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A mahallah, also mahalla, mahallya, mahalle, mohalla, mehalla, or mehalle [a] [b] is an Arabic word variously translated as district, quarter, ward, or neighborhood [1] in many parts of the Arab world, the Balkans, Western Asia, the Indian subcontinent, and nearby nations.
Wakil (Arabic: وكيل, wakīl) is the Arabic word for an advocate, agent, and a trustee. The latter meaning, along with the name Disposer of affairs, is used as one of the names of God in the Qur'an. Al-Wakil is usually considered the 52nd or the 53rd name of God and it is mentioned in Qur'an multiple times (for example 3:173).
The genre of these surahs has been described as prophylactic incantations, meant to ward off evil, and to be recited in a private as opposed to a public domain. [6] One stylistic feature of the Al-Mu'awwidhatayn, shared only in Surah 1 and Surah 109 elsewhere in the Quran, is the use of the first-person human voice throughout the entire surah. [7]
A Turkish nazar boncuğu Eye beads or nazars – amulets against the evil eye – for sale in a shop.. A naẓar (from Arabic نَظَر , meaning 'sight', 'surveillance', 'attention', and other related concepts), or an eye bead is an eye-shaped amulet believed by many to protect against the evil eye.
Bedouin elders still use this term with the same meaning; those whose speech they comprehend (i.e. Arabic-speakers) they call Arab, and those whose speech is of unknown meaning to them, they call عجم ʿajam (or عجمي ʿajamī ). In the Persian Gulf region, the term Ajam is often used to refer to the Persians.
A ward is a local authority area, typically used for electoral purposes. In some countries, wards are usually named after neighbourhoods , thoroughfares , parishes , landmarks , geographical features and in some cases historical figures connected to the area (e.g. William Morris Ward in the London Borough of Waltham Forest , England).
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. "Arab" and "Arabians" redirect here. For other uses, see Arab (disambiguation) and Arabian (disambiguation). Ethnic group Arabs عَرَب, ʿarab Total population approx. 400 million –420 million Arab League: 350 million Arab diaspora: ~50 million Regions with significant populations Brazil ...
Hospital ward, a hospital division, floor, or room set aside for a particular class or group of patients, for example the psychiatric ward; Prison ward, a division of a penal institution such as a prison; Ward (electoral subdivision), electoral district or unit of local government; Ward (fortification), part of a castle