Discover the meaning of the term Ghlf (غلف) in Islamic vocabulary.
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Updated on 11 April 2026 at 1:05 AM
📖 1 min readThe thing, in the form ghlafan: to put it into its wrapper. His beard: to grease it with an ointment. The boy, in the form ghlafan: not to be circumcised. His heart: discretion has not come to him, as if a wrapper covered his heart; he is then aghlaf, and she ghalfa'. (plural) ghulaf. In the Quran: [al-Baqara, 88: 'And they said: our hearts are wrapped up. Nay, Allah has cursed them for their unbelief: little is it that they believe.']