علية صلاة

English translation: An upper prayer room

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Arabic term or phrase:علية صلاة
English translation:An upper prayer room
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05:02 Jun 7, 2014
Arabic to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Religion
Arabic term or phrase: علية صلاة
This term appears in a conversation between Egyptian Christians living in North America.

In general, they are talking about the International Week of Prayer and Fasting:

http://iwopf.org/

Within this conversation, they are talking about what the pastor of their church does during this week:

عامل زي علية صلاة
in the morning
وصلاة وصوم صبح وبعد الظهر

I posted this before but did not receive any responses, so I thought I'd try again. Someone on another site suggested it might be prayer or litany room. Does anyone think this could be correct or have another suggestion?
Arabic & More
Jordan
A prayer upper room
Explanation:
For this term, you will need the exact biblical term.
بعد صعود المسيح إلى السماء، صار تلاميذه وأتباعه يجتمعون في عليّة أي الغرفة العليا في بناء ويصلّون فيها. وصارت العليّة رمزاً لمكان الصلاة. يمكنني أن أعطيكِ مراجع كثيرة ولكنني في لبنان اليوم والإنترنت بطيئة بشكل لم أعتده :) لذلك أكتفي بالشواهد الكتابية
في ترجمة بستاني/فاندايك، ترد الآية في أعمال الرسل ١٣:١-١٤ وَلَمَّا دَخَلُوا صَعِدُوا إِلَى الْعِلِّيَّةِ الَّتِي كَانُوا يُقِيمُونَ فِيهَا:....هؤُلاَءِ كُلُّهُمْ كَانُوا يُواظِبُونَ بِنَفْسٍ وَاحِدَةٍ عَلَى الصَّلاَةِ وَالطِّلْبَةِ، مَعَ النِّسَاءِ، وَمَرْيَمَ أُمِّ يَسُوعَ
والشاهد نفسه في الإنكليزية هو
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Acts 1:13-14&ver...
13 And when they had entered, they went up into the upper room where they were staying.. These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication, with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus
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Lamis Maalouf
United States
Local time: 21:11
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Thanks a lot, Lamis. This was really helpful to me.
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5 +1A prayer upper room
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A prayer upper room


Explanation:
For this term, you will need the exact biblical term.
بعد صعود المسيح إلى السماء، صار تلاميذه وأتباعه يجتمعون في عليّة أي الغرفة العليا في بناء ويصلّون فيها. وصارت العليّة رمزاً لمكان الصلاة. يمكنني أن أعطيكِ مراجع كثيرة ولكنني في لبنان اليوم والإنترنت بطيئة بشكل لم أعتده :) لذلك أكتفي بالشواهد الكتابية
في ترجمة بستاني/فاندايك، ترد الآية في أعمال الرسل ١٣:١-١٤ وَلَمَّا دَخَلُوا صَعِدُوا إِلَى الْعِلِّيَّةِ الَّتِي كَانُوا يُقِيمُونَ فِيهَا:....هؤُلاَءِ كُلُّهُمْ كَانُوا يُواظِبُونَ بِنَفْسٍ وَاحِدَةٍ عَلَى الصَّلاَةِ وَالطِّلْبَةِ، مَعَ النِّسَاءِ، وَمَرْيَمَ أُمِّ يَسُوعَ
والشاهد نفسه في الإنكليزية هو
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Acts 1:13-14&ver...
13 And when they had entered, they went up into the upper room where they were staying.. These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication, with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus

Lamis Maalouf
United States
Local time: 21:11
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Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
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Grading comment
Thanks a lot, Lamis. This was really helpful to me.

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agree  Morano El-Kholy: I guess so too :))
38 mins
  -> Thanks a lot
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