Gender Masculine Usage Arabic Scripts جمال الدين(Arabic) Pronounced Pron. /d͡ʒa.maː.lud.ˈdiːn/ Meaning & History Means "beauty of the faith" from Arabic جمال (jamāl) meaning "beauty" and دين (dīn) meaning "religion, faith". Jamal ad-Din al-Afghani (1839-1897) was a political activist who promoted pan-Islamism.