Category: LawPart of speech: nounDifficulty: Common

قانون

/qānūn/Roman

English meaning: Law

Arabic Definition

(العربية)

القانون هو منظومة من القواعد والأنظمة التي تضعها السلطة التشريعية وتُطبّقها السلطة القضائية لتنظيم سلوك الأفراد وضمان العدالة في المجتمع.

English Definition

A system of rules created and enforced through social or governmental institutions to regulate behavior and ensure justice.

Example

الجميع متساوون أمام القانون.

In English: Everyone is equal before the law.

Synonyms

  • نظام
  • تشريع

Antonyms / Opposites

  • فوضى

Literary Heritage

الشَّرِيعَةُ إِذَا خَالَفَت العَقلَ الصَّحِيحَ فَيَجِبُ أَن يُؤَوَّلَ النَّصُّ لِيُوَافِقَ الحَقِيقَةَ

/Al-sharīʿatu idhā khālafat al-ʿaqla al-ṣaḥīḥa fa-yajibu an yuʾawwala al-naṣṣu li-yuwāfiqiya al-ḥaqīqa/

When religious law contradicts sound reason, the text must be interpreted so as to conform to truth.

Ibn Rushd (Averroes) · Philosopher and Jurist · 12th century CE

Tahafut al-Tahafut (The Incoherence of the Incoherence)

Tahafut al-Tahafut, Third Discussion, 12th century CE

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