Al-ijtimāʿ al-madanī

الاجتماع المدنيal-ijtimāʿ al-madanī

Preferred translation
civic association
Also rendered contextually as
civil society
Technical sense
the civic level of association, above the household and the individual

General Technical Meaning

Civic association is the association of city-dwellers through which they pursue felicity, each according to natural preparedness.

In ʿAllāmah Ṭabāṭabāʾī’s Works

In al-Manāmāt, civic association is the civic level in a taxonomy that also distinguishes individual and domestic life.

Source: Risālat al-Manāmāt wa-l-Nubuwwāt

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Canonical address: /glossary/al-ijtima-al-madani/