Ummah

(; ) is an Arabic word which means "community". It is a synonym for  (, lit. 'the Islamic community'); it is commonly used to mean the collective community of Islamic people. In the Quran, the Ummah refers to a single group that shares common religious beliefs, specifically those that are the objects of a divine plan of salvation. In the context of pan-Islamism and politics, the word  can be used to mean the concept of a Commonwealth of the Muslim Believers ( ).

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