Raja Zakirah Hurin Raja Zakir Hussain

Specialization of Meaning of the Term ‘Muhajir’: A Morphological and Semantic Analysis Based on the Quran and the Malay Language

The term muhajir, derived from the Arabic root h-j-r, has traditionally been associated with migration and the Muhajirin who migrated from Makkah to Madinah. However, its emerging use in Malay discourse to refer to converts to Islam (mualaf or saudara baru) raises important questions concerning its morphological format...