Muslim
مُسْلِم
Say it MUS-lim
One who submits to Allah
At a glance
- Gender
- Boy
- Arabic root
- s-l-m
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- Classical Arabic names
- Also spelled
- Muslim, Moslem
Meaning & source
One who submits: Lisān gives two views, “one who yields to Allah’s command” and “one who devotes his worship purely to Allah”.
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هُوَ المُسْتَسْلِمُ لأَمر اللَّه، وَالثَّانِي هُوَ المُخْلِصُ للَّه العبادةَ، مِنْ قَوْلِهِمْ سَلَّمَ الشيءَ لِفُلَانٍ أَي خَلَّصَهُ، وسَلِمَ لَهُ الشيءُ أَي خَلَصَ لَهُ
Who carried this name
We have not recorded an early bearer of this name. The word is classical Arabic.