مفهوم الأمة و أوصافها في القرآن الكريم

Abstract EN

The purpose of this study is to demonstrate the concept of Ummah, in general and the essense of the Ummah who has inherited the faith of Prophet Ibrahim as explained in the Holy Quran, with reference to the original meaning of ummah in the Arabic tongue, and it has acquired in the Quranic usage.

The scrutiny of the concept has revealed that it is a Qur’anic term composed of certain facts and has certain pillars, and it is difficult to get into its essense without recalling these facts and pillars.

With this consideration, the Ummah of Islam includes the followers of Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, who turned their faces to Allah the Lord of the Worlds.

Upon this kind of faith those followers deserve to have the Devine decree to be considered the “best ummah”, the “Muslim ummah”, the moderate ummah”, the “one ummah” and the ummah whose members are “witnesses to mankind” These characteristics all together constitute the reality of the ummah in the Holy Quran.