Medieval Christians translated the word Muslim to mean saved
Evidence
- Vitry, 1.vi; Humbert, Op. Trip. 1.vi; for the translation salvati see Ric. Disp. vii and xvii and Pennis 1x and x. MSS give such variations as melsamanini and messelamin and Bart. Pic. has meselamini (Bibl. 11. col. 142); Pennis, messlani. Cf. also Ric. Ep. 1. The translation of Muslim as saved survived for a long time. — Norman Daniel, Islam and the West, 2231
Categorization
- DEFINE: Explains the etymology behind the Latin salvati rendering of Muslim.
- QUESTION: Worth chasing how this etymological conflation of Muslim with saved shaped later exegesis of the shahadah.