‎• a dervish of the order of Maula Jalāl-ud-din Rumi

‎• to be near s. o. or s. th. (ھـ‎ ه،‎), be close (ه‎ ھـ،‎ to), lie next (ھـ‎ to)‎
• to adjoin (ھـ‎ s. th.), be adjacent (ھـ‎ to)‎
• to follow (ه‎ ھـ،‎ s. o., s. th.)‎
• to border (ھـ‎ on)‎
• (ولاء‎ walā’, ولاية‎ walāya) to be a friend (ه‎ of s. o.), be friends (ه‎ with)‎
• ( ولاية‎ walāya, wilāya) to be in charge (على‎ or ھـ‎ of s. th.), manage, run, administer, govern, rule (على‎ or ھـ‎ s. th.), have power, authority, or the command (على‎ or ھـ‎ over) ‎
• يلي‎ ما‎ the following, what follows‎
• يلي‎ كما‎ as follows, like this‎
• يلي‎ فيما‎ in what follows, in the following, in the sequel‎
• الملابس‎ من‎ البدن‎ يلي‎ ما‎ (badana) the underwear, the underclothes‎
• السقف‎ تلي‎ غرفة‎ (gurfa, ‎saqf) a chamber under the roof‎
• الحكم‎ ولى‎ (ḥukma) to take over the government, come into power

‎• to turn (ه‎ ھـ‎ to or toward s. o. s. th., e. g., the back, the face of s. th.)‎
• to turn away (عن‎ or ه‎ from s. th.), avoid, shun (عن‎ or ه‎ s. th.)‎
• to turn around, turn back, wheel around‎
• to flee (عن‎ or ھـ‎ from s. th.)‎
• to pass, go by, glide away (days, years)‎
• to appoint as manager, director, administrator, governor, or ruler ( ه‎ s. o.)‎
• to put (ه‎ s. o.) in cbarge (ھـ‎ of), make s. o. (ه‎) the head of (ھـ‎)‎
• to entrust (ھـ‎ ه‎ s. o. with, to s. o. s. th.), commission, charge (ه‎ ھـ‎ s. o. with), assign (ھـ‎ ه‎ tos. o. s. th.) ‎
•دبره‎ ولاه‎ (duburahū) or ظھره‎ ولاه‎ (ẓahrahū) to turn one’s back on s. o. or s. th.‎
• الادبار‎ عنه‎ ولوا‎ they turned their backs on him, they turned away from him‎
• ھاربا‎ ولى‎ (hāriban) to wake to flight, run away‎
•وجھه‎ ولى‎ (wajhahū) to turn, face (ھـ‎ toward)

‎• to occupy, fill, hold (ھـ‎ an office), be entrusted (ھـ‎ with), be in charge (ھـ‎ of)‎
• to take possession, take charge (ھـ‎ of), take over, take upon o. s., undertake, take in hand (ھـ‎ an affair), attend (ھـ‎ to)‎
• to take care (ھـ‎ of), see (ھـ‎ to s. th.), arrange (ھـ‎ for s. th.)‎
• to assume the responsibility (ھـ‎ for), seize control (ھـ‎ of)‎
• to take over the government, come into power‎
• to turn away, desist, refrain (عن‎ from), forgo (عن‎ s. th.) ‎
• الحكم‎ توالى‎ (ḥukma) to be in power, hold supreme power‎
• to seize power‎
• اليأس‎ تواله‎ (ya’su) he was seized (or overcome) by despair

‎• holy woman, saint‎
• woman, lady

‎• friendship, amity‎
• benevolence, good will‎
• fidelity, fealty, allegiance‎
• devotion, loyalty‎
• clientage (Isl. Law) ‎
• الولاء‎ معاھدة‎ mu‘āhadat w. treaty of friendship

‎• friendly, amicable, of friendship

‎• sovereign power, sovereignty‎
• rule, government‎
• time in office‎
• period of authority (of being in charge)‎
• (pl. -āt) administrative district (formerly under the Ottoman Empire), headed by a “vali” , “vilayet” province‎
• state ‎
• المتحدة‎ الولايات‎ (muttaḥida) the United States‎
•العھد ‎ ولاية‎ w. al-‘ahd succession to the throne‎
• walāya guardianship, curatorship‎
• legal power‎
• friendship ‎
•واحدة‎ ولاية‎ على‎ ھم‎ they stick together, they assist each other

‎• more entitled (ب‎ to)‎
• worthier, more deserving‎
• more appropriate, better suited (ب‎ for), more suitable, more adequate (ب‎ to)‎
• see also under ‎
• بالأولى‎ أول‎ or الأولى‎ باب‎ من‎ with greater reason, all the more reason, the more so‎
• منه‎ به‎ أولى‎ ھي‎ it is more natural for her than for him, it is for her rather than for him, she is more entitled to it than he is

‎• mistress, lady

‎• annulment of a marriage after the husband’s sworn testimony to have refrained from marital intercourse for a period of at least four months (Isl. Law)

‎• entrance office, taking over of an office to management, direction, administration, government

‎• continuous succession, uninterrupted sequence, continuation ‎
• التوالي‎ على‎ continuously, without interruption‎
• successively, consecutively, one after the other, one by one‎
• الأيام‎ توالي‎ على‎ (t. l-ayyām) in the course of time‎
• بتول السنين‎ ي‎ bi-t. s-sinīn with the years, in time, as time goes on

‎• appropriation‎
• seizure, taking possession‎
• capture, conquest

‎• leading, managing, executive, administrative‎
• ruler‎
• governor, vali‎
• prefect (administrative officer, Mor.) ‎
• الامور‎ ولاة‎ the leading personalities, the leaders

‎• friend, helper, supporter‎
• ‎client, feudal tenant, vassal, dependent, partisan, follower, adherent

‎• clientage, clientele, following, adherence

‎• entrusted, commissioned, in charge ‎
•الاعمال‎ متولي‎(ir.) chargé d’affaires

‎• to be a friend. a helper, a supporter, a patron, a protector‎
• to help, aid, assist (ه‎ s. o.)‎
• to do constantly, incessantly (ھـ‎ s. th.)‎
• to continue without interruption (ھـ‎ s. th., to do s. th.). go about s. th. (ھـ‎) successively, systematically‎
• to pursue, practice, cultivate (ھـ‎ s. th., e. g., arts)‎
• to follow immediately (ھـ‎ s. th., time), be subsequent (ھـ‎ to)

‎• to bring close (ه‎ ھـ‎ to s. o. a. th.)‎
• to turn (ه‎ ھـ‎ toward s. o. one’s back. or the like)‎
• to commit (ھـ‎ ه‎ to s. o. the care or responsibility for), entrust, commission, charge (ه‎ ھـ‎ s. o. with)‎
• to do, render (ه‎ ھـ‎ s. o. a favor)‎
• to do (ه‎ ھـ‎ to s. o. s. th. harmful), bring (ھـ‎ ه‎ upon s. o. s. th.)‎
• to display, evince (ه‎ ھـ‎ toward. s. o. s. th., e. g., indifference) ‎
• ثقته‎ اولاه‎ (ṯiqatahū) to have confidence in s. o.‎
• معروفا‎ اولاه‎ to do s. o. a favor

‎• to follow in succession, without interruption‎
• to come continually (على‎ to), arrive constantly (على‎ at)‎
• to progress, continue (e. g., an advance, a march)

‎• to possess o. s., take possession (على‎ of), seize (على‎ s. th.), make . s. muter or (على‎)‎
• to receive as one’s own, take over, capture, confiscate, requisition, occupy (على‎ s. th.)‎
• to overpower, overwhelm, overcome (على‎ s. o.)‎
• to take prisoner, capture (على‎ s. o.)

‎• near, nearby‎
• neighboring, adjacent‎
• close‎
• (pl. اولياء‎ auliyā’) helper, supporter, benefactor, sponsor‎
• friend, close associate‎
• relative‎
• patron, protector‎
• legal guardian‎
• curator, tutor‎
• a man close to God, holy man, saint (in the popular religion of Islam)‎
• master‎
• proprietor, possessor, owner ‎
•الله‎ ولي‎ the friend of God‎
• الأمر‎ ولي‎ w. al-a. the responsible manager, the man in charge‎
• ruler‎
• tutor, legal guardian‎
• الدم‎ ولي‎ w. ad-dam avenger of blood, executor of a blood feud‎
• السجادة‎ ولي‎ w. as-sajāda title of the leader of a Sufi order in his capacity of inheritor of the founder’s prayer rug‎
• العھد‎ ولي‎ w. al-‘ahd successor to the throne, heir apparent, crown prince‎
• النعمة‎ ولي‎ w. an-ni‘ma benefactor

‎• priority‎
• precedence

‎• master, lord‎
• protector, patron‎
• client‎
• charge‎
• friend, companion, associate‎
• المولى‎ the Lord, God‎
• مولاي‎ maulāya and مولانا‎ maulānā form of address to a sovereign‎
• reverential address to Islamic scholar from the Indian subcontinent

‎• appointment (as vali, to an executive position, as successor)‎
• resale at cost price (Isl. Law)

‎• succession, sequence, series, continuation‎
• ولاء‎ wilā’an or ولاء‎ على‎ successively, uninterruptedly

‎• friendship‎
• contract of clientage (Isl. Law)‎
• constancy, incessancy, continuance (of an action)

‎• successive, ‎consecutive, uninterrupted, incessant‎
• ‎(pl. متاولة‎ matāwila) member of the Shiite sect of Metualis in Syria