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Meaning and use
Amin means "safe" or "secure". In this and the more frequent form amin, it is used like the Hebrew and Syriac amen, by Muslims as by Jews and Christians, as a confirmation of prayers, in the sense of "answer" or "so be it". 1
In prayer
It is said after the opening sura of the Qur'an, without being part of the sura. According to a hadith the Prophet ﷺ learned it from Gabriel at the end of that sura. In the prayer the imam says it aloud or, according to others, softly after the Fatiha, and the congregation repeats it. It is said to be God's seal on the believers because it protects them from evil. 1
People and things also explored
The ruling on one who abandons prayer· Ada' (performance of an obligation within its time)· Adhan (the call to prayer: its ruling, wording, conditions, recommended features and the muezzin)· Bone (adhm): purity, use and retaliation· The adornment of desires and the goods of this world· The people of the bench (ahl al-suffa)· The earth made a place of prayer and purity· Spending in the way of God (infaq)
Sources
- Encyclopaedia of Islam, 2nd edition (Leiden: Brill, 1954–2008), 13 volumes , vol. 1 p. 458
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islam.museum contributors. “Amin (the word 'amen' at the end of prayer)”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/concept/amin/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-25.