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‘The literal meaning of Sharī‘ah is ‘the path leading to the watering place.’

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The derivation, of course, is most likely to be from the importance of oases in desert life.

*– per ibid. [Encyclopaedia Britannica 22: 31]

**cf J[our]n[al]*** []

***[Presuming that ‘Jn’ in the ms is an abbreviation of ‘Journal’]

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