Ĭs'lam, n.

n. [Ar. islām, obedience to the will of God, submission, humbling one's self, resigning one's self to the divine disposal, from salama, to submit to God, to resign one's self to the divine will.] The religion of Mohammed, and also the whole body of those who profess it throughout the world. Their formula of faith is: There is no God but Allah, and Mohammed is his prophet.