毛拉（阿拉伯语：مولی‎），旧译“满拉”、“莫洛”、“毛喇”、“曼拉”。这个词的历史、意义、和用法都很多。

7～8世纪，阿拉伯哈里发国家将非阿拉伯血统的穆斯林称为“毛拉”，其复数形式为“马瓦里”(Mawali)，汉语译为“释奴”。埃及艾哈迈德·艾敏着《阿拉伯一伊斯兰文化史》称：“毛拉”是从“瓦拉”(Wala’)派生出来的被动名词，通指“被释放者”、“被解放者”、“被管理者”，并非专指“被释放的奴隶”。泰伯里《古兰经注》称：“伊本赛德解释《古兰经》‘我让每一个人都成为毛拉’这句话时说道：‘蒙昧时代，称同宗的人为毛拉。后来对外国人无以称之，便称为毛拉’。”

Mawlā (Arabic:مولى‎), plural mawālī (Arabic:موالي‎) is a polysemous Arabic word, whose meaning varied in different periods and contexts. In the Quran and hadith it is used in two senses: Lord; and guardian, trustee, helper. In the pre-Islamic era the term originally applied to any form of tribal association. During the early Islamic era, this institution was adapted to incorporate new converts to Islam into the Arab-Muslim society and the word mawali gained currency as an appellation for non-Arab Muslims.