''Mu'min'' or ''mumin'' (; ) is an
Arabic name
Arabic names have historically been based on a long naming system. Many people from Arabic-speaking and also non-Arab Muslim countries have not had given name, given, middle name, middle, and family names but rather a chain of names. This system ...
and
Islam
Islam is an Abrahamic religions, Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the Quran, and the teachings of Muhammad. Adherents of Islam are called Muslims, who are estimated to number Islam by country, 2 billion worldwide and are the world ...
ic term frequently referenced in the
Quran
The Quran, also Romanization, romanized Qur'an or Koran, is the central religious text of Islam, believed by Muslims to be a Waḥy, revelation directly from God in Islam, God (''Allah, Allāh''). It is organized in 114 chapters (, ) which ...
, meaning 'believer'.
Al-Mu'minun (, ; 'The Believers') is the
23rd chapter (sūrah) of the Qur'an.
In the Quran
''Mumin'' denotes a person who has complete submission to the will of
God
In monotheistic belief systems, God is usually viewed as the supreme being, creator, and principal object of faith. In polytheistic belief systems, a god is "a spirit or being believed to have created, or for controlling some part of the un ...
and has faith firmly established in his heart, i.e. a "faithful Muslim".
Also, it is used as a name and one of the
names of God
There are various names of God, many of which enumerate the various Quality (philosophy), qualities of a Supreme Being. The English word ''God (word), god'' (and its equivalent in other languages) is used by multiple religions as a noun to ref ...
.
The opposite term of ''
iman'' (faith) is ''
kufr'' (disbelief), and the opposite of ''mumin'' is ''kafir'' (disbeliever).
The
Quran
The Quran, also Romanization, romanized Qur'an or Koran, is the central religious text of Islam, believed by Muslims to be a Waḥy, revelation directly from God in Islam, God (''Allah, Allāh''). It is organized in 114 chapters (, ) which ...
states:
This verse addresses the believers, exhorting them to believe, implying multiple stages of belief.
There is a difference between the terms Muslim and ''mumin''. The term ''mumin'' is the preferred term used in the Quran to describe
monotheistic
Monotheism is the belief that one God is the only, or at least the dominant deity.F. L. Cross, Cross, F.L.; Livingstone, E.A., eds. (1974). "Monotheism". The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church (2 ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. A ...
believers.
See also
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Momin (disambiguation)
*
Al-Mu’minoon
*
Amir al-Mu'minin
() or Commander of the Faithful is a Muslims, Muslim title designating the supreme leader of an Ummah, Islamic community.
Name
Although etymology, etymologically () is equivalent to English "commander", the wide variety of its historical an ...
*
Moumin Bahdon Farah, Djiboutian politician
*
Memon (disambiguation)
References
External links
Surah Al-Mu'minun -Quran.com
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Arabic words and phrases
Islamic belief and doctrine
Islamic honorifics
Names of God in Islam