نَفْيnegation

Example sentences

• وَقَد تَقَدّم مَا ذكره الْمَشَايِخ من نفي التَّشْبِيه والتعطيل

  And what the shaykhs have mentioned regarding the negation of likening and nullification has already been addressed.

  نَفْيِ — negation. 'the negating of', genitive after 'min' and head of an 'of' pairing with 'likening' — 'the denial OF tashbih'. The verbal noun packs the whole act of ruling something out.

  From: Worship God Alone →

• وَمِنْهُم من رأى النَّفْي

  And some of them suggested exile.

  النَّفْيَ — exile. The object of 'held [the view of]', accusative ('-a'), definite — banishing him. The second proposal.

  From: The Night of the Migration →

• ولكن هو لم يجره ولم تجر به العادة ولا هو مما تكلم الناس فيه نفيًا أو إثباتًا

  But it has not occurred, nor is it customary, and it is not something people have discussed, either in negation or affirmation.

  نَفْيًا — negation. This noun 'negation/denial' is in the object-style ending used adverbially, 'by way of denying'. Arabic puts such a noun in the object ending to mark the manner of an action, here the mode in which people might have discussed it.

  From: Ten Proofs of Resurrection →