What does Al-ghla mean?

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Discover the meaning of the term Al-ghla (غلة) in Islamic vocabulary.

Updated on 11 April 2026 at 1:05 AM

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Definition Al-ghla

Al-ghla according to Kitab at-Ta'rifat (Al-Jurjani)

What the public treasury collects and the merchants take, in dirhams.

Al-ghla according to Kitab at-Ta'rifat (Al-Jurjani)

The tax levied by the master upon the slave.

Al-ghla according to Al-Kulliyat (Al-Kafawi)

Whatever comes from a land's yield or its rent.

Al-ghla according to Dustur al-'Ulama (Al-Ahmadnagari)

What the treasury collects and the merchants take, in dirhams; ghallat a thing: its yield, as the rent of a leased house and the produce of land under cultivation.

Al-ghla according to At-Tawqif (Al-Munawi)

With fatha: what comes from a land's yield or its rent; with damma: the heart's burning from intense thirst, and fervent ecstasy.

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