ABSTRACT

=adl justice ahl al-bilad people of the country (citizens) ahl al-hall wa l-=aqd those who can make and break ahl al-da=wa people with a vocation ahl al-Nahr ‘people of the river’ ahl al-sunna people of Tradition =alim (pl. =ulama’) religious scholar ajs=ar supporters =aqd contract, engagement awqaf (sing. waqf ) property in mortemain