Deen

Deen Many people think, that deen simmply means religion. Allah (swt) says: The “deen” (religion) before Allah (accepted by Allah) is Islam. (Al-i Imran 3:19) The word ‘Deen’ has the following dictionary meanings: Obedience; a state of abasement and... More

Deen Many people think, that deen simmply means religion. Allah (swt) says: The “deen” (religion) before Allah (accepted by Allah) is Islam. (Al-i Imran 3:19) The word ‘Deen’ has the following dictionary meanings: Obedience; a state of abasement and submissiveness; Deen Allah means ‘obedience to God’; a religion, implying obedience and submission to law; a particular law, statute or an ordinance; a system of usages, rites, ceremonies; custom or habit; a way, coarse, mode or manner of acting or conduct; management, conduct or regulation of affairs; state, condition or case; repayment, requital, compensation or recompense; retaliation; reckoning. In comprehensive terms, the term ‘Deen’ refers to ‘a way of life based upon obedience to laws of some authority, and a system of rewards and punishments according to those laws’. The Quranic Use of the Term 1. ‘Deen’ as a Law of an Authority The term ‘Deen’ has been used in the Quran in the phrase ‘deen-il- malik’, which means ‘King’s Law’. He c Less