Saqlain: meaning, origin and pronunciation
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ثقلین
ثَقَلَيْن
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Saqlain (ثقلین, Arabic ثَقَلَيْن) means “the two weighty ones (humans and jinn)”. It comes from the Arabic root ث ق ل. Source: Lane, Arabic–English Lexicon, ث ق ل.
- Meaning
- the two weighty ones (humans and jinn)
- معنی
- جن و انس
Where it comes from
Dual of thaqal; the Quran addresses humankind and jinn as ath-thaqalān (55:31).
- Say it
- saq-lainAudio recordings coming later
- Root
- ث ق ل
- Other spellings
- Thaqalayn
- Themes
- Faith