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Gender (جنس)

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Genealogical table

Pedigree (an account of descent from an ancestor given by listing the intermediate persons)

Generosity

Magnanimity, greatness (free from meanness or prejudice)

Ghaait (غآئط)

Excrement/stool.

Ghafoor (غفور)

Al-Ghafoor is one of the names of God. It means The Most Forgiving.

Ghaib (غيب)

The unseen. eg. Knowledge of the future.

Ghareeb (غريب)

(1) Foreign.
(2) Unusual or weird. (1) Foreign.

Gheebah (غيبه)

Doing gheebah is 'back-biting' - saying things about someone that they may not want others to know about, and saying those things behind their backs.

Ghiba (غيبه)

See Gheebah.

Ghinna (غناء)

Singing.

Ghurfah (غرفة)

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Ghusl (غسل)

Wash. There are different types of Wash related to Islam, the majority purpose of which is to purify ritually (make tahir).

Ghusl Al Janabah (غسل الجنابة)

Ghusl al-Janabah (wash of Janabah) is a special rite of washing to get the person out of janabah (an impure state). Janabah is a state which a person enters when they have had sex or ejaculated. They cannot pray if they have not done the gusl al-janabah (wash of janabah) in order to cleanse themselves.

The wash is very simple. A person makes the intention to wash, then they wash their head and neck fully, then they wash the whole of the right-hand side of the body, and then the left-hand side of the body.
Alternatively, they can make the intention and then plunge themselves into a vast (kurr) pool of clear water (not swimming pool water).
If there is no water or if there's no time to wash before the prayer time finishes, they must do tayammum temporarily.


God (الله)

The Arabic word for God is Allah.

God Willing (إنشاء الله)

See Inshallah.

God's mercy

God's commiseration (may God's mercy be upon him, to invoke God's blessing)

Good (جيد)

The Arabic word for good is 'jayed'. This sort of 'good' is a suitable reply when asked for the quality of an item or the health of an individual.

Good Night (تصبح على خير)

A similar phraze to the English 'Good Night' is 'Tusbah ala Khair' which is Arabic for '(may you) wake up to goodness'.

Goodbye (مع السلامه)

The most common word for goodbye in Arabic is ma'asalama ((farewell) with peace).

Government (حكومه)

The Arabic word for government is hukuma.

Grace

Mercy, pity, compassion, loving-kindness, blessing (to have mercy on some one, the eliminated favor of God)

Grant

Fulfillment, hearing and answering (something fulfilled or allowed as a privilege)

Guardianship

Custody (of children)-(the right or duty of taking care of something)


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