Arabic vocabulary
مُتَشَابِهambiguous in Arabic
مُتَشَابِه is how you say “ambiguous” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
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والتفكر في عجائبه والعمل بمحكمه والتسليم بمتشابهه
And contemplate its wonders, act on its clear commandments, and submit to its ambiguous ones.
بِمُتَشَابِهِهِ — to its ambiguous ones. Through 'bi-' again, naming what one submits to — the Book's ambiguous, look-alike passages, owned by 'it.' The pairing is the lesson: act on what is clear, but bow to what is unclear rather than forcing a reading on it.
From: Devotion to the Quran →
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