mumin
{{Short description|Arabic term for 'believer' in Islam}}
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Mu'min or mumin ({{langx|ar|مُؤْمِن|muʾmin}}; {{small|feminine:}} {{lang|ar|مُؤْمِنَة}} {{Transliteration|ar|muʾmina}}) is an Arabic name and Islamic term frequently referenced in the Quran, meaning 'believer'.{{cite encyclopedia |author-last=Jansen |author-first=J. J. G. |year=2012 |origyear=1993 |title=Muʾmin |editor1-last=Bosworth |editor1-first=C. E. |editor1-link=Clifford Edmund Bosworth |editor2-last=van Donzel |editor2-first=E. J. |editor2-link=Emeri Johannes van Donzel |editor3-last=Heinrichs |editor3-first=W. P. |editor3-link=Wolfhart Heinrichs |editor4-last=Lewis |editor4-first=B. |editor5-last=Pellat |editor5-first=Ch. |editor5-link=Charles Pellat |editor6-last=Schacht |editor6-first=J. |editor6-link=Joseph Schacht |encyclopedia=Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition |location=Leiden and Boston |publisher=Brill Publishers |volume=7 |doi=10.1163/1573-3912_islam_SIM_5493 |isbn=978-90-04-16121-4}} Al-Mu'minun ({{langx|ar| المؤمنون}}, {{transliteration|ar|al-mu{{hamza}}minūn}}; {{small|meaning:}} '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 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. The opposite term of iman (faith) is kufr (disbelief), and the opposite of mumin is kafir (disbeliever).{{cite book |author-last=Schirrmacher |author-first=Christine |year=2020 |chapter=Chapter 7: Leaving Islam |chapter-url=https://brill.com/view/book/edcoll/9789004331471/BP000008.xml?body=pdf-43180 |editor1-last=Enstedt |editor1-first=Daniel |editor2-last=Larsson |editor2-first=Göran |editor3-last=Mantsinen |editor3-first=Teemu T. |title=Handbook of Leaving Religion |location=Leiden and Boston |publisher=Brill Publishers |series=Brill Handbooks on Contemporary Religion |volume=18 |doi=10.1163/9789004331471_008 |doi-access=free |pages=81–95 |isbn=978-90-04-33092-4 |issn=1874-6691}}{{cite encyclopedia |author-last=Adang |author-first=Camilla |year=2001 |title=Belief and Unbelief: choice or destiny? |editor-last=McAuliffe |editor-first=Jane Dammen |editor-link=Jane Dammen McAuliffe |encyclopedia=Encyclopaedia of the Qurʾān |volume=I |location=Leiden |publisher=Brill Publishers |doi=10.1163/1875-3922_q3_EQCOM_00025 |isbn=978-90-04-14743-0}}{{cite book |editor-last=Willis |editor-first=John Ralph |year=2018 |origyear=1979 |title=Studies in West African Islamic History, Volume 1: The Cultivators of Islam |chapter=Glossary |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rD0sBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA197 |location=London and New York |publisher=Routledge |edition=1st |pages=197 |isbn=9781138238534 |quote=Kufr: Unbelief; non-Muslim belief (Kāfir = a non-Muslim, one who has received no Dispensation or Book; Kuffār plural of Kāfir).}}
The Quran states:
{{blockquote|O believers! Have faith in Allah, His Messenger, the Book He has revealed to His Messenger, and the Scriptures He revealed before. Indeed, whoever denies Allah, His angels, His Books, His messengers, and the Last Day has clearly gone far astray.|{{qref|4|136|c=y|pl=y}}}}
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 believers.
See also
- Momin (disambiguation)
- Al-Mu’minoon
- Amir al-Mu'minin
- Moumin Bahdon Farah, Djiboutian politician
- Memon (disambiguation)
References
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External links
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- [https://quran.com/23 Surah Al-Mu'minun -Quran.com]
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