different between jihad vs mujahideen

English

Alternative forms

• jehad

Etymology

From Arabic ??????? (jih?d, “struggle; effort”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: j?-häd', IPA^(key): /d???h??d/
• enPR: j?-häd', IPA^(key): /d???h??d/

Noun

jihad (countable and uncountable, plural jihads)

Wikiquote

1. (Islam) A holy war undertaken by Muslims.
   • 1938 August 22, "Holy War", Time:

     Young Iraqis of both sects obeyed the imams' ruling last week by rushing to conscription offices in hot, dirty, dusty Bagdad to offer themselves or their money for the jihad.

   • 1977, Alistair Horne, A Savage War of Peace, New York Review Books 2006, page 26:

     Small groups of killers, the scent of blood in their nostrils, now fanned out by taxi, bicycle or even on horseback into the surrounding countryside, spreading the word that a general jihad, or ‘holy war’, had broken out.

   • 2013 May 8, Mona Mahmood & Ian Black, The Guardian:

     The Jabhat al-Nusra media, with songs about jihad and martyrdom, is extremely influential.

   1. (Should we delete⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) (historical) The Muslim response to the Crusade in the 12th century.
2. An aggressive campaign for an idea.
3. (Islam, theology) A personal spiritual struggle for self-improvement and/or against evil.

Derived terms

Related terms

• mujahid

Translations

Verb

jihad (third-person singular simple present jihads, present participle jihading, simple past and past participle jihaded)

1. To participate in a jihad.

See also

• crusade
• holy war
• infidel

Anagrams

• Djahi, hadji

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

jihad m (plural jihads, diminutive jihadje n)

1. Alternative form of djihaad

Derived terms

• jihadstrijder

Related terms

• jihadi
• jihadist

Finnish

Noun

jihad

1. jihad (Muslims' holy war)

Declension

Derived terms

• jihadismi
• jihadisti

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d?i.ad/

Noun

jihad m (plural jihads)

1. Alternative form of djihad

Italian

Noun

jihad m or f (invariable)

1. jihad

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic ??????? (jih?d, “struggle; effort”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /?i.??ad??/, /?i.??ad/

Noun

jihad m (plural jihads)

1. (Islam) jihad (holy war undertaken by Muslims)

Derived terms

• jihadista

English

Wikiquote

Alternative forms

• mujahedeen, mujahadeen, mujaheddin, mujahedin, mujahidin

Etymology

Arabic ???????????? (muj?hid?n), plural of ????????? (muj?hid, “fighter, freedom fighter, warrior, struggler”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /mu?d??h??din/

Noun

mujahideen

1. (Islam) plural of mujahid Muslim holy warriors engaged in a jihad.

Translations