Glossary Term
Risk: Medium- Approved rendering
- Boqortooyada Ilaah
- Transliteration
- boh-kor-toh-YAH-dah ee-LAHH
- Rejected alternatives
- dawladda Ilaah (God's state/government)
Kingdom Of God
God’s sovereign reign, not a literal government. Dawladda (‘state/government’) would suggest a political entity, a fraught category in a country that has lacked a fully functioning central state for decades.
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