ummah
Sign in to save''''''' (; ) is an Arabic word meaning Muslim identity, nation, religious community, or the concept of a commonwealth of the Muslim believers ( '). It is a synonym for '''' (, lit. 'the Islamic nation'); it is commonly used to mean the collective community of Muslim people. In the Quran, the ummah typically refers to a single group that shares common religious beliefs, specifically those that are the objects of a divine plan of salvation. The word ummah (pl. umam ) means nation in Arabic. For example, the Arabic term for the United Nations is , and the term is used to refer to "the Arab Nation
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The ummah is an Arabic term referring to the global community of Muslim believers united by their shared Islamic faith. It matters because it expresses a key concept in Islam—that Muslims worldwide form a single spiritual and social community regardless of their nationality or ethnicity.
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- Islamic usage and origin
- Emergence
- Qur'an
- Mecca
- Medina
- Constitution of Medina
- Back to Mecca
- See also
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''''''' (; ) is an Arabic word meaning Muslim identity, nation, religious community, or the concept of a commonwealth of the Muslim believers ( '). It is a synonym for '''' (, lit. 'the Islamic nation'); it is commonly used to mean the collective community of Muslim people. In the Quran, the ummah typically refers to a single group that shares common religious beliefs, specifically those that are the objects of a divine plan of salvation. The word ummah (pl. umam ) means nation in Arabic. For example, the Arabic term for the United Nations is , and the term is used to refer to "the Arab Nation".
Ummah is distinguished from '' ( , "people"), which means a nation with common ancestry or geography. The word ummah differs from the concept of a country or people. In its greater context it is used to describe a larger group of people. For example, in Arabic the word شعب ("people") would be used to describe the citizens of Syria. However, the term ummah'' is used to describe the Arab people as a whole, which includes Syrians as well as the people of the Arab world. Ummah can be a supra-national polity with a common history and identity based on religion. Pan-Islamism advocates for the unity of Muslims in one nation as an Islamic country or an Islamic state.