['Aalim Network QR] Meaning of "PAK"

[Mustafa Rawji <mrawji@sciborg.uwaterloo.ca>]

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Salaamun alaykum,

	The reply to the following question was kindly provided by Mulla
Asghar.

Wasalaam,

Mustafa Rawji
Acting Moderator, 'Aalim Network
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QUESTION:

As-salam `alaykum,

In your archives I have noticed he term "PAK", and I think it is
equivalent to halaal, but I am not sure.  Could you explain this term
for me, and indicate its language of origin?


ANSWER:

PAK is a Persian, Urdu, Gujarati word used for TAHIR, not Halal.  Instead
of using the expressions like "clean" or "virtually clean", we chose to use
the word PAK.

Asgharali M.M. Jaffer