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Ummah

Ummah

5 9.9
A global community of Muslims connected by their religion
  • noun
  • /ˈʊmə/
translation icon : ummah
  • Another prominent concept in al-Qa'ida rhetoric is the mainstream Islamic notion of the ummah (literally, "nation"; referring to the community of the Islamic faithful worldwide).
  • Islamic ummah
  • Ummah community
  • Muslim ummah

And it's A and God says to him, look, if it had been our will to make you all one single ummah, we would have done so.

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Examples

  • The world Islamic community (the ummah) is neither a monolithic nor a cohesive political force.

    Academic text (2003)
  • "Where is the ummah; where is this Arab world they tell us about in school?"

    Blog text (23)
  • Another term that many are not familiar with is Ummah, which means community.

    Blog text (31)
  • But not only are our governments divided, the Muslim ummah is also divided, and divided again and again.

    Blog text (27)
  • We are enjoined by our religion to prepare for the defense of the ummah.

    Blog text (27)
  • We are at a crossroads, and this is a mighty task for the whole Ummah.

    Academic text (2005)
  • For a true Muslim, the safety and security of the Ummah is far more important than the safety of the homeland.

    Blog text (10)
  • The Ummah today possesses tremendous forces sufficient to save Palestine and the rest of the Muslim lands.

    Academic text (2005)
  • Drawing from the Sunna (hadith, fiqh, shariah), Wyn Davies proposes ulema (the learned) and ummah (community, society) as central elements.

    Academic text (1995)
  • The Ummah is united by shared beliefs and practices among Muslims around the world.

Synonyms

22 2.5

A group of people who follow Islam and share culture and pray together

is broader, covering the worldwide religious group not only local communities
Umma
vsUmmah
1 7.5

A worldwide community of Muslims who share the same religion

is the same concept but spelled as a different form
Muslim Ummah
vsUmmah
6.4

A worldwide community of Muslims who feel connected to each other

is the term for the same worldwide group without extra emphasis on unity
Islamic Ummah
vsUmmah
6.1

A worldwide community of Muslims who share the same faith

is the same global community but without the adjective that sounds formal

Compounds

A worldwide community of Muslims who feel connected to each other

A worldwide community of Muslims who share the same faith

Surface Forms

Ummah singular
Ummahs plural

Etymology

Ummah comes from the Arabic word ummah, which means 'community' or 'nation' and originally named people who were joined by the same faith. So Ummah today refers to the worldwide community of Muslims, like one big family across many countries.