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Maqasid

मक़ासिद
said ma-QAA-sid
also written: maqasid al-shariah
Meaning

The higher aims and purposes the sacred law is intended to secure.

Literally: objectives, aims

See it in the verse

Maqasid in Iqbal’s couplets

Fitrat ke maqasid ki karta hai nigehbani
Ya banda-e-sehrai ya mard-e-kohistani
It is the one who keeps watch over nature's purposes — either the dweller of the desert, or the man of the mountains.
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Related words
ARABIC

Maslahat

Public interest or benefit, considered in deriving legal rulings.

ARABIC

Shariat

The revealed sacred law of Islam governing belief, worship, and conduct.

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