RIWAQ

ISLAMIC THEOLOGY PORTAL

Negative Attributes = الصفات السلبية

Language Attribute (al-Ṣifa): A characteristic that is a necessary feature of a thing (Muʿjam Maqāyīs al-Lugha sub waṣafa) Stealing (al-salb) (“negation”): A thing being taken, by being snatched through sleight of hand...

Nonbelief = الكفر

Linguistic definition The Arabic word kufr derives from the word kafr, a verbal noun meaning “to cover” or “to conceal.” The night is said to be a “kafir” (the active participle of kafr) because it is a...