What does “Islam” mean? The word الإسلام [Islam] is an infinitive word derived from س ل م [silm] root in if‘al pattern and used as noun and infinitive. The word silm means “release/keeping away; and to be distant from fear, doubt, trouble, lack of peace, unhappiness, fight, war, pain, suffering, material and spiritual inconveniences, weakness and decaying, and all the negativities.” This word is also the root of salim, selam, teslim, Islam etc. The word’s “Islam” form means “strengthening” [removal from problems, worries, fear, unhappiness, fights, wars, and similar negative things]. Hence, the religion Islam means the “the religion that strengthens humans [entire range of principles that protects and secures people by putting a distance between them and problems, worries, war, weakness, spiritual illness, unhappiness, and similar things].”

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SURAH AL-HUMAZAH (THE BACKBITER)
MECCAN PERIOD
Division: 54
1O woe to those slanderers and backbiters, scorning with facial expressions!
2,3He is the one who piles up/counts his wealth again and again, thinking his
wealth renders him immortal.
4Certainly not as he thinks! Surely he will be thrown into the Crusher.
5What does explain to you what the Crusher is?
6,7It is a blazing fire of Allah that rises over people’s hearts.
8,9Among the extended pillars, it is closed upon/locked upon them.
(32/104, Al-Humazah/1-9)