We use cookies to distinguish you from other users and to provide you with a better experience on our websites. Close this message to accept cookies or find out how to manage your cookie settings.
We use cookies to distinguish you from other users and to provide you with a better experience on our websites. Close this message to accept cookies or find out how to manage your cookie settings.
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 13 March 2025
By all means, under all circumstances
To utter a cry
Ruler, master, overlord, sovereign
His Majesty
The Almighty
His Eminence (mufti)
His Royal Highness
The one concerned
Artisan, craftsman, expert, specialist
His Majesty
Employer
Title of the Coptic Patriarch
The sheikhs, professors of Al-Azhar
The originator of the idea, father to the thought
The noun to which a circumstantial phrase refers
Worker of miracles
To meet with approval
To come in handily, be convenient, be opportune
To substantiate, confirm
To lead, bring s.o. or s.th. to
To become necessary, indispensable
To fall to s.o.’s lot, befall s.o.
Tit for tat
To work on gold and silver, practise the art of goldsmithing
At all times, under all circumstances
To reach s.o.’s ear
Sincere, candid, open-hearted, frank
Passable, practicable (road)
To foster peace between
Valid for, applicable to
Fit for action, ready for use, serviceable
To commit an assault
To impose a trial upon s.o.
This morning
In the morning and in the evening, mornings and evenings
In the morning
Good morning!
To transform, change s.o.
He was firmly resolved to, his mind was made up to
To hold good, apply, be true
To result or follow definitely from
To appear right, adequate, reasonable
To be a fact, turn out for, work out well for s.o., to fall to s.o. or to s.o.’s share
To become alert, become aware of s.th.
To recover (from intoxication), sober up, wake up (from sleep)
Herein enclosed
Courtyard, patio
Ture, he was (he is), it is true . . .
Honourable, name, honour
To turn away from, to stay away, remain aloof from s.th.
Mental breakdown
To have a chest complaint
Early period of Islam, early Islam
One who occupies the highest position in the house, who plays first fiddle in the house
The foremost part of a room
It was decreed by order of His Majesty that . . .
Daybreak, beginning of the day
To go out to
Generosity, magnanimity, broad-mindedness
To emanate, arise, stem from
To act on one’s own volition
To set about seriously, get to work earnestly
Quite a stretch of time, for some time
To have or get a headache
To come out openly with the truth
To execute an order, comply with an order
To molest, harass, trouble s.o., bother s.o.
To turn away from, avoid s.o. or s.th.
To save this book to your Kindle, first ensure [email protected] is added to your Approved Personal Document E-mail List under your Personal Document Settings on the Manage Your Content and Devices page of your Amazon account. Then enter the ‘name’ part of your Kindle email address below. Find out more about saving to your Kindle.
Note you can select to save to either the @free.kindle.com or @kindle.com variations. ‘@free.kindle.com’ emails are free but can only be saved to your device when it is connected to wi-fi. ‘@kindle.com’ emails can be delivered even when you are not connected to wi-fi, but note that service fees apply.
Find out more about the Kindle Personal Document Service.
To save content items to your account, please confirm that you agree to abide by our usage policies. If this is the first time you use this feature, you will be asked to authorise Cambridge Core to connect with your account. Find out more about saving content to Dropbox.
To save content items to your account, please confirm that you agree to abide by our usage policies. If this is the first time you use this feature, you will be asked to authorise Cambridge Core to connect with your account. Find out more about saving content to Google Drive.
