تَعْطِيلٌnegation

Example sentences

• وخف التعطيل فإنه إذا اعتقد آذى المشبهة عبدة الأصنام وإبراهيم يجعلهم جذاذا والمعطلة يدخلون بينكم ويتخللون ثم يتسللون منكم لواذا،

  And fear negation, for if it is believed, it harms those who liken, the worshippers of idols, and Ibrahim made them fragments. The deniers infiltrate among you, intermingle and then slip away from you unnoticed.

  ٱلتَّعْطِيلَ — the negation. The al- makes this definite, 'the stripping-away of attributes'. It is the object of the command 'fear' and carries the -a ending that marks the thing the action is directed at.

  From: Signs of God's Transcendence →