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

1. 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."

2. definite singular of إِسْلَام (ʔislām)

Declension

Declension of noun الْإِسْلَام (al-ʔislām)

singular	basic singular triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	—	الْإِسْلَام al-ʔislām	—
nominative	—	الْإِسْلَامُ al-ʔislāmu	—
accusative	—	الْإِسْلَامَ al-ʔislāma	—
genitive	—	الْإِسْلَامِ al-ʔislāmi	—

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979), “سلم”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN