Arabic vocabulary
جِلْبَابِcloak in Arabic
جِلْبَابِ is how you say “cloak” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
Example sentences
فَتَارَة يتجلى فِي جِلْبَاب الهيبة وَالْعَظَمَة والجلال
Sometimes He manifests in the cloak of awe, grandeur, and majesty.
جِلْبَابِ — the cloak of. A noun 'outer garment', first term of an 'of' pairing — 'the cloak of awe' — genitive after 'in'. A metaphor for the guise in which He appears; it owns the noun that follows.
From: Reflecting on God's Names →
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