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العول

English translation: Awl

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Arabic term or phrase:العول
English translation:Awl
Entered by: Heather Shaw

04:51 Jan 7, 2009
Arabic to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Religion
Arabic term or phrase: العول
As in inheritance

I was going to transliterate and add a footnote, however, I can't come up with an easy way of describing the way that the equation is solved.
Heather Shaw
United States
Local time: 06:34
Awl
Explanation:
I would treat this word in the same manner as takharuj. Here is an explanation in Arabic:

http://www.f-law.net/law/showthread.php?t=8764

And here is an explanation in English:

http://www.answering-christianity.com/quran/ma_addup.htm

"the laws of "Awl" which regulate the cases when the inheritor's shares exceed or "overshoot" the sum of the total inheritance, and in which case the inheritance is recalculated according to the laws of Awl and redistributed."

As you can see, the word means recalculation and redistribution of the shares of inheritance.
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Fuad Yahya
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Summary of answers provided
5 +1Awl
Fuad Yahya
4food
Tarik Boussetta
2sustenance, support, provision, providing for
Assem Mazloum


  

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sustenance, support, provision, providing for


Explanation:
sustenance, support, provision, providing for

Assem Mazloum
Germany
Local time: 06:34
Native speaker of: Arabic
PRO pts in category: 12
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Awl


Explanation:
I would treat this word in the same manner as takharuj. Here is an explanation in Arabic:

http://www.f-law.net/law/showthread.php?t=8764

And here is an explanation in English:

http://www.answering-christianity.com/quran/ma_addup.htm

"the laws of "Awl" which regulate the cases when the inheritor's shares exceed or "overshoot" the sum of the total inheritance, and in which case the inheritance is recalculated according to the laws of Awl and redistributed."

As you can see, the word means recalculation and redistribution of the shares of inheritance.

Fuad Yahya
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Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 231
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agree  Sajjad Hamadani
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food


Explanation:
one of its meanings is "food". It depneds on ur context Heather:)


Tarik Boussetta
Local time: 05:34
Native speaker of: Arabic
PRO pts in category: 15
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