شِرْكٌassociation

Example sentences

• الْكَبِيرَةُ الْأُولَى الشِّرْكُ بِاللَّهِ

  The First Major Sin: Associating partners with Allah.

  الشِّرْكُ — associating partners. A noun with 'the', 'the associating of partners', the predicate of the heading, identifying what the first major sin is. The two defined nouns sit side by side to make the statement, needing no 'is'.

  From: The Sin of Idolatry →

• وَهَذَا هُوَ الشِّرْكُ الْأَكْبَرُ الَّذِي ذَكَرَهُ اللهُ

  And this is the major shirk that Allah mentioned.

  الشِّرْكُ — the shirk. A noun with 'the', 'the shirk', the predicate that names what 'this' is. With the linking pronoun it forms a stressed identification.

  From: The Sin of Idolatry →