Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "Walī (Arabic: ولي, plural ʾawliyāʾ أولياء), is an Arabic word meaning \"custodian\", \"protector\", \"helper\", etc. \"Wali\" is someone who has \"Walayah\" (authority or guardianship) over somebody else. For example, in fiqh, a father is wali of his children especially for his daughters in marriage.In Islam, the phrase ولي الله walī allāh can be used to denote one vested with the \"authority of God\":Only Allah is your Wali and His Messenger and those who believe, those who keep up prayers and pay the poor-rate while they bow.However, the most common meaning of the word is that of a Muslim saint or holy person. In Turkish the word has been adopted as veli. In Palestine the word wali means both holy man and the tomb or mausoleum of a holy man. This is reflected in 19th- to early 20th-century Western scholarly literature, where the word is spelled \"wali\", \"weli\", \"welli\" etc. in English and \"oualy\" in French.It should not be confused with the different word wāli (والي) which is an administrative title that means magistrate or governor and is still used today in some Muslim countries, such as the former Wali of Swat."@en }
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- Wali abstract "Walī (Arabic: ولي, plural ʾawliyāʾ أولياء), is an Arabic word meaning \"custodian\", \"protector\", \"helper\", etc. \"Wali\" is someone who has \"Walayah\" (authority or guardianship) over somebody else. For example, in fiqh, a father is wali of his children especially for his daughters in marriage.In Islam, the phrase ولي الله walī allāh can be used to denote one vested with the \"authority of God\":Only Allah is your Wali and His Messenger and those who believe, those who keep up prayers and pay the poor-rate while they bow.However, the most common meaning of the word is that of a Muslim saint or holy person. In Turkish the word has been adopted as veli. In Palestine the word wali means both holy man and the tomb or mausoleum of a holy man. This is reflected in 19th- to early 20th-century Western scholarly literature, where the word is spelled \"wali\", \"weli\", \"welli\" etc. in English and \"oualy\" in French.It should not be confused with the different word wāli (والي) which is an administrative title that means magistrate or governor and is still used today in some Muslim countries, such as the former Wali of Swat.".