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sheikh al-Islam

sheikh al-Islam is the alternative form of shaykh al-Islam.

Meaning of shaykh al-Islam

Noun

shaykh al-Islam (plural shaykhs al-Islam)

  1. (historical) An outstanding scholar of Islamic interpretation, jurisprudence, theology, etc.

Forms of sheikh al-Islam

pluralsheikhs al-Islam

Questions about sheikh al-Islam

What is sheikh al-Islam the alternative form of?
Sheikh al-Islam is the alternative form of shaykh al-Islam.

Words near sheikh al-Islam in the dictionary

  1. sheika
  2. sheikas
  3. sheikdom
  4. sheikdoms
  5. sheikh
  6. sheikh al-Islam
  7. Sheikh Jarrah
  8. sheikh ul-Islam
  9. sheikha
  10. sheikhas
  11. sheikhdom

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sheikh al-Islam (page history and authors); shaykh al-Islam (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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