{"id":1412,"date":"2021-04-08T03:09:52","date_gmt":"2021-04-08T00:09:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quran-for-all.com\/blog\/god-al-mumin-mean\/"},"modified":"2021-04-08T03:09:52","modified_gmt":"2021-04-08T00:09:52","slug":"god-al-mumin-mean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quran-for-all.com\/blog\/god-al-mumin-mean\/","title":{"rendered":"God Is Al-Mu\u2019min: What Does It Mean?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_16145\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.new-muslims.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/God-Is-Al-Mu%E2%80%99min-What-Does-It-Mean.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16145\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-16145\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.new-muslims.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/God-Is-Al-Mu%E2%80%99min-What-Does-It-Mean-150x150.jpg?resize=150%2C150\" alt=\"nature-ocean\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-16145\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Allah to Whom be ascribed all perfection and majesty knows his self, his name and everything he has got<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>No king would allow anyone from his pasture to be named after him although he is human, he eats, drinks, and sleeps as we do. He has a body, he gets thirsty, hungry, mad, sick and he dies.<\/p>\n<p>There is no difference between him and any of his followers; nevertheless, his pride and dignity refuse to let anyone to be named after him. But, <a title=\"He Is One and We Are All Human\" href=\"http:\/\/www.new-muslims.info\/abcs-of-islam\/divine-unity\/one-human\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Allah, the Great and Almighty called us, after we had known Him and obeyed his order, \u201cbelievers\u201d<\/a>, (<em>mu\u2019mineen<\/em>). It is the plural form of the word \u201cbeliever\u201d, (<em>mu\u2019min<\/em>), that is by Allah\u2019s saying:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;padding-right: 30px\"><strong> He is Allah, than Whom there is no other god, the Sovereign Lord, the Holy One, Peace, the Keeper of Faith, the Guardian, the Majestic, the Compeller, the Superb. Glorified be Allah from all that they ascribe as partner (unto Him). <\/strong>(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.learning-quran.com\/quran-translations\/german-translation\/recitation-of-surat-al-hashr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Al-Hashr<\/a> 59:23)<\/p>\n<p>But this name needs a moment of thinking, Allah (the Great and Almighty) is a believer, believer in what? We believe in Allah, his messenger, the Day of Judgment, but what does Allah (the Great and Almighty) believe in?<\/p>\n<h1><strong>Provider of Safety<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>It was said \u201cbeliever\u201d (<em>al-mu\u2019min<\/em>) is an agentive derived from the verb \u201cto become safe\u201d. The verb \u201cto become safe\u201d has two meanings; the first one is \u2018believing\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>When the <em>imam<\/em> reads <a title=\"Al-Fatihah: The Summary of the Qur\u2019an\" href=\"http:\/\/www.learning-quran.com\/about-the-quran\/al-fatihah-summary-quran\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Surat Al-Fatihah<\/a> (the 1<sup>st<\/sup> chapter of the Qur\u2019an) and when he finishes, all the people in the mosque say \u201cAmen\u201d (Ameen), which means God, we believe what this <em>imam<\/em> said and we are with him, so the verb \u201cto become safe\u201d (<em>amina<\/em>) means believe on the one hand, and there is a verse which emphasizes this, Allah (the Great and Almighty) said:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;padding-right: 30px\"><strong>They said: \u201cO our father! We went racing with one another, and left Yusuf (Joseph) by our belongings and a wolf devoured him, but you will never believe us even when we speak the truth\u201d. <\/strong>(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.learning-quran.com\/quran-translations\/german-translation\/recitation-of-surat-yusuf-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Yusuf<\/a> 12:17)<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand it means \u2018being safe\u2019, Allah the Great and Almighty said:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;padding-right: 30px\"><strong>(He) Who has fed them against hunger, and has made them safe from fear. <\/strong>(<a title=\"Reflections on Surat Quraish\" href=\"http:\/\/www.learning-quran.com\/quran-interpretation\/reflections-on-surat-quraish\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Quraish<\/a> 106:4)<\/p>\n<p>Allah\u2019s name \u201cthe believer\u201d (Al-Mu\u2019min) is taken from believing or being safe! How do you understand this name with the first meaning?<\/p>\n<p>The truth is that man may or may not understand his self. If he didn\u2019t know his self and got involved in something beyond his level, he would have a great loss. We would say: \u201dIf you had known what you have had, you wouldn\u2019t have got involved\u201d. He who does something beyond his level doesn\u2019t know the essence of what he has or what his capabilities are. That person doesn\u2019t know his self.<\/p>\n<p>On the other side there is another who knows his self quite well, all his deeds are compatible with what he has. That example clarified some facts to you, the first meaning of \u201cthe believer\u201d that Allah to Whom be ascribed all perfection and majesty knows his self, his name and everything he has got, that is the first meaning.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Believing<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The second meaning: Allah the Great and Almighty believes <a title=\"Prophethood in Islam\" href=\"http:\/\/www.new-muslims.info\/abcs-of-islam\/articles-of-faith\/prophethood-in-islam\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">His messengers<\/a>. He sent Muhammad (peace be upon him) as a messenger, He believed him; that is He made people believe him through a miracle.<\/p>\n<p>He sent <a title=\"Prophet Moses\" href=\"http:\/\/www.new-muslims.info\/abcs-of-islam\/articles-of-faith\/prophet-moses\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Moses<\/a> as a prophet and believed him; that is He made people believe him through a miracle. <a title=\"Like It or Not, Jesus Practiced Islam\" href=\"http:\/\/www.new-muslims.info\/converts\/conversion-stories\/like-it-or-not-jesus-practiced-islam\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">He sent Jesus as a messenger<\/a> and gave him a miracle to make people believe him, so the second meaning is \u201cbelieving\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>This means that Allah keeps His promises by His deeds, keeping Allah\u2019s promises is a confirmation of His promises. He promised you the good life. If you have the good life, it means that He kept His promise. Keeping the promise is evidence to the truthfulness of His prophets.<\/p>\n<p>That is He gives them the proofs that make people believe them. He gives the believers proofs. Dear brother, you read the Qur\u2019an, what makes you cling to it and be attached to it? Because all the events you are living are confirmation of this Qur\u2019an. If you buy and sell honestly, you will have great comfort and Allah will provide you with good income and draw people to you. If you are honest, Allah will lift your name among people.<\/p>\n<p>So if you apply what you are asked to do, all the events come to confirm this promise or show you that this promise is true. It is one of the meanings of \u201cthe believer\u201d that is; making His prophets as believers supported by miracles makes His Qur\u2019an believable, that is if you believe in it and make good deeds, you will be granted a good life. What made you believe His words; this good life or the wretched life?<\/p>\n<p>If you are rightly <a title=\"Islam: Guidance to the Straight Path\" href=\"http:\/\/www.new-muslims.info\/abcs-of-islam\/articles-of-faith\/islam-guidance-and-the-straight-path\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">guided by Allah the Great and Almighty in all your aspects of life<\/a>, you will see that all the events confirm what came in the Glorious Qur\u2019an.<\/p>\n<p>Therefore, Allah the Great and Almighty is a \u201cbeliever\u201d, that is He made his servants as believers, since all Allah\u2019s deeds are confirmation of His promises and threats, <a title=\"The Oneness of God and Man\u2019s Recognition of It\" href=\"http:\/\/www.new-muslims.info\/abcs-of-islam\/divine-unity\/oneness-god-mans-recognition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Allah To Whom all be ascribed all perfection and majesty<\/a> said:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;padding-right: 30px\"><strong>Truly, Allah defends those who believe. Verily, Allah likes not any treacherous ingrate to Allah (those who disobey Allah but obey Satan). <\/strong>(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.learning-quran.com\/quran-translations\/german-translation\/recitation-of-surat-al-hajj-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Al-Hajj <\/a>22:38)<\/p>\n<p>You must have felt in many incidents where Allah inspires someone you don\u2019t know to defend you, when Allah (the Great and Almighty) says:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;padding-right: 30px\"><strong>He (Allah) said: \u201cGet you down (from Paradise to the earth, both of you, together, some of you are enemies to some others. Then if there comes to you guidance from Me then whoever follows My guidance he shall neither go astray, nor shall be distressed. <\/strong>(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.learning-quran.com\/quran-translations\/german-translation\/recitation-of-surat-ta-ha-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ta-Ha <\/a>20:123)<\/p>\n<p>You feel you are rightly guided, and have right vision, clear insight and your interpretation of events is right because you <a title=\"The Friends of Allah: Who and How?\" href=\"http:\/\/www.new-muslims.info\/abcs-of-islam\/articles-of-faith\/friends-allah\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">followed Allah\u2019s order<\/a>. Eventually, the events came as confirmation to what Allah said.<\/p>\n<p>_________________________<\/p>\n<p><em>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nabulsi.com\/en\/\">nabulsi.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>[ica_orginalurl]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How is God Al-Mu\u2019min, the Believer? In what does Allah believe? What does the name tell about God? 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