Ummah

Ummah (/ˈʊmə/; Arabic: أُمَّةُ, Arabic pronunciation: [ˈʊmːa]) is an Arabic word meaning "community". It is distinguished from sha'b (شَعْبْ, Arabic pronunciation: [ˈʃaʕb]), which means a nation with common ancestry or geography. Thus, it can be said to be a supra-national community with a common history.

This article is about the Islamic concept. For the hip hop production collective, see The Ummah.
Not to be confused with Umrah.

It is a synonym for ummat al-Islām (أمّةْ اَلإِسْلَامُ, lit. 'the Islamic community'); it is commonly used to mean the collective community of Islamic people. In the Quran, the ummah typically 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 ummah can be used to mean the concept of a Commonwealth of the Muslim Believers (أمة المؤمنين ummat al-muʼminīn).

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