Glossary · Arabic

shirk

شرك

Association; assigning partners.

Technical Meaning

Associating partners with God: idolatry in every form, and the opposite of tawhid. The Qur'an calls it the sin God does not forgive in the unrepentant (4:48).

More Arabic Terms

• dhikr — Remembrance; mention.
• iman — Faith; belief; security.
• jihad — Striving; exertion.
• taqwa — God-consciousness; protective fear.
• tawhid — Declaring (God) one; unity.

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