What does Ubudiyya mean?

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Discover the meaning of the term Ubudiyya (عبودية) in Islamic vocabulary.

Updated on 11 April 2026 at 1:05 AM

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Definition Ubudiyya

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

Keeping covenants, guarding bounds, content with the present, patient on the missing.

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

Keeping covenants, guarding bounds, content with the present, patient on the missing.

Ubudiyya according to Maqalid al-'Ulum (As-Suyuti)

Disavowing capacity and strength, avowing what given of length and favor.

Ubudiyya according to At-Tawqif (Al-Munawi)

Leaving management, seeing the failing.

Ubudiyya according to At-Ta'rifat al-Fiqhiyya (Al-Barkati)

It is submitting and turning from capacity and strength in worship.

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