Glossary Term
Risk: Medium- Approved rendering
- Allahın Padşahlığı
- Transliteration
- ahl-lah-HUHN pahd-shah-luh-UH
- Rejected alternatives
- Allahın dövləti (God's state/nation)
Kingdom Of God
God’s sovereign reign, not a literal state. Dövlət (‘state’) would suggest a political nation-state, which is a loaded category in a country with a secular constitutional tradition inherited from the Soviet and post-Soviet periods.
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