Ash-Sham __socratesPageHistoryEdit Visual Text ASH-SHAM. الشام Lit. "That which is on the left-hand (looking to the rising sun)," i.e. the northern country to Makkah, Syria. Based on <a href="https://www.juancole.com/library/books/encyclopedias/dictionary-of-islam-hughes ">Hughes, Dictionary of Islam</a> CancelTweetShareRedditEmail