ummah
noun
the Islamic community.
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ummah
American
[uhm-uh]
/ ˈʌm ə /
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umma
noun
Islam.
Ummah
British
/ ˈumə /
noun
Etymology
Origin of ummah
1880–85; < Arabic: literally, nation
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In Medina, the previously polytheist Arabs, Jewish Arabs, and Muhammad’s ummah formed an alliance for their common defense.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
Their role as caliphs was in protecting the ummah and providing a political frame-work in which sharia law could prosper — it was in the Abbasid period that Islamic law was truly developed and codified.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2019
They call on supporters to reject the nations where they live and embrace instead a devotion to the ummah, the global community of Muslims.
From New York Times ● Sep. 22, 2016
Their national or ethnic loyalties had been supplanted by loyalty to their co-religionists, the global community of Muslims, known as the ummah.
From New York Times ● Jun. 26, 2010
They are "the mother," "mamma," "emma," "ummah," or "the woman."
From The Freethinker's Text Book, Part II. Christianity: Its Evidences, Its Origin, Its Morality, Its History by Annie Wood Besant
Most of the donations are coming from donor-advised funds opened by Muslim families, while about $111,000 was raised by two of the giving circles hosted by the foundation: Ummah and Bay Area Collective Giving.
From Seattle Times ● May 14, 2021
In turn, a central concept of Islam is that of the worldwide community of Muslims, the Ummah, meaning “community of believers.”
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2020
“Instead of being a lonely kid lost in Brooklyn with limited English proficiency,” it said, “he was part of a worldwide online community — the Ummah — supporting an Islamic religious movement.”
From New York Times ● Jan. 3, 2018
But if you dig a little further some interesting facts emerge about the gym in east London where he used to train - the Ummah Fitness Centre in Ilford.
From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2017
Karen often tweeted about the “baqiyah sisterhood”: “Muslimah’s of the Ummah make sure you got each other’s backs!”
From The Guardian ● Jun. 24, 2015
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