The term "Maghrib" in Islamic context denotes both the time of sunset and the prayer itself, which is considered a critical time for worship in the daily cycle of a Muslim's life. Whereas, the term "Maghreb" comes from the Arabic word meaning "west," indicating the region's geographical...
What is the meaning of the Arabic word Maghrib? Maghreb, (Arabic:“West”) also spelled Maghrib, region of North Africa bordering the Mediterranean Sea. The Africa Minor of the ancients, it at one time included Moorish Spain and now comprises essentially the Atlas Mountains and the coastal pla...
was the first to call attention to the broad geographical meaning of terms such as Maghrib, comprising the entire Muslim Mediterranean world west of Egypt (North Africa, al-Andalus and Sicily) and Rūm, in the Geniza commercial documents designating both Byzantium and Christian Europe in general....