Īmān
إِيمَان
Say it ee-MAAN
Faith
At a glance
- Gender
- Girl
- Arabic root
- ʾ-m-n
- Origin
- Arabic
- Also spelled
- Iman, Eman, Imaan, Emaan
Meaning & source
Faith; believing and affirming the truth.
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والإِيمان: بِمَعْنَى التَّصْدِيقِ، ضدُّه التَّكْذِيبُ
Ibn Manẓūr, Lisān al-ʿArab, root ʾ-m-n, vol. 13, p. 21 (Dār Ṣādir, Beirut, 3rd ed. 1414 AH)