أَوْقَافendowments

Example sentences

• ومن اتقى الله فيها وكتب لقضاة العدل وباشر الأيتام والصدقات ومال الأوقاف والمدارس ولزم الأمانة واتقى فيه فهذا محمود مأجور بنيته،

  Whoever fears Allah in it, writes for just judges, handles the affairs of orphans and charities, manages endowment and school funds, and adheres to honesty, such a person is praised and rewarded for his intention.

  الْأَوْقَافِ — endowments. This completes 'the funds of the endowments', in the genitive as owner — religious charitable trusts (a broken plural reshaped from its singular). The owner-noun closes the possessive begun by 'funds'.

  From: Intention in Islam →