
- 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 3:19:
- إِنَّ ٱلدِّينَ عِندَ ٱللهِ ٱلۡإِسۡلَــٰمُ ۗ وَمَا ٱخۡتَلَفَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُواْ ٱلۡكِتَــٰبَ إِلَّا مِنۢ بَعۡدِ مَا جَآءَهُمُ ٱلۡعِلۡمُ بَغْيًۢا بَيۡنَهُمۡ ۗ وَمَن يَكۡفُرۡ بِـَٔايَـٰتِ ٱللهِ فَإِنَّ ٱللهَ سَرِيعُ ٱلۡحِسَابِ
- "Inna l-dīna ʼinda l-lahi i-is'lāmu ۗ wamā ikh'talafa alladhīna ūtū l-kitāba illā min baʼdi mā jāahumu l-ʼil'mu baghyan baynahum ۗ waman yakfur biāyāti l-lahi fa-inna l-laha sarīʼu l-ḥisābi"
- "Certainly, Allah’s only Way is Islam. [i.e., full submission to the Will of Allah.] Those who were given the Scripture did not dispute ˹among themselves˺ out of mutual envy until knowledge came to them. [No community split into believers and disbelievers until they received the knowledge given by their prophet.] Whoever denies Allah’s signs, then surely Allah is swift in reckoning."
- definite singular of إِسْلَام (ʔislām)
Declension
| singular | basic singular triptote | ||
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| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | — | الْإِسْلَام al-ʔislām |
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| nominative | — | الْإِسْلَامُ al-ʔislāmu |
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| accusative | — | الْإِسْلَامَ al-ʔislāma |
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| genitive | — | الْإِسْلَامِ al-ʔislāmi |
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References
- Wehr, Hans (1979) “سلم”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN