Islamic Glossary
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Gender (جنس) The Arabic word for gender is jins.span id= | |
Genealogical tablePedigree (an account of descent from an ancestor given by listing the intermediate persons) | |
GenerosityMagnanimity, 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) A room.span id= | |
Ghusl (غسل) Wash. There are different types of Wash related to Islam, the majority purpose of which is to purify ritually (make tahir). | |
God (الله) The Arabic word for God is Allah. | |
God Willing (إنشاء الله) See Inshallah. | |
God's mercyGod'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. | |
GraceMercy, pity, compassion, loving-kindness, blessing (to have mercy on some one, the eliminated favor of God) | |
GrantFulfillment, hearing and answering (something fulfilled or allowed as a privilege) | |
GuardianshipCustody (of children)-(the right or duty of taking care of something) | |