Maktub is an Arabic word that means "was already written" or "it had to happen". Maktub is also the name of a book by the Brazilian author Paulo Coelho.
This word is considered a synonym for "destiny"because it expresses something that was predestined or an event that was already "written in the stars". In this case, even though we have free will, the things that happen were already destined to happen.
Etymologically, maktub is a word related to the word kitab, which means "book" in Arabic.
In Arab culture, the word maktub reveals a fatalistic face of an individual who, as a believer in Islam, submits to the will of Allah.
Maktub is a word that is part of the song "Long life, little world" by the rap group east.
Maktub book
The book entitled Maktub, by Paulo Coelho, consists of a collection of chronicles written between 1993 and 1994 in Folha de S. Paul. This work contains parables and texts by other authors and states that the universe conspires in our favor, and on many occasions, we conspire against ourselves.
Paulo Coelho stated that this book is not a book of advice, but an expression of the culture and philosophy of life of many different cultures. The writer of this book humbly compares himself to a weaver, who simply joined the threads together to form the final work.
Maktub it is also a 1935 book by Malba Tahan (pseudonym of the Brazilian writer Júlio Cesar de Melo e Souza), which is a collection of oriental tales.