
[Arabic muslim, one who surrenders, active participle of 'aslama, to surrender. See Islam.]
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( fl Cairo, c. 1000). Arab potter. Twenty complete or fragmentary lustreware vessels signed by Muslim are known. A fragmentary plate with birds in a floral scroll (Athens, Benaki Mus., 11122) is inscribed on the rim '[the work of] Muslim ibn al-Dahhan to please ... Hassan Iqbal al-Hakimi'. Although the patron has not been identified, his epithet al-Hakimi suggests that he was a courtier of the Fatimid caliph al-Hakim (reg 996-1021). The other pieces, bowls or bases from them, are decorated with animals, birds, interlaced bands, inscriptions and floral motifs. One complete bowl (New York, Met., 63.178.1) shows a heraldic eagle, a second (Cairo, Mus. Islam. A., 14930) has a central griffin surrounded by palmettes, and a third (Cairo, Mus. Islam. A., 15958) has a design of four white leaves surrounded by an inscription in kufic offering good wishes. Muslim also countersigned objects made by other potters and may have been the master of an important workshop. His work represents the zenith in the animal, floral and abstract decoration of Egyptian lustrewares of the Fatimid period (969-1171), for after him Fatimid potters increasingly depicted figural subjects (see ISLAMIC ART,
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Follower of the Islamic religion. Muslim (sometimes rendered Moslem) is someone who follows the religion of Islam.
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A Muslim, also spelled Moslem,[1] is an adherent of Islam, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the Qur'an—which Muslims consider the uncreated and verbatim word of God (Arabic: الله Allâh) as revealed to prophet Muhammad—and, with lesser authority than the Qur'an, the teachings and practices of Muhammad as recorded in traditional accounts, called hadith. "Muslim" is an Arabic word meaning "one who submits to God".
Muslims believe that God is eternal, transcendent, absolutely one (the doctrine of tawhid, or strict or simple monotheism), and incomparable; that he is self-sustaining, who begets not nor was begotten. Muslim beliefs regarding God are summed up in chapter 112 of the Qur'an, al-Ikhlas, "the chapter of purity".[2][3] Muslims also believe that Islam is the complete and universal version of a primordial faith that was revealed at many times and places before, including through the prophets Abraham, Moses and Jesus.[4] Muslims maintain that previous messages and revelations have been partially changed or corrupted over time,[5] but consider the Qur'an to be both unaltered and the final revelation from God—Final Testament.[6]
Most Muslims accept as a Muslim anyone who has publicly pronounced the Shahadah (declaration of faith) which states, "I testify that there is no god except for the God [Allah], and I testify that Muhammad is the Messenger of the God." Their basic religious practices are enumerated in the Five Pillars of Islam, which consist of daily prayers (salat), fasting during Ramadan (sawm), almsgiving (zakat), and the pilgrimage to Mecca (hajj) at least once in a lifetime.[7][8]
Currently, the most up-to-date reports from an American think tank and PBS have estimated 1.2 to 1.57 billion Muslims populate the world, or about 20% of an estimated 2009 world population of 6.8 billion.[9][10]
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The word muslim (Arabic: مسلم, IPA: [ˈmʊslɪm]; English /ˈmʌzlɨm/, /ˈmʊzlɨm/, /ˈmʊslɨm/ or moslem /ˈmɒzləm/, /ˈmɒsləm/[11]) is the participle of the same verb of which islām is the infinitive, based on the triliteral S-L-M "to be whole, intact".[12][13] A female adherent is a muslima (Arabic: مسلمة). The plural form in Arabic is muslimūn (مسلمون), and its feminine equivalent is muslimāt (مسلمات). The Arabic form muslimun is the stem IV participle[14] of the triliteral S-L-M.
The ordinary word in English is "Muslim". It is sometimes transliterated as "Moslem", which is an older spelling.[15] The word Mosalman (Persian: مسلمان) is a common equivalent for Muslim used in Central Asia.
Until at least the mid-1960s, many English-language writers used the term Mohammedans or Mahometans.[16] Although such terms were not necessarily intended to be pejorative, Muslims argue that the terms are offensive because they allegedly imply that Muslims worship Muhammad rather than God.[17]
In defining Muslim, the mystic Ibn Arabi said:
"A Muslim is a person who has dedicated his worship exclusively to God...Islam means making one's religion and faith God's alone.[18]
The Qur'an describes many prophets and messengers as well as their respective followers as Muslim: Adam, Noah, Abraham, Jacob, Moses and Jesus and his apostles are all claimed to be Muslim by the Qur'an. The Qur'an states that these men were Muslims because they submitted to God, preached His message and upheld His values, which included praying, charity, fasting and pilgrimage. Thus, in Surah 3:52 of the Qur'an, Jesus’ disciples tell Jesus, "We believe in God; and you be our witness that we are Muslims (wa-shahad be anna muslimūn)." In Muslim belief, before the Qur'an, God had given the Torah to Moses, the Psalms to David and the Gospel to Jesus, who are all considered important Muslim prophets.
About 13% of Muslims live in Indonesia, the largest Muslim country,[19] 25% in South Asia,[19] 20% in the Middle East,[19][20] 2% in Central Asia, 4% in the remaining South East Asian countries, and 15% in Sub-saharan Africa.[19] Sizable communities are also found in China and Russia, and parts of the Caribbean. Converts and immigrant communities are found in almost every part of the world.
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - muslim
adj. - muslimsk
Nederlands (Dutch)
moslem, mohammedaan (s), moslim-
Français (French)
n. - musulman
adj. - musulman
Deutsch (German)
n. - Moslem
adj. - moslemisch
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - Μουσουλμάνος
adj. - μουσουλμανικός, Μουσουλμάνος
Português (Portuguese)
n. - muçulmano (m)
adj. - muçulmano
Русский (Russian)
мусульманин, мусульманка, мусульманский
Español (Spanish)
n. - musulmán
adj. - musulmán
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - muslim
adj. - muslimsk
中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
回教徒, 穆罕默德信徒, 穆斯林的, 伊斯兰教的
中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 回教徒, 穆罕默德信徒
adj. - 穆斯林的, 伊斯蘭教的
한국어 (Korean)
n. - 이슬람교도
adj. - 이슬람교도의
日本語 (Japanese)
n. - イスラム教徒
adj. - イスラム教の
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) مسلم (صفه) إسلامي
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - מוסלמי
adj. - מוסלמי, של המוסלמים או דתם
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