The story
- Arabic · borrowed fromالثَقَلَيْن
- English todayal-Thaqalayn
Borrowed from Arabic الثَقَلَيْن (aṯ-ṯaqalayn, literally “the two heavy things”), from ثَقَل (ṯaqal, “heavy thing”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
al-Thaqalayn
Today it means: the Qur'an and the Ahl al-Bayt, said in a hadith to have been the two things left behind by the Prophet Muhammad for the guidance of the Muslim community. Full definition →
Arabic الثَقَلَيْن