Mu'min...

Mu'min: (believer): This nomenclature has various usages; Often the Qur'an addresses the Muslims with the phrase, O you who believe!; Obviously it covers all those who recite the kalimah. At other times, the Holy Book differentiates between Islam and Iman, using the word, Islam, for verbal profession, and Iman for the firmly-rooted belief: In Shi'a traditions and the writings of Shi'a scholars, the word, mu'min, is commonly used for a practicing Shi'a Ithna 'ashari. Previous…