ملكوت

Borrowed from Aramaic מַלְכוּתָא / ܡܰܠܟ݁ܽܘܬ݂ܳܐ (malḵūṯā).

• IPA^(key): /ma.la.kuːt/

مَلَكُوت • (malakūt) m

1. kingdom, dominion, reign

   Synonyms: مَمْلَكَة (mamlaka), مُلْك (mulk)

   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 36:83:

     فَسُبْحَٰنَ ٱلَّذِى بِيَدِهِ مَلَكُوتُ كُلِّ شَىْءٍۢ وَإِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُونَ

     So glory be to Him in Whose Hand lies the dominion of all things, and unto Whom you shall be returned.

   • 1865 CE, Bible (SVD), Gospel of Matthew, 8:11:

     وَأَقُولُ لَكُمْ أَنَّ كَثِيرِينَ سَيَأْتُونَ مِنَ الْمَشْرِقِ وَالْمَغْرِبِ وَيَتَّكِئُونَ مَعَ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ وَإِسْحَٰقَ وَيَعْقُوبَ فِي مَلَكُوتِ السَّمَٰوَٰتِ

     waʔaqūlu lakum ʔanna kaṯīrīna sayaʔtūna mina l-mašriqi wālmaḡribi wayattakiʔūna maʕa ʔibrāhīma waʔisḥāqa wayaʕqūba fī malakūti as-samāwāti

     And I say to you that many will come from east and west, and will recline with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of the heavens.

2. (Christianity) kingdom (of God) (those places and spheres where God’s will truly reigns)
   • Lord's Prayer 3-4:

     لِيَأْتِ مَلَكُوتَكَ! لِتَكُنْ مَشِيئَتُكَ عَلَى الأَرْضِ كَمَا هِيَ فِي السَّمَاءِ!

     liyaʔti malakūtaka! litakun mašīʔatuka ʕalā l-ʔarḍi kamā hiya fī s-samāʔi!

     • 1582 translation by Douay-Rheims

       Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.