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Adl
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “arabic word which means "justice”. Today it says “arabic word meaning "balanced" or " justice "”.
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Adl (Arabic: عدل) is an Arabic word which means "Justice." It is used in the everyday sense the same way we would use it in English, for example, wizeer al-'adl , "The Minister of Justice." In Islamic Theology , it refers to God 's divine justice . It is also a man's name, common throughout the Arab world .1
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arabic word which means "justice
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arabic word meaning "balanced" or " justice "
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