Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Indonesian term or phrase:
Kebersihan sebagian dari iman
English translation:
Cleanliness is next to godliness
Added to glossary by
Mulyadi Subali
Sep 14, 2007 22:31
16 yrs ago
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Indonesian term
Kebersihan sebagian dari iman
Indonesian to English
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Religion
Islam
I'm not sure whether this language is Indonesian. I am sponsoring a child in Indonesia and she sent me a drawing with arabic letters and the above phrase written next to it. I'm guessing it has a religious meaning but I have no idea what it means.
Sorry if this is not Indonesian but Arabic...
Any help would be very much appreciated!
Thanks :-)
Sorry if this is not Indonesian but Arabic...
Any help would be very much appreciated!
Thanks :-)
Proposed translations
(English)
5 +4 | Cleanliness is next to godliness | Mulyadi Subali |
5 +4 | Cleanliness is part of faith | Ian Forbes |
4 | Cleanliness is part of belief | ivo abdman |
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Proposed translations
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Cleanliness is next to godliness
I believe it is principally similar to this common English saying.
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Note added at 3 hrs (2007-09-15 01:36:28 GMT)
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Btw, thanks for sponsoring a child here... :-)
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Note added at 3 hrs (2007-09-15 01:36:28 GMT)
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Btw, thanks for sponsoring a child here... :-)
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Comment: "Selected automatically based on peer agreement."
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1 hr
Cleanliness is part of faith
Hi Katerina. That is the literal translation of it. PS I am using an older computer which doesn't always register other peoples answers so apologies to them if they have already given the same answer.
Peer comment(s):
agree |
Eddie R. Notowidigdo
: I find both your and Mulyadi's translations excellent, but in terms of accurateness, I vote for yours.
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Thanks Eddie
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Ikram Mahyuddin
: setuju
1 day 6 hrs
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Thanks Ikram
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agree |
Dewinta Maharani
1 day 14 hrs
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Thanks Dewinta
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ivo abdman
: yes
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Cleanliness is part of belief
Cleanliness is part of belief
I think you are more curious about the meaning of it than the closest natural equivalence word to it in English.
You could not find it in the Qur'an explisitly. The sentence come from His Apostle (Muhammad SAW).
Actually the sentence has implisit meaning.
For the explisit meaning; Could you imagine moslem must take a bath (wash their face and limb with water) and was suggested to brush their teeth before pray five time a day. Moslem must clean before open connection with Allah in official way.
For the implisit meaning; Moslem must clean their belief/faith from anything beside Allah (God & His embodiment),
Read Sura at-Taubah:
Say: "If it be that your fathers, your son, your brother, your mate, or your kindred: the wealth that you have gained; the commerce in which you fear a decline; or dwelling in which you delight are dearer to you than God, and His Apostle, or the striving in His Cause, then wait until God Brings about His decision: and God guides not the rebellious." (IX:24).
God (God & His embodiment)
Islam requires of us to believe in God and his Apostle, and observe Namaz (shalat), Roza (puasa), Zakat dan Haj (Naik Haji), and lead a life of piety and honesty and goodness and gentility and moral and social rectitude and self-discipline.
(Note: the God in Islam not a man or woman, Allah has substantially different substance :)).
I hope it has a little contribution to address your curiousity
I think you are more curious about the meaning of it than the closest natural equivalence word to it in English.
You could not find it in the Qur'an explisitly. The sentence come from His Apostle (Muhammad SAW).
Actually the sentence has implisit meaning.
For the explisit meaning; Could you imagine moslem must take a bath (wash their face and limb with water) and was suggested to brush their teeth before pray five time a day. Moslem must clean before open connection with Allah in official way.
For the implisit meaning; Moslem must clean their belief/faith from anything beside Allah (God & His embodiment),
Read Sura at-Taubah:
Say: "If it be that your fathers, your son, your brother, your mate, or your kindred: the wealth that you have gained; the commerce in which you fear a decline; or dwelling in which you delight are dearer to you than God, and His Apostle, or the striving in His Cause, then wait until God Brings about His decision: and God guides not the rebellious." (IX:24).
God (God & His embodiment)
Islam requires of us to believe in God and his Apostle, and observe Namaz (shalat), Roza (puasa), Zakat dan Haj (Naik Haji), and lead a life of piety and honesty and goodness and gentility and moral and social rectitude and self-discipline.
(Note: the God in Islam not a man or woman, Allah has substantially different substance :)).
I hope it has a little contribution to address your curiousity
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