☩ SOTERIAN GLOSSARY ☩

Living Language Lexicon of the Soteria Covenant

Vakf

In Ottoman and Islamic law, a religious endowment in which property is irrevocably dedicated to charitable purposes in perpetuity. The property cannot be sold, inherited, or mortgaged, and its income supports designated beneficiaries.

Etymology: Arabic 'waqf' (to stop, to prevent, to endow) · Category: Ottoman Law · Source: Timur Kuran, 'The Long Divergence' (2011)
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