Discover the meaning of the term Al-tslym (تسليم) in Islamic vocabulary.
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Updated on 11 April 2026 at 1:05 AM
📖 2 min readIt is submission to God's command and the abandonment of objection in what does not befit.
The receiving of the decree with contentment; it has been said: taslim is steadfastness at the descent of the affliction, without alteration outwardly or inwardly.
In language: 'to hand over, to consent'; that is outward submission without inward submission. In religious law: it is inward submission to God's command and the abandonment of objection in what does not befit.
In language: the delivering over; one says: 'he delivered (sallama) the deposit to its owner'.
Submission to God's command and the abandonment of objection in what does not befit.
Submission to God's command and the abandonment of objection in what does not befit (al-Ta'rifat, p. 59).
In prayer: saying 'al-salamu 'alaykum wa rahmat Allah' (peace and the mercy of God be upon you); and among the Sufis: submission to God's command and the abandonment of objection in what does not befit.