I is for Imam
This post is part of the A to Z Challenge. My theme for the month is A to Z of words in English with an Arabic origin.
You might have most often come across titles such as Imam and Shaykh when referring to Muslim Scholars. An Imam is a Muslim spiritual leader or the person who leads the prayer in congregation in a mosque or an honorific title applied to eminent doctors of Islam, such as the founders of the orthodox schools.
One of the unique aspects about Arabic is it’s well-ordered grammatical system and derivation based morphology of words. Read more here.
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Debi O'Neille, writing against the wind
This was an informative post. I liked learning about leaders and other cultures, because then I can weave them into my stories. 🙂
Deb@ http://debioneille.blogspot.com
Shahira
This A toZ challenge has given me too lots of new information !
littlecely
You hear that word a lot living in Tehran. Every other holiday is dedicated to one Imam or another. Didn’t know it meant leader though so I am once again less ignorant than yesterday. Thank you Shahira
Shahira
In Tehran, it is a different sect of Islam called Shia. So the word Imam does have a slightly different meaning in their context. But the underlined meaning is ‘leader’
Thank you for all these lovely comments.
sjp
I love the way languages evolve and pull from one another, good post 🙂
Shahira
A mutually evolving world it is – Languages !
Thank you for stopping by.