(3) In the Sūratu ʾr-Raʿd [(xiii.) 39], it seems to be applied to the preserved tablet, on which were written the decrees of God and the fate of every human being.
UMMU ʾL-MUʾMINĪN (ام المومنين). “A mother of the Faithful.” A title which English authors restrict either to the Prophet’s wife K͟hadījah, or to ʿĀyishah; but it is a title applied to each of the wives of Muḥammad. Qurʾān, [Sūrah xxxiii. 6]: “His wives are their mothers.”
UMMU ʾL-QURA (ام القرى). Lit. “Mother of Villages.” A name given to Makkah. The Metropolis.
UMMU ʾL-WALAD (ام الولد). A term used in Muḥammadan law for a female slave who has borne a child to her master, and who is consequently free at his death. [[SLAVERY].]
UMMU SALMAH (ام سلمة). One of the wives of the Prophet. The widow of Abū Salmah, to whom she had borne several children. Abū Salmah was killed at Uḥud, and Muḥammad married his widow four months afterwards.
ʿUMRĀ (عمرى). A life grant, or interest in anything, e.g. if the proprietor of a house says to another, “This is yours as long as you live.”
ʿUMRAH (عمرة). A Lesser Pilgrimage, or a visitation to the sacred mosque at Makkah, with the ceremonies of encompassing the Kaʿbah and running between al-Marwah and aṣ-Ṣafā, but omitting the sacrifices, &c. It is a meritorious act, but it has not the supposed merit of the Ḥajj or Pilgrimage. It can be performed at any time except the eighth, ninth, and tenth days of the month Ẕū ʾl-Ḥijjah, these being the days of the Ḥajj or Greater Pilgrimage. [[HAJJ].]
UMŪMĪYAH (امومية). “Maternity.” A term used in Muslim law. (Hidāyah, vol. iii. p. 417.)
UNBELIEVERS. There are several terms used in Islām for those who are unbelievers in the mission of Muḥammad, e.g.:—
Kāfir (كافر), One who hides the truth. A term generally applied to idolaters, and not to Jews or Christians.