إِذْ قَالَ لَهُۥ رَبُّهُۥٓ أَسْلِمْ قَالَ أَسْلَمْتُ لِرَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ ١٣١
When his Lord said to him, "Submit," he said, "I have submitted [in Islām] to the Lord of the worlds."
أَسْلَم
Aslam: meaning of the name
Girl or boy Arabic origin Aslam
“The soundest, the safest”, from the root of peace; in Turkey, understood as “one who submits to Allah”
Aslam in Islam
The verb aslama recurs often in the Quran: “When his Lord said to him: Submit (aslim), he said: I submit (aslamtu) to the Lord of the worlds” (2:131). Aslam is also an Arabian tribe that embraced Islam; the Prophet ﷺ said: “Aslam, may Allah grant it peace; Ghifar, may Allah forgive it” (al-Bukhari 3514).
Meaning of the name Aslam
Aslam is a comparative of the root s-l-m of peace and soundness: “the soundest, the safest”. The same form is also a verb, aslama, “he submitted (to Allah)”, the source of islam: Turkish families understand Eslem in this sense, a popular name for girls and boys. In Arabic, Aslam is an old masculine name and the name of a tribe.
- In Arabic
- أَسْلَم أسلم
- Transliteration
- Aslam
- Root
- س ل م · 140 occurrences in the Quran
- Gender
- Girl or boy
- Origin
- Arabic
Is Aslam in the Quran?
The name Aslam does not appear as such in the Quran, but its root (س ل م) occurs 140 times. Examples:
فَإِنْ حَآجُّوكَ فَقُلْ أَسْلَمْتُ وَجْهِىَ لِلَّهِ وَمَنِ ٱتَّبَعَنِ وَقُل لِّلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ وَٱلْأُمِّيِّـۧنَ ءَأَسْلَمْتُمْ فَإِنْ أَسْلَمُوا۟ فَقَدِ ٱهْتَدَوا۟ وَّإِن تَوَلَّوْا۟ فَإِنَّمَا عَلَيْكَ ٱلْبَلَٰغُ وَٱللَّهُ بَصِيرٌۢ بِٱلْعِبَادِ ٢٠
So if they argue with you, say, "I have submitted myself to Allāh [in Islām], and [so have] those who follow me." And say to those who were given the Scripture and [to] the unlearned, "Have you submitted yourselves?" And if they submit [in Islām], they are rightly guided; but if they turn away - then upon you is only the [duty of] notification. And Allāh is Seeing of [His] servants.
وَمَنْ أَحْسَنُ دِينًا مِّمَّنْ أَسْلَمَ وَجْهَهُۥ لِلَّهِ وَهُوَ مُحْسِنٌ وَٱتَّبَعَ مِلَّةَ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ حَنِيفًا وَٱتَّخَذَ ٱللَّهُ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ خَلِيلًا ١٢٥
And who is better in religion than one who submits himself to Allāh while being a doer of good and follows the religion of Abraham, inclining toward truth? And Allāh took Abraham as an intimate friend.
All the words of the root س ل م in the Quran (140 occurrences)
In the hadiths
Authentic
Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Sahih al-Bukhari 3514
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "May Allah save the tribe of Aslam, and may Allah forgive the tribe of Ghifar!"
أَسْلَمُ سَالَمَهَا اللَّهُ، وَغِفَارُ غَفَرَ اللَّهُ لَهَا "
Is this name permissible?
No text or scholarly opinion concerns the name Aslam in particular: the general rules of Islam apply.
Read the rules for choosing a name
This page is an aid to reflection, not a fatwa. For a personal case, ask a person of knowledge.
Writing Aslam in each language
- French
- Aslam, Eslem
- English
- Aslam, Eslem
- Spanish
- Aslam
- Turkish
- Eslem
- Arabic
- أَسْلَم
Similar names
Same root (س ل م)
- Abdus Salamعَبْد السَّلَام “Servant of Peace”, of the One free of all evil
- Islamإِسْلَام “Submission to Allah”, the name of the religion
- Salamسَلَام “Peace, safety”, and the greeting of Muslims
- Salimسَالِم “Safe and sound”, unharmed, kept from all harm
- Salmaسَلْمَى An old Arabic name from the root of peace (s-l-m); “peaceful, safe and sound”
- Salmanسَلْمَان “Safe and sound, preserved”, from the root of peace (salam)