People of the Book

English Etymology en ar أَهْل الْكِتَاب. Noun p People of the Book en Islam Non-Muslim adherents of religions based on holy scripture, especially of the Abrahamic religions. Usage notes The religionists included under this category is a matter of dispute. The Qur'an explicitly mentions Christians, Jews, and "Sabians" (this latter term is itself unclear). The category was later extended by Islamic rulers and thinkers to include peoples such as Zoroastrians, Buddhists, Hindus, among others.Knut Vikør Vikør Knut S. Religious Minorities in Islamic Legal Traditions 10.1515/rmo.32613683 https://www.degruyter.com/database/RMO/entry/rmo.32613683/html De Gruyter 2024 Religious Minorities Online Synonyms en People of the Scripture en Ahle Kitab Persian, Urdu en Ahl al-Kitab Arabic en ahl al-kitab alternative letter case form Translations People of the Book Arabic: ar أَهْل الْكِتَابِ m-p Azerbaijani: az kitab əhli Cyrillic: az китаб әһли Bengali: bn আহলে কেতাব ahle ketab Catalan: ca gent del Llibre f Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 有經者 Comorian: Ngazidja Comorian: zdj wandru wahe Shio c2 Dutch: nl mensen van het Boek m-p French: fr gens du Livre m-p German: de Leute der Schrift p Gujarati: gu અહલેકિતાબ m Hebrew: he עַם הַסֵּפֶר m 'am haséfer Hindi: hi अहल-ए-किताब Japanese: ja 啓典の民 Keiten no Min Korean: ko 성서(聖書)의 백성(百姓) Persian: Iranian Persian: fa-ira اَهْلِ کِتاب Classical Persian: fa-cls اَهْلِ کِتَاب Polish: pl Lud Księgi m Swahili: sw Watu wa Kitabu c2 Swedish: sv bokens folk n Tajik: tg Аҳли Китоб Turkish: tr ehlikitap, tr kitap ehli Urdu: ur اَہْلِ کِتاب References