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islam

Is.lam \is-'la:m, iz-, -'lam, 'is-. 'iz-.\ \is-'la:m-ik, iz-, -'lam-\ 
   \-iks\ \-.iz-*m; 'iz-l*-.miz-\ \'iz-l*-.mi-z; is-'la:m-.i-z, iz-'la:m-, 
   -'lam-\ n [Ar isla-m submission (to the will of God)] 1: the religious 
   faith of Muslims including belief in Allah as the sole dei ty and in 
   Muhammad as his prophet 2a: the civilization erected upon Islamic faith  
   2b: the group of modern nations in which Islam is the dominant religion  pl 
   but sing or pl in constr  - Is.lam.ic aj