أُمَّةٌ
Root: ام
Full Definition
أُمَّةٌ
A way, course, mode, or manner, of acting, or conduct, or the like; as also
إِمَّةٌ : Fr assigns this meaning to the latter, and that next following to the former: a way, course, or rule, of life, or conduct; as also
إِمَّةٌ .
2 Religion; as also إِمَّةٌ : (AZ, S, M, K: [one of the words by which this meaning is expressed in the M and K is شِرْعَة; for which Golius found in the K سرعة:]) one course, which people follow, in religion. You say, فُلَانٌ لَا أُمَّةَ لَهُ Such a one has no religion; no religious persuasion. And a poet says,
3 Obedience [app. to God].
def.2 The people of a [particular] religion: a people to whom an apostle is sent, unbelievers and believers; such being called his أُمَّة: any people called after a prophet are said to be his أُمَّة: the followers of the prophet: pl. أُمَمٌ. It is said in the Kur [ii. 209], كَانَ النَّاسُ أُمَّةٍ واحِدَةً, meaning Mankind was [a people] of one religion.
2 A nation; a people; a race; a tribe, distinct body, or family; of mankind; or of any living beings; as also أُمٌّ : a collective body [of men or other living beings]; a sing. word with a pl. meaning: a kind, genus, or generical class, by itself, of any animals, or living beings, others than the sons of Adam, as of dogs, and of other beasts, and of birds; as also أُمٌّ ; pl. of the former أُمَمٌ; which occurs in a trad. as relating to dogs; and in the Kur vi. 38, as relating to beasts and birds.
3 A man's people, community, tribe, kinsfolk, or party; his company.
4 A generation of men; or people of one time: pl. أُمَمٌ: as in the saying, قَدْ مَضَتْ أُمَمٌ Generations of men have passed away.
5 The creatures of God. You say, مَا رَأَيْتُ مِنْ أُمَّةِ اللّٰهِ أَحْسَنَ مِنْهُ [I have not seen, of the creatures of God, one more beautiful than he].
def.3 I. q. إِمَامٌ; accord. to A 'Obeyd, applied in this sense to Abraham, in the Kur xvi. 121.
2 A righteous man who is an object of imitation.
3 One who follows the true religion, holding, or doing, what is different from, or contrary to, all other religions: [said to be] thus applied to Abraham, ubi suprà.
4 One who is known for goodness: and so explained by Ibn-Mes'ood as applied to Abraham: or, so applied, it has the signification next following: a man combining all kinds of good qualities: or, as some say, repaired to: or imitated.
5 A learned man: one who has no equal: the learned man of his age, or time, who is singular in his learning: and one who is alone in respect of religion.
def.4 See also إُمٌّ, first sentence. Hence, يَاأُمَّتِ which see in the same paragraph.
def.5 The stature of a man; tallness, and beauty of stature; or justness of stature; syn. قَامَةٌ; and شَطَاطً: (M, TA: [in the K, the signification of نَشَاطٌ is assigned to it; but this is evidently a mistake for شَطَاطٍ; for the next three significations before the former of these words in the K are the same as the next three before the latter of them in the M; and the next five after the former word in the K are the same as the next five after the latter in the M, with only this difference, that one of these five is the first of them in the M and the third of them in the K:]) pl. أُمَمٌ. You say, إِنَّهُ لَحَسَنُ الأُمَّةِ, i. e. الشَّطَاطِ [Verily he is beautiful in justness of stature]. And El-Aashà says,
2 The face.
3 أُمَّةُ الآوَجْهِ The form of the face: or the principal part thereof; the part thereof in which beauty is usually known to lie. You say, إِنَّهُ لَحَسَنُ أُمَّةِ الآوَجْهِ Verily he is beautiful in the form of the face: and إِنَّهُ لآَقَبِيحُ أُمَّةِ الآوَجْهِ verily he is ugly in the form of the face.
4 أُمَّةُ الطَّرِيقِ: see أُمٌّ.
def.6 A time; a period of time; a while. So in the Kur [xii. 45], وَادَّكَرَ بَعْدَ أُمَّةٍ [And he remembered, or became reminded, after a time]: or, after a long period of time: but some read , i. e., after favour had been shown him, in his escape: and some read أَمَةٍ, i. e., forgetting. And so in the same [xi. 11], وَلَئِنْ أخَّرْنَا عَنْهُمُ العَذَابَ إِلآَى أُمَّةٍ مَعْدُودَة [And verily, if we kept back from them the punishment] until a short period of time.
2 Religion; as also إِمَّةٌ : (AZ, S, M, K: [one of the words by which this meaning is expressed in the M and K is شِرْعَة; for which Golius found in the K سرعة:]) one course, which people follow, in religion. You say, فُلَانٌ لَا أُمَّةَ لَهُ Such a one has no religion; no religious persuasion. And a poet says,
[And are one who has religion and one who is an infidel equal?].وَهَلْ يَسْتَوِى ذُو أُمَّةٍ وَكَفُورُ
3 Obedience [app. to God].
def.2 The people of a [particular] religion: a people to whom an apostle is sent, unbelievers and believers; such being called his أُمَّة: any people called after a prophet are said to be his أُمَّة: the followers of the prophet: pl. أُمَمٌ. It is said in the Kur [ii. 209], كَانَ النَّاسُ أُمَّةٍ واحِدَةً, meaning Mankind was [a people] of one religion.
2 A nation; a people; a race; a tribe, distinct body, or family; of mankind; or of any living beings; as also أُمٌّ : a collective body [of men or other living beings]; a sing. word with a pl. meaning: a kind, genus, or generical class, by itself, of any animals, or living beings, others than the sons of Adam, as of dogs, and of other beasts, and of birds; as also أُمٌّ ; pl. of the former أُمَمٌ; which occurs in a trad. as relating to dogs; and in the Kur vi. 38, as relating to beasts and birds.
3 A man's people, community, tribe, kinsfolk, or party; his company.
4 A generation of men; or people of one time: pl. أُمَمٌ: as in the saying, قَدْ مَضَتْ أُمَمٌ Generations of men have passed away.
5 The creatures of God. You say, مَا رَأَيْتُ مِنْ أُمَّةِ اللّٰهِ أَحْسَنَ مِنْهُ [I have not seen, of the creatures of God, one more beautiful than he].
def.3 I. q. إِمَامٌ; accord. to A 'Obeyd, applied in this sense to Abraham, in the Kur xvi. 121.
2 A righteous man who is an object of imitation.
3 One who follows the true religion, holding, or doing, what is different from, or contrary to, all other religions: [said to be] thus applied to Abraham, ubi suprà.
4 One who is known for goodness: and so explained by Ibn-Mes'ood as applied to Abraham: or, so applied, it has the signification next following: a man combining all kinds of good qualities: or, as some say, repaired to: or imitated.
5 A learned man: one who has no equal: the learned man of his age, or time, who is singular in his learning: and one who is alone in respect of religion.
def.4 See also إُمٌّ, first sentence. Hence, يَاأُمَّتِ which see in the same paragraph.
def.5 The stature of a man; tallness, and beauty of stature; or justness of stature; syn. قَامَةٌ; and شَطَاطً: (M, TA: [in the K, the signification of نَشَاطٌ is assigned to it; but this is evidently a mistake for شَطَاطٍ; for the next three significations before the former of these words in the K are the same as the next three before the latter of them in the M; and the next five after the former word in the K are the same as the next five after the latter in the M, with only this difference, that one of these five is the first of them in the M and the third of them in the K:]) pl. أُمَمٌ. You say, إِنَّهُ لَحَسَنُ الأُمَّةِ, i. e. الشَّطَاطِ [Verily he is beautiful in justness of stature]. And El-Aashà says,
[Beautiful in respect of the faces,] tall in respect of the statures. (T, S, M. * [In the last, بيضُ الوُجُوهِ.])حِسَانُ الوُجُوهِ طِوَالُ الأُمَمْ
2 The face.
3 أُمَّةُ الآوَجْهِ The form of the face: or the principal part thereof; the part thereof in which beauty is usually known to lie. You say, إِنَّهُ لَحَسَنُ أُمَّةِ الآوَجْهِ Verily he is beautiful in the form of the face: and إِنَّهُ لآَقَبِيحُ أُمَّةِ الآوَجْهِ verily he is ugly in the form of the face.
4 أُمَّةُ الطَّرِيقِ: see أُمٌّ.
def.6 A time; a period of time; a while. So in the Kur [xii. 45], وَادَّكَرَ بَعْدَ أُمَّةٍ [And he remembered, or became reminded, after a time]: or, after a long period of time: but some read , i. e., after favour had been shown him, in his escape: and some read أَمَةٍ, i. e., forgetting. And so in the same [xi. 11], وَلَئِنْ أخَّرْنَا عَنْهُمُ العَذَابَ إِلآَى أُمَّةٍ مَعْدُودَة [And verily, if we kept back from them the punishment] until a short period of time.
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