حبل‌المتین

Persian

Etymology

Pseudo-Arabism, from Arabic حَبْل (ḥabl, rope) +‎ Arabic مَتِين (matīn, robust), in reference to Qur'an (in Arabic), 609–632 CE, 3:103. Compare Arabic حَبْل اللهِ الْمَتِين (ḥabl allāhi l-matīn, Qur'an).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [häb.lʊl.mä.t̪ʰiːn]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [ʔäb.lʊl.mä.t̪ʰiːn]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [ʔäb.lul.mä.t̪ʰin]

Readings
Classical reading? hablu-l-matīn
Dari reading? hablu-l-matīn
Iranian reading? hablo-l-matin
Tajik reading? hablu-l-matin

Noun

حبل‌المتین • (hablo-l-matin)

  1. (figuratively) the Quran
  2. (figuratively) Shari'a
  3. (figuratively) Islam