What does Al-islam mean?

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Discover the meaning of the term Al-islam (إسلام) in Islamic vocabulary.

Definition Al-islam

Al-islam according to Kitab at-Ta'rifat (Al-Jurjani)

Humility and submission to what the Messenger (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) reported. In al-Kashshaf: whatever consists in a declaration of the tongue without the heart following it is islam; and where the heart follows the tongue, it is iman. I say: this is the school of ash-Shafi'i; as for the school of Abu Hanifa, there is no difference between the two.

Al-islam according to Dustur al-'Ulama (Al-Ahmadnagari)

(In Persian: "to submit and obey"): humility and submission to what the Messenger (may prayer and peace be upon him) reported. And in al-Kashshaf: whatever consists in a declaration of the tongue without the heart following it is islam; and where the heart follows the tongue, it is iman.

Al-islam according to Mu'jam al-Mustalahat al-Fiqhiyya

In language: compliance, submission, entering into peace or into the religion of islam; islam also has the sense of islaf: that is, concluding a peace agreement; one says: I concluded a peace with so-and-so for twenty, meaning: I bought from him on credit for a spot price. In the Law, its meaning varies according to whether it occurs alone or paired with iman. Alone, it means: entering the religion of islam, or the religion of islam itself. Entering the religion: the servant submits to Allah by following what the Messenger (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) brought: the tongue's testimony, the heart's belief, or the limbs' deed. Al-Jurjani said: islam is humility and submission to what the Messenger (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) reported. And in "al-Kashshaf": whatever consists in a declaration of the tongue without the heart following it is islam; and where the heart follows the tongue, it is iman. I say: this is the school of ash-Shafi'i. As for the school of Abu Hanifa: there is no difference between the two. Paired with iman, it means: the outward works of the limbs, in word and deed, like the two testimonies, the prayer, and the other pillars of islam; and when iman occurs alone, it then means the belief of the heart and faith in Allah, the Most High.

Al-islam according to Maqalid al-'Ulum (As-Suyuti)

Submission to the rules of religion, outwardly and inwardly.

Al-islam according to At-Ta'rifat al-Fiqhiyya (Al-Barkati)

"Our Lord, make us die in submission": it is humility and submission to what our master the Messenger Muhammad (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) reported; thus said as-Sayyid in "ad-Dur al-Mukhtar": it is affirming our master Muhammad (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) in everything that comes from Allah, the Most High, whose delivery is known by necessity, that is, self-evidently.

Al-islam In the Quran

إِنَّ ٱلدِّينَ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلْإِسْلَـٰمُ ۗ وَمَا ٱخْتَلَفَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ إِلَّا مِنۢ بَعْدِ مَا جَآءَهُمُ ٱلْعِلْمُ بَغْيًۢا بَيْنَهُمْ ۗ وَمَن يَكْفُرْ بِـَٔايَـٰتِ ٱللَّهِ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ سَرِيعُ ٱلْحِسَابِ [Surah آل عمران : 19]

وَمَن يَبْتَغِ غَيْرَ ٱلْإِسْلَـٰمِ دِينًۭا فَلَن يُقْبَلَ مِنْهُ وَهُوَ فِى ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ مِنَ ٱلْخَـٰسِرِينَ [Surah آل عمران : 85]

حُرِّمَتْ عَلَيْكُمُ ٱلْمَيْتَةُ وَٱلدَّمُ وَلَحْمُ ٱلْخِنزِيرِ وَمَآ أُهِلَّ لِغَيْرِ ٱللَّهِ بِهِۦ وَٱلْمُنْخَنِقَةُ وَٱلْمَوْقُوذَةُ وَٱلْمُتَرَدِّيَةُ وَٱلنَّطِيحَةُ وَمَآ أَكَلَ ٱلسَّبُعُ إِلَّا مَا ذَكَّيْتُمْ وَمَا ذُبِحَ عَلَى ٱلنُّصُبِ وَأَن تَسْتَقْسِمُوا۟ بِٱلْأَزْلَـٰمِ ۚ ذَٰلِكُمْ فِسْقٌ ۗ ٱلْيَوْمَ يَئِسَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ مِن دِينِكُمْ فَلَا تَخْشَوْهُمْ وَٱخْشَوْنِ ۚ ٱلْيَوْمَ أَكْمَلْتُ لَكُمْ دِينَكُمْ وَأَتْمَمْتُ عَلَيْكُمْ نِعْمَتِى وَرَضِيتُ لَكُمُ ٱلْإِسْلَـٰمَ دِينًۭا ۚ فَمَنِ ٱضْطُرَّ فِى مَخْمَصَةٍ غَيْرَ مُتَجَانِفٍۢ لِّإِثْمٍۢ ۙ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ غَفُورٌۭ رَّحِيمٌۭ [Surah المائدة : 3]

وَمَنْ أَظْلَمُ مِمَّنِ ٱفْتَرَىٰ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ ٱلْكَذِبَ وَهُوَ يُدْعَىٰٓ إِلَى ٱلْإِسْلَـٰمِ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ لَا يَهْدِى ٱلْقَوْمَ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ [Surah الصف : 7]