نَفْي negation in Arabic
نَفْي is how you say “negation” in Arabic.
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Example sentence
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.
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More example sentences
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.
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.