WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
Is•lam /ɪsˈlɑm, ˈɪslɑm, -ləm, ˈɪz-/USA pronunciation
n.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- Eastern Religions[proper noun] the religion of the Muslims, as set forth in the Koran, which teaches that there is only one God, Allah, and that Muhammad is His prophet.
- Eastern Religions[uncountable] the culture or civilization of Muslim believers, or regions where theirs is the leading religion.
Is•lam
(is läm′, iz-, is′ləm, iz′-),USA pronunciation n.
Is•lam•ic
(is lam′ik, -lä′mik, iz-),USA pronunciation Is•lam•it•ic
(is′lə mit′ik, iz′-),USA pronunciation adj.
- Eastern Religionsthe religious faith of Muslims, based on the words and religious system founded by the prophet Muhammad and taught by the Koran, the basic principle of which is absolute submission to a unique and personal god, Allah.
- Eastern Religionsthe whole body of Muslim believers, their civilization, and the countries in which theirs is the dominant religion. Also called Muhammadanism.
- Arabic islām literally, submission (to God)
- 1605–15;
'Islamic' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
al-Qaeda
- Ashura
- Averroës
- Bairam
- Berber
- caliph
- crescent
- emir
- fatwa
- fundamentalism
- Hadith
- Husain
- Iran
- Iraq
- Islamism
- Islamist
- jamaat
- jihad
- jihadism
- madrassa
- Mansur
- Mauritania
- nine-eleven
- Omar
- PAGAD
- Pahlavi
- qawwali
- Rabia
- seven-seven
- Sunna
- talaq
- Taliban
- Abbasid
- Abu Hanifa
- al-Ash‘ari
- al-Lat
- al-‘Uzza
- arabesque
- Ash‘arism
- Avicenna
- ayatollah
- azan
- Azrael
- Comoros
- dinar
- dirhem
- fakir
- faqih
- fiqh
- genie