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Khulafa-e-Rashideen

ख़ुलफ़ा-ए-राशिदीन

also written: Khulafa-e-Rashidin

Meaning

The four 'rightly-guided' caliphs who succeeded the Prophet: Abu Bakr, Umar, Uthman and Ali.

Literally: the rightly-guided caliphs

Related words

A successor or vicegerent; the head of the Muslim community after the Prophet, and the human as God's steward on earth.

The institution of the caliphate; also humanity's vicegerency, its office as God's deputy on earth.