Discover the meaning of the term Blgh (بلغ) in Islamic vocabulary.
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Updated on 11 April 2026 at 1:05 AM
📖 1 min readThe boy 'bulughan': to reach puberty and have nocturnal emissions; in the Qur'an: 'when your children reach (balagha) puberty, let them seek permission' (an-Nur, 59); he is then baligh; she is baligh or baliga; ash-Shafi'i would say 'a baligh (grown) maidservant.' The place: to arrive at it; to come near it; in the Qur'an: 'why then, when it reaches (balaghat) the throat, and you at that moment look, and We are nearer to him than you, but you do not see' (al-Waqi'a, 83-85), that is, the soul reached the throat. Someone 'balaghatan': eloquence and beauty of expression; he is baligh (plural bulgha'); one says 'the speech reached (balagha).' The white hair on his head: it appeared. The thing: to convey it to someone.