Adl
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| Arabic |
| عدل |
| Transliteration |
| Adl |
| Translation |
| justice |
Adl is an Arabic and Hebrew word meaning 'justice'. In Islamic theology, adl refers to God's divine justice.
Adil, and Adeel are male names derived from adl and are common throughout the Arab world, Pakistan, India and in most regions with significant Muslim populations.
'adl, as used by early theorists of Islamic jurisprudence, referred to an aspect of an individuals character.[1] This aspect is best translated as probity. Of course, like any other term referring to the character determinants of another culture in a completely different era than ones own, we must be wary of asserting a strict interpretation upon such adjectives. Although 'adl, as used by many religious scholars today, is loosely used as meaning solely justice, one must look more closely at how and why religious scholars choose to use this word.
'Adl is another word for divine justice in Islam. The conception of this term varies between Shiites and Sunnis. Shiites tend to believe that God is rationally just, that men inherently know the difference between good and evil, and that we have complete free will. Sunnis, in contrast, believe that God is necessarily just, that revelation, the Qur'an, is the only way to know good and evil, and that men are afforded some volition within predestination.
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- ^ Abu al-Hassan al-Mawardi, transl. by Wafaa H. Wahba. The Ordinances of Government. Garnet Publishing Limited, 2000.
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[edit] Family name
The origin of the modern family name Adl or Adle is from the titles of nobility given to Iranian jurists at the end of the 19th century, that were related by family ties. Notably, these jurists included Hajj Mirza Hossein (also known as Hossein Shah) whose title was "Adl-ol-molk" (Justice of the Kingdom), Seid Mirza Ebrahim Khalil whose title was "Rokn-ol-edaleh" (Pillar of Justice), and Mirza Mostafa Khan Adl whose title was Mansoor-ol-saltaneh (the Victorious of the Empire). The latter, Mostafa Adl, drafted Iran's modern civil code (hoghough-e-madani) shortly after the Iranian Revolution of 1903-1905, which was enacted by the then parliament and is still being used today by the present regime.
