Islam definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

Islam is the religion of the Muslims, which teaches that there is only one God and that Mohammed is His prophet. American English: Islam /ɪˈslɑm/; Arabic: ... EnglishDictionary Thesaurus WordLists Grammar EnglishEasyLearningGrammar GrammarPatterns EnglishUsage TeachingResources VideoGuides Conjugations Sentences Quiz Englishgrammar Englishcollocations Englishconfusables Englishidioms Englishusage Thematicwordlists English French German Italian Spanish Portuguese Hindi Chinese Korean Japanese Definitionof 'Islam'    WordFrequency Share× Credits× Islam (ɪzlɑːm ,USɪslɑːm ) 1. uncountablenounIslamisthereligionoftheMuslims,whichwasstartedbyMohammed. 2. uncountablenoun SomepeopleuseIslamtorefertoallthecountrieswhereIslamisthemainreligion. ...relationsbetweenIslamandtheWest. COBUILDAdvancedEnglishDictionary.Copyright©HarperCollinsPublishers Youmayalsolike EnglishQuizConfusables Synonymsof'Islam' LanguageLover'sBlog FrenchTranslationof'Islam' Translateyourtext PronunciationPlaylists Wordoftheday:'Pankhurst' HindiTranslationof'Islam' NEWfromCollins! EnglishGrammar CollinsApps WordFrequency IslaminBritishEnglish (ˈɪzlɑːm ) noun1. thereligionofMuslims,havingtheKoranasitssacredscriptureandteachingthatthereisonlyoneGodandthatMohammedishisprophet;Mohammedanism 2. a. Muslimscollectivelyandtheircivilization b. thecountrieswheretheMuslimreligionispredominant CollinsEnglishDictionary.Copyright©HarperCollinsPublishers DerivedformsIslamic(Isˈlamic)adjective WordoriginC19:fromArabic:surrender(toGod),fromaslamatosurrender WordFrequency IslaminAmericanEnglish (ˈɪsˌlɑm ;ˈɪzlɑm ;ˈɪsləm ;ˈɪzləm ;ˈɪsˌlæm ;ɪsˈlɑm ;ɪzˈlɑm ) noun1.  theMuslimreligion,amonotheisticreligioninwhichthesupremedeityisAllahandthechiefprophetandfounderisMohammed 2.  Muslimscollectively 3.  allthelandsinwhichtheMuslimreligionpredominates Webster’sNewWorldCollegeDictionary,4thEdition.Copyright©2010by HoughtonMifflinHarcourt.Allrightsreserved. DerivedformsIslamic(Isˈlamic)(ˈɪsˈlɑm ;ˈɪzˈlɑmɪk ;ˈɪzˈlæm ;ˈɪzˈlæmɪk ;ɪsˈlæm ) adjectiveorˌIslamˈitic(ˈɪsləˈmɪtɪk ;ˈɪzləˈmɪtɪk ) Islamism(ˈIslamˌism) noun Islamite(ˈIslamˌite)(ˈɪsləˌmaɪt ;ˈɪzləˌmaɪt ) noun WordoriginArislām,lit.,submission(toGod'swill)