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{{Short description|Arabic term for 'believer' in Islam}}
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{{distinguish|The Moomins}}
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'''''Mu'min''''' or '''''mumin''''' ({{langx|ar|مُؤْمِن|muʾmin}}; {{small|feminine:}} {{lang|ar|مُؤْمِنَة}} {{Transliteration|ar|muʾmina}}) is an [[Arabic name]] and [[Islam]]ic term frequently referenced in the [[Quran]], meaning 'believer'.<ref name="EI2">{{cite encyclopedia |author-last=Jansen |author-first=J. J. G. |year=2012 |origyear=1993 |title=Muʾmin |editor1-last=Bosworth |editor1-first=C. E. |editor1-link=Clifford Edmund Bosworth |editor2-last=van Donzel |editor2-first=E. J. |editor2-link=Emeri Johannes van Donzel |editor3-last=Heinrichs |editor3-first=W. P. |editor3-link=Wolfhart Heinrichs |editor4-last=Lewis |editor4-first=B. |editor5-last=Pellat |editor5-first=Ch. |editor5-link=Charles Pellat |editor6-last=Schacht |editor6-first=J. |editor6-link=Joseph Schacht |encyclopedia=[[Encyclopaedia of Islam#2nd edition, EI2|Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition]] |location=[[Leiden]] and [[Boston]] |publisher=[[Brill Publishers]] |volume=7 |doi=10.1163/1573-3912_islam_SIM_5493 |isbn=978-90-04-16121-4}}</ref> '''Al-Mu'minun''' ({{langx|ar| المؤمنون}}, {{transliteration|ar|al-mu{{hamza}}minūn}}; {{small|meaning:}} 'The Believers') is the [[23rd chapter (sūrah) of the Qur'an]].

== In the Quran ==
''Mumin'' denotes a person who has complete submission to the will of [[God in Islam|God]] and has faith firmly established in his heart, i.e. a "faithful Muslim".<ref name="EI2"/> Also, it is used as a name and one of the [[names of God in Islam|names of God]].<ref name="EI2"/> The opposite term of ''[[Iman (Islam)|iman]]'' (faith) is ''[[kafir|kufr]]'' (disbelief), and the opposite of ''mumin'' is ''kafir'' (disbeliever).<ref name="Schirrmacher 2020">{{cite book |author-last=Schirrmacher |author-first=Christine |year=2020 |chapter=Chapter 7: Leaving Islam |chapter-url=https://brill.com/view/book/edcoll/9789004331471/BP000008.xml?body=pdf-43180 |editor1-last=Enstedt |editor1-first=Daniel |editor2-last=Larsson |editor2-first=Göran |editor3-last=Mantsinen |editor3-first=Teemu T. |title=Handbook of Leaving Religion |location=[[Leiden]] and [[Boston]] |publisher=[[Brill Publishers]] |series=Brill Handbooks on Contemporary Religion |volume=18 |doi=10.1163/9789004331471_008 |doi-access=free |pages=81–95 |isbn=978-90-04-33092-4 |issn=1874-6691}}</ref><ref name="Adang 2001">{{cite encyclopedia |author-last=Adang |author-first=Camilla |year=2001 |title=Belief and Unbelief: choice or destiny? |editor-last=McAuliffe |editor-first=Jane Dammen |editor-link=Jane Dammen McAuliffe |encyclopedia=[[Encyclopaedia of the Qurʾān]] |volume=I |location=[[Leiden]] |publisher=[[Brill Publishers]] |doi=10.1163/1875-3922_q3_EQCOM_00025 |isbn=978-90-04-14743-0}}</ref><ref name="Willis 2018">{{cite book |editor-last=Willis |editor-first=John Ralph |year=2018 |origyear=1979 |title=Studies in West African Islamic History, Volume 1: The Cultivators of Islam |chapter=Glossary |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rD0sBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA197 |location=[[London]] and [[New York City|New York]] |publisher=[[Routledge]] |edition=1st |pages=197 |isbn=9781138238534 |quote=''Kufr'': Unbelief; non-Muslim belief (''Kāfir'' = a non-Muslim, one who has received no Dispensation or Book; ''Kuffār'' plural of ''Kāfir'').}}</ref>

The [[Quran]] states:
{{blockquote|O believers! Have faith in Allah, His [[Prophets and messengers in Islam|Messenger]], the Book He has revealed to His Messenger, and the Scriptures He revealed before. Indeed, whoever denies Allah, His [[Angels in Islam|angels]], His [[Islamic holy books|Books]], His messengers, and the [[Judgement Day in Islam|Last Day]] has clearly gone far astray.|{{qref|4|136|c=y|pl=y}}}}

This verse addresses the believers, exhorting them to believe, implying multiple stages of belief.

There is a difference between the terms Muslim and ''mumin''. The term ''mumin'' is the preferred term used in the Quran to describe [[tawhid|monotheistic]] believers.

==See also==
* [[Momin (disambiguation)]]
* [[Al-Mu’minoon]]
* [[Amir al-Mu'minin]]
* [[Moumin Bahdon Farah]], Djiboutian politician
* [[Memon (disambiguation)]]

==References==
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== External links ==
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* [https://quran.com/23 Surah Al-Mu'minun -Quran.com]

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