English Explanatory Dictionary

al-Thaqalayn

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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  1. the Qur'an and the Ahl al-Bayt, said in a hadith to have been the two things left behind by the Prophet Muhammad for the guidance of the Muslim community.

Word forms

al-Thaqalayn ath-Thaqalayn Thaqalayn

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic الثَقَلَيْن (aṯ-ṯaqalayn, literally “the two heavy things”), from ثَقَل (ṯaqal, “heavy thing”).

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