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Sura 20
Aya 29
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وَاجعَل لي وَزيرًا مِن أَهلي

Muhammad Asad

and appoint for me, out of my kinsfolk, one who will help me to bear my burden:1
  • This is the primary meaning of the term wazr (lit., "burden-carrier", derived from wizr, "a burden"); hence its later - post-classical-application to government ministers.