Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
GLOBAL JOURNAL AL-THAQAFAH, cilt.1, sa.1, ss.37-42, 2011 (Scopus)
The word
‘Islam’ manifests its
meaning to the word
peace which provides
security and serenity to
individuals and the
community. The article focuses on this dimension of Islam and aims
to present evidence
from religious sources which
assert that Islam
is not a religion that supports
terrorism but a religion which
emphasizes peace and
salvation. As a noun, the word ‘Islam’
is a system of beliefs revealed
by Allah to Muhammad
(pbuh). In retrospect, in
its verb form
Islam is derived from the infinitive of
transitive four category verbs namely if ’al, Islam is “ef ’ale-yüf ’ilus” infinitive form. The
root of this word is also derived from the infinitive Arabic trilateral root of silm or salamet (peace
and security). For this reason Islam
is not only encyclopaedic definition referring to submitting or resigning oneself or one’s
person to God or the will of God, surrendering to the will of Allah (God), but also has the
transitive meaning (ta’diyat), becoming (sayrurat),
becoming of anything over an adjective and criterion (ta’ridh). Islam is
not only the
believer’s submission to Allah,
but it also has peace and safety that spreads right throughout to others.
It is therefore, benefitting every individual as well as the society.