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A Muslim (Arabic ?????), pronounced /'m?sl?m/, is an adherent of the religion of Islam. The feminine form is Muslimah[1] (Arabic ??????). Literally, the word means "one who submits (to God)". Muslim is the participle of the same verb of which Islam is the infinitive.[2] Muslims believe that there is only one God, translated in Arabic as Allah. Muslims believe that Islam existed long before Muhammad and that the religion had evolved with time from the time of Adam until the time of Muhammad and was completed with the revelation of verse 3 of Surah al-Maeda The Qur'an describes many Biblical prophets and messengers as Muslim Adam, Noah (Arabic Nuh), Moses (Arabic Musa) and Jesus (Arabic ?Isa) and his apostles. The Qur'an states that these men were Muslims because they submitted to God, preached his message and upheld his values. Thus, in Surah 352 of the Qur'an, Jesus’ disciples tell Jesus, "We believe in God; and you be our witness that we submit and obey (wa ashahadu bil-muslimuna)." Most Muslims consider making ritual prayer five times a day a religious duty (fard) (see the section on Isma?ilis below for exceptions); these five prayers are known as fajr, dhuhr, ?asr, maghrib and ?isha'. There is also a special Friday prayer called jumu?ah. Currently, the number of Muslims is estimated to be between 1.25 and 1.84 billion.[3][4][5] Arabic muslimun is the stem IV participle[6] of the triliteral S-L-M "to be whole, intact". A literal translation would be "one who wants or seeks wholeness", where "wholeness" translates islamun. In a religious sense, Al-Islam translates to "faith, piety", and Muslim to "one who has (religious) faith or piety".
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