What does amr mean in Islam?

Answer 1

1. Dictionary definitions. In the first place it is useful to examine what is stated in the standard dictionaries. In Edward Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon, there are two series of meaning given for amr: A. `a command; an order; a bidding; an injunction; a decree; an ordinance; a prescript' with the plural of awámir and the antonym of nahy(prohibition). B. `a thing; an affair; a business; a matter; a concern; a state, of a person or thing, or of persons or things or affairs or circumstances; a condition; a case; an accident; an event' with synonyms of shan, h@ál, halah, h@ádithah, or fi`l and a plural of umúr.

The word al-amr is extensively used in the Qur'án and has a range of meanings. There are 153 occurrences of the word al-amr alone and in combination with various pronouns and 13 occurrences of the plural, al-umúr Mainly analysing al-amr in the Qur'án in relation to its meaning and context can mean:

Meaning A: command, decree, order

Meaning B: affair, state, event, matter

(as shown in the dictionary definition)