{"id":940,"date":"2026-01-04T10:31:29","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T10:31:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/afraishmum.com\/?post_type=topics&#038;p=940"},"modified":"2026-05-27T14:05:47","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T14:05:47","slug":"meaning-of-the-word-muslim","status":"publish","type":"topics","link":"https:\/\/afraishmum.com\/en_us\/topics\/%e0%a6%ae%e0%a7%81%e0%a6%b8%e0%a6%b2%e0%a6%bf%e0%a6%ae-%e0%a6%b6%e0%a6%ac%e0%a7%8d%e0%a6%a6%e0%a7%87%e0%a6%b0-%e0%a6%85%e0%a6%b0%e0%a7%8d%e0%a6%a5\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00a0Meaning of the word \u201cMuslim\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We call ourselves Muslims, don\u2019t we? But do you know its meaning?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Is a Muslim simply someone who believes in the existence of Allah, or someone who has completely submitted their will to Allah?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If being a Muslim only meant believing in monotheism and acknowledging that Allah is the Creator of everything, then from this perspective, would Iblis also not be a \u201cMuslim\u201d? Because he too believes in the existence of Allah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A Muslim (\u0645\u0633\u0644\u0645) means \u2014 a person who submits themselves to Allah and lives according to His commands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In other words, a Muslim is someone who obeys Allah and follows His commands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Allah Ta\u2019ala says\u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\"Truly, the only acceptable religion in the sight of Allah is Islam.\"<br>Surah Ali 'Imran 3:19<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Allah Ta\u2019ala also says\u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAnd who is better in speech than one who invites to Allah and does righteousness and says, 'Indeed, I am of the Muslims.'?\u201d<br>Surah Fussilat, 41:33<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A true Muslim strives to lead their life to attain the pleasure of Allah and to act according to the Qur'an and Sunnah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1251,"menu_order":70,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"categoires":[109],"class_list":["post-940","topics","type-topics","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","categoires-muslim"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/afraishmum.com\/en_us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/940","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/afraishmum.com\/en_us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/afraishmum.com\/en_us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/topics"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/afraishmum.com\/en_us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/afraishmum.com\/en_us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1251"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/afraishmum.com\/en_us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=940"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"categoires","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/afraishmum.com\/en_us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categoires?post=940"}],"curies":[{"name":"WordPress","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}