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ISLAMIC THEOLOGY PORTAL

Intellect = العقل

Linguistically, al-ʿaql denotes confinement. ʿAql originally means exactitude, either in action, knowledge or perception. It is because of this that the kalām theologians and philosophers employ it [as pertaining] to knowledge...

Invalidation = النقض

Linguistically, naqḍ means to violate or destroy something, i.e. to ruin a contract one has ratified or a building one has established. Terminologically, invalidation is one of the topics of the [science of] the rules of enquiry and disputation, and it...