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Originally Posted by independent_thinker2002  What's a Moslem?
I thought Islam meant "peace" in Arabic. |
I think it means, "submission."
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# (arabic Islam: to submit, or surrender, to God). The second largest category of religions in the world. 1400 years ago Mohammad created a version of the Judeo-Christian Bible based primarily on the Old Testament, called the Qur’an. ...
Glossary
# Peace attained through willing obedience to Allah's divine guidance.
re-xs.ucsm.ac.uk/gcsere/glossaries/islamglos.html
# "submission" to God.
Glossary of Names and Terms
# The name of the religion that was initiated by Muhammad early in the 7th century and which means surrender to Allah.
MER: The Bible and Islam - Glossary
# Major world religion having its origins in 610 ce in the Arabian peninsula; meaning literally submission; based on prophecy of Muhammad. (pp. 277)
occawlonline.pearsoned.com/bookbind/pubbooks/stearns_awl/medialib/glossary/gloss_I.html
# The last message of God to all mankind. It was sent down upon prophet Muhammad (pbuh), recorded in broad outlines in the Qur'an, and described in detail in the Sunnah. Islam is an Arabic word which means "Submission to God".
wings.buffalo.edu/sa/muslim/library/jesus-say/definitions.html
# this can be translated literally as 'peace through willing submission to Allah'. The word 'salaam', which means peace, and 'Islam' share a common root in Arabic, and 'islam' (no capital letter), is a term that is used to indicate the quality of surrender to the Divine will. ...
ethnicity online::islamic groups: glossary |
I guess we are both right. But your definition conveys an idea that has a hidden string attached. Peace is yours IF you submit to Allah.
And we all know that Ronald Reagan said we could get peace in one second, by submitting to those who would conquer us.
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Now let's set the record straight. There's no argument over the choice between peace and war, but there's only one guaranteed way you can have peace -- and you can have it in the next second -- surrender.
-- Ronald Reagan
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