Definition of the word "Ummah"
بـسـم الله والحـمـد لله والـصلاة والـسـلام عــلى رسـول الله، وبـعـد
[Sharh Riyaadh al-Saaliheen, pg. 2/352]
Shaikh al-`Uthaymeen رحمه الله said:
The word أمة (Ummah) has been mentioned in the Qur’aan
with four different meanings:
- Ummah with the meaning “a group”:
{Let there arise out of
you a group of people inviting to all that is good} [Surah
aal-`Imraan (3): 104]
- Ummah with the meaning “religion”:
{Indeed, this, you
religion is one religion…} [Surah al-Anbiyaa’ (21):92 &
Al-Mu’minoon (23):52]
- Ummah with the meaning “years” (long time):
{Then the man who was
released (one of the two who were in prison), now at length remembered}
[Surah Yusuf (12): 45]
- Ummah with the meaning of “role-model”:
{Ibraaheem (عليه السلام) was indeed a model devoutly
obedient to Allaah} [Surah al-Nahl (16):120]
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