tawasul

== Indonesian == === Etymology === From Arabic تَوَسُّل (tawassul, “appeal; beg”) === Pronunciation === (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /taˈwasul/ [t̪aˈwa.sʊl] Rhymes: -asul Syllabification: ta‧wa‧sul === Noun === tawasul (plural tawasul-tawasul) (Islam) The act of which one can draw oneself closer to Allah (Islam) The act of seeking supplication to Allah while mediated by the name of someone who is considered holy and close to God === Further reading === “tawasul”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016