Maktub is a small and simple word, but loaded with big meanings. The origin of the word is Arabic and means "it was already written" or "it had to happen".
Maktub can be considered a synonym for ?destiny?, because, although the human being has free will to decide many things about his life, there are inevitable events that were already predestined to happen.
It is an expression that brings us peace in difficult or doubtful moments, in which some desired goals are not reached, but we remember that everything happens this way for some greater reason, beyond our reach.
In Islam, Maktub is associated with the will of Allah in human life. His followers are guided by this principle, surrendering to the destiny laid out by Allah, considered to be the only God, creator of the universe and judge of mankind.
Meaning of Maktub Tattoo:
- It was already written
- It had to happen
- Islam
- Faith
- Allah
- Destination
- Inevitable
- Predestined
- Principle
- Religion
- Path of Life
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