What is another word for imam?

Pronunciation: [ɪmˈam] (IPA)

An imam is a leader of prayer in a mosque among Muslims. The term "imam" is usually associated with Islamic religion, but there are several synonyms for imam in other languages. In Arabic, an imam is also called "shaikh," which means a wise and respected leader. In Turkish, "hoca" is a synonym of imam, which means teacher or mentor. In Urdu, "maulvi" is used for an imam, which means a religious scholar. Similarly, "mullah" is another synonym for the word imam in Persian, which means an Islamic legal scholar. These synonyms are often used interchangeably and reflect the diversity of Islamic culture and its language.

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  • Independent

    • Proper noun, singular
      amama.
  • Other Related

    • Proper noun, singular
      Iman.

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Usage examples for Imam

So he turned to him and knowing him, said to him, "By Allah, 'tis thou slayest me and slayest my mother and slewest the Shaykhs and the imam of the Mosque!"
"Supplemental Nights, Volume 1"
Richard F. Burton
On his return to Cairo he wrote to the imam of Muscat, assuring him of his friendship and begging him to forward to Tippoo Sahib a letter offering alliance and deliverance from "the iron yoke of England," and stating that the French had arrived on the shores of the Red Sea "with a numerous and invincible army."
"The Life of Napoleon I (Volumes, 1 and 2)"
John Holland Rose
Far down in the vast church an imam was intoning a passage of the Koran in a voice which hardly seemed human; indeed, such a sound is probably not to be heard anywhere else in the world.
"Paul Patoff"
F. Marion Crawford

Famous quotes with Imam

  • And if the imam and the Muslim leadership in that community is so intent on building bridges, then they should voluntarily move the mosque away from ground zero and move it whether it's uptown or somewhere else, but move it away from that area, the same as the pope directed the Carmelite nuns to move a convent away from Auschwitz.
    Peter King
  • Does the imam have a legal right to build the mosque at Ground Zero? The answer is yes. But is it the right thing to do? The answer is no. And most Americans, and most moderate Muslims, join with me in that call.
    Kilari Anand Paul
  • If I see any politician or a priest or an imam or a rabbi in the Paradise, I will give up believing in God!
    Mehmet Murat ildan
  • As he continued to talk to me, I realized one of the fundamental points about Islamism that so many people fail to understand. The way Osman was speaking wasn’t in the orthodox, religious way of the imam with a stick; he was talking about politics, about events that were happening now. That’s crucial to understanding what Islamism is all about: it isn’t a religious movement with political consequences, it is a political movement with religious consequences.
    Maajid Nawaz
  • I have recently begun to look for people’s “vicar” nature. It is a technique I happened upon quite by chance, but I think it has a precedent in eastern mysticism. In Buddhism they talk of each of us having a “Buddha nature,” a divine self, the aspect of our total persona that is beyond our materialism and individualism. Well, that’s all well and good. What I’m into is people’s “vicar nature”—what a person would be like if they were a vicar. You can do it on anyone; it doesn’t have to be a vicar either if that isn’t your bag, it could be a rabbi or an imam or whatever. Simply think of someone you know, like, I dunno, Hulk Hogan, and imagine them as a devotional being. When I do, it helps me to see where their material persona intersects with a well-meaning spiritual aspect. Reverend Hogan would be, I suspect, a real fire-and-brimstone guy, spasming and retching in the pulpit but easily moved to tears, perhaps by the plight of a childless couple in his parish. Anyway, let’s not get carried away, it’s just a tool to help me see where a person’s essential self might dwell. Oddly, it’s really easy to do with atheists. I can imagine Richard Dawkins as a vicar in an instant, Calvinist and insistent. Dogmatic and determined, having a stern hearthside chat with a seventeen-year-old boy on the cusp of coming out. My point is that in spite of the lack of any theological title, Bobby Roth is like a priest.
    Russell Brand

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