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Arabic "salam" and "Islam," are of one and the same Semitic
root, "shalam," and mean the same thing, is an admitted
truth by all the scholars of the Semitic languages. The verb
"shalam" signifies "to submit, resign oneself to," and then "to
make peace;" and consequently "to be safe, sound, and
tranquil." No religious system in the world has ever been
qualified with a better and more comprehensive, dignified,
and sublime name than that of "Islam.' The true Religion
of the True God cannot be named after the name of any of
His worshipers, and much less after the name of a people or
country. It is, indeed, this sanctity and the inviolability of
the word "Islam" that strikes its opponents with awe, fear, and
reverence even when the Muslims are weak and unhappy.
It is the name and title of a religion that teaches and com-
mands an absolute submission and resignation of will and self
root, "shalam," and mean the same thing, is an admitted
truth by all the scholars of the Semitic languages. The verb
"shalam" signifies "to submit, resign oneself to," and then "to
make peace;" and consequently "to be safe, sound, and
tranquil." No religious system in the world has ever been
qualified with a better and more comprehensive, dignified,
and sublime name than that of "Islam.' The true Religion
of the True God cannot be named after the name of any of
His worshipers, and much less after the name of a people or
country. It is, indeed, this sanctity and the inviolability of
the word "Islam" that strikes its opponents with awe, fear, and
reverence even when the Muslims are weak and unhappy.
It is the name and title of a religion that teaches and com-
mands an absolute submission and resignation of will and self