Mu'min

{{Short description|Arabic term for 'believer' in Islam}} {{other uses of|Momin}} {{distinguish|The Moomins}} {{Italic title}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2017}} {{Islam and iman}}

'''''Mu'min''''' or '''''Mumin''''' ({{langx|ar|مؤمن|muʾmin}}; {{small|feminine:}} {{lang|ar|مؤمنة}} {{Transliteration|ar|muʾmina}}) is an Arabic name and Islamic term frequently referenced in the Quran, meaning "believer".<ref name="EI2">{{cite encyclopedia |author-last=Jansen |author-first=J. J. G. |year=2012 |orig-date=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}}</ref> Al-Mu'minun ({{langx|ar| المؤمنون}}, {{transliteration|ar|al-mu{{hamza}}minūn}}; {{small|meaning:}} 'The Believers') is the 23rd Surah ("chapter") of the Quran.

== In the Quran == ''Mu'min'' 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".<ref name="EI2"/> Also, it is used as a name and one of the names of God.<ref name="EI2"/> The opposite term of ''iman'' ("faith") is ''kufr'' ("disbelief"), and the opposite of ''mu'min'' is ''kafir'' ("disbeliever").<ref name="Schirrmacher 2020">{{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}}</ref><ref name="Adang 2001">{{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}}</ref><ref name="Willis 2018">{{cite book |editor-last=Willis |editor-first=John Ralph |year=2018 |orig-date=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'').}}</ref>

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 ''mu'min''. The term ''mu'min'' is the preferred term used in the Quran to describe monotheistic believers.

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==See also== {{Portal|Islam}} * Al-Mu’minun * Muslims * ''Momin'' * ''Memon'' * ''Amir al-Mu'minin'' * Moumin Bahdon Farah, Djiboutian politician * Glossary of Islam * Outline of Islam * Index of Islam-related articles

==References== {{Reflist}}

== External links == {{commons category}} {{wikiquote}} * [https://quran.com/23 Surah Al-Mu'minun -Quran.com]

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