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Ten Commandments in Arabic

الْوَصَايَا الْعَشْر al-waṣāyā l-ʕašr

Ten Commandments in Arabic: الْوَصَايَا الْعَشْر (al-waṣāyā l-ʕašr). In English, Ten Commandments means a particular list of religious and moral imperatives which, according to the Old Testament of the Bible or the Hebrew Bible, were twice given or dictated by God to Moses on Mount Sinai and inscribed on two stone tablets.

Arabic words for Ten Commandments

religious ten commandments
الْوَصَايَا الْعَشْر al-waṣāyā l-ʕašr

English meaning of Ten Commandments

  1. proper noun A particular list of religious and moral imperatives which, according to the Old Testament of the Bible or the Hebrew Bible, were twice given or dictated by God to Moses on Mount Sinai and inscribed on two stone tablets.
  2. proper noun A list of principal rules in a given field.
  3. proper noun The ten fingernails, used by women when fighting.

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Questions about Ten Commandments in Arabic

What is the meaning of Ten Commandments in Arabic?
Ten Commandments in Arabic is الْوَصَايَا الْعَشْر (al-waṣāyā l-ʕašr).
ما معنى كلمة Ten Commandments؟
Ten Commandments: الْوَصَايَا الْعَشْر (al-waṣāyā l-ʕašr).
What does Ten Commandments mean in English?
Ten Commandments means a particular list of religious and moral imperatives which, according to the Old Testament of the Bible or the Hebrew Bible, were twice given or dictated by God to Moses on Mount Sinai and inscribed on two stone tablets.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Ten Commandments (page history and authors), its translation table and English meanings. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Arabic words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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