Mumin

Muʾmin or mumin (Arabic: مؤمن, romanized: muʾmin; feminine مؤمنة muʾmina) is an Arabic and Islamic term, frequently referenced in the Quran, meaning "believer".[1] It denotes a person who has complete submission to the will of Allah and has faith firmly established in his heart, i.e. a "faithful Muslim".[1] Also, it is used as a name and one of the names of God in Islam.[1] The opposite term of īmān (faith) is kufr (unbelief), and the opposite of muʾmin is kāfir (unbeliever).[2][3][4]

For the books and comic strips by Tove Jansson, see Moomin.

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In the Quran

The Quran states:

(An-Nisa 4:136) O you who believe! Believe in Allah, and His Messenger (Muhammad), and the Book (the Quran) which He has sent down to His Messenger, and the Scripture which He sent down to those before (him), and whosoever disbelieves in Allah, His Angels, His Books, His Messengers, and the Last Day, then indeed he has strayed far away.[5]

This verse addresses the believers, exhorting them to believe, implying multiple stages of belief.

Difference between Muslim and Muʾmin

The term Muʾmin is the preferred term used in the Qur'an to describe monotheistic believers.

But the following verse makes a distinction between a Muslim and a believer:

(Al-Hujurat 49:14) The Arabs of the desert say, "We believe." (tu/minoo) Say thou: Ye believe not; but rather say, "We profess Islam;" (aslamna) for the faith (al-imanu) hath not yet found its way into your hearts. But if ye obey God and His Apostle, He will not allow you to lose any of your actions, for God is Forgiving, Merciful.[6]

Memon people

In South Asia, the Muslim converts from Lohana tribe adopted the name Muʾmin pronounced as Memon (or Momin) as their community name.[7] The Memon people, a collection of ethnic groups from the north western part of the South Asia are located in Sindh province in Pakistan and neighboring Gujarat state in India.

See also

References
  1. Jansen, J. J. G. (2012) [1993]. "Muʾmin". In Bosworth, C. E.; van Donzel, E. J.; Heinrichs, W. P.; Lewis, B.; Pellat, Ch.; Schacht, J. (eds.). Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition. Vol. 7. Leiden and Boston: Brill Publishers. doi:10.1163/1573-3912_islam_SIM_5493. ISBN 978-90-04-16121-4.
  2. Schirrmacher, Christine (2020). "Chapter 7: Leaving Islam". In Enstedt, Daniel; Larsson, Göran; Mantsinen, Teemu T. (eds.). Handbook of Leaving Religion. Brill Handbooks on Contemporary Religion. Vol. 18. Leiden and Boston: Brill Publishers. pp. 81–95. doi:10.1163/9789004331471_008. ISBN 978-90-04-33092-4. ISSN 1874-6691.
  3. Adang, Camilla (2001). "Belief and Unbelief: choice or destiny?". In McAuliffe, Jane Dammen (ed.). Encyclopaedia of the Qurʾān. Vol. I. Leiden: Brill Publishers. doi:10.1163/1875-3922_q3_EQCOM_00025. ISBN 978-90-04-14743-0.
  4. Willis, John Ralph, ed. (2018) [1979]. "Glossary". Studies in West African Islamic History, Volume 1: The Cultivators of Islam (1st ed.). London and New York: Routledge. p. 197. ISBN 9781138238534. Kufr: Unbelief; non-Muslim belief (Kāfir = a non-Muslim, one who has received no Dispensation or Book; Kuffār plural of Kāfir).
  5. "Quran Surah An-Nisaa ( Verse 136 )". Archived from the original on 27 January 2018. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
  6. "The Holy Qu'ran, Al-Hujurat 49:014". Archived from the original on 27 January 2018. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
  7. Vahed, Goolam (January 2006). "'Unhappily Torn by Dissensions and Litigations': Durban's 'Memon' Mosque, 1880–1930". Journal of Religion in Africa. Leiden and Boston: Brill Publishers. 36 (1): 23–49. doi:10.1163/157006606775569631. eISSN 1570-0666. ISSN 0022-4200. JSTOR 27594362.
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