by riwaq | Sep 21, 2021
Linguistically a thing “ʿaraḍa ʿalā a thing” [means] it appeared in it (al-Qāmūs al-Muḥīṭ sub ʿaraḍa). A trying event (al-ʿaraḍ) is the [object of] the worries and...
by riwaq | Sep 23, 2021
Linguistic Definition The Arabic term kasb means to seek, pursue and attain. (Mu‘jam al-Maqāyīs, 5:179) Technical Definition According to Ash‘ari tradition, acquisition is the simultaneity between the power of a creature that has the attribute of...
by riwaq | Sep 21, 2021
[For] linguistic matters [pertaining to an yanfaʿil], see the beginning of “action”. Terminologically, Āmidi defined [affection] as a “state that obtains in a body because of its being influenced by something other than itself,...
by riwaq | Sep 23, 2021
Linguistic Definition The Arabic term mithl (likeness) implies the resemblance of something with something else. It is said hādhā mithlu hādhā (this is like this), i.e. similar to it. (Mu‘jam Maqāyīs al-Lughah, entry: m th l)....
by riwaq | Sep 21, 2021
1. Religious Context The mutakallimun held that the belief that God created the universe ex-nihilo was a tenet of faith that is so religiously fundamental that it is noninferentially known as part of Islam. The creation of the universe by God is mentioned in dozens of...
