شِرْك polytheism in Arabic
شِرْك is how you say “polytheism” in Arabic.
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توحيدًا يَنفي الشِّرك ويُثبتُ الألوهيةَ لله وحده،
Monotheism that negates associating partners and affirms divinity solely for Allah,
الشِّرْكَ the associating partners
'the associating of partners', accusative as the object negated. al- makes it the definite, technical sin; it is exactly what tawhid cancels.
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وَالنَّوْعُ الثَّانِي مِنَ الشِّرْكِ الرِّيَاءُ بِالْأَعْمَالِ،
The second type of shirk (associating partners with Allah) is showing off with deeds.
الشِّرْكِ shirk
A noun carrying 'the', held in the (genitive) form by the 'from' before it. It names the larger category out of which this second type is singled out.
وَقَالَ إِيَّاكُمْ وَالشِّرْكَ الْأَصْغَرَ
And he said: 'Beware of minor shirk.'
وَالشِّرْكَ of shirk
The 'and' here is part of the warning frame, linking the listeners to the danger, and the noun is held in the object form as the thing to beware of. Its 'the' marks it a specific known category.
قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ وَمَا الشِّرْكُ الْأَصْغَرُ؟
They said: 'O Messenger of Allah, what is minor shirk?'
الشِّرْكُ is shirk
This noun, with its 'the', is the subject of a verbless question, 'what is shirk?'. Arabic poses the equation by placing the question word and this definite noun together, needing no 'is'.
فَذَكَرَ مِنْهَا الشِّرْكَ بِاللَّهِ، وَالسِّحْرَ، وَقَتْلَ النَّفْسِ الَّتِي حَرَّمَ اللهُ إِلَّا بِالْحَقِّ، وَأَكْلَ مَالِ الْيَتِيمِ، وَأَكْلَ الرِّبَا، وَالتَّوَلِّيَ يَوْمَ الزَّحْفِ، وَقَذْفَ الْمُحْصَنَاتِ الْغَافِلَاتِ الْمُؤْمِنَاتِ مُتَّفَقٌ عَلَيْهِ
He mentioned among them: associating partners with Allah, sorcery, unjust killing, consuming the wealth of an orphan, usury, fleeing from the battlefield, and falsely accusing chaste, unaware, believing women - agreed upon by scholars.
الشِّرْكَ associating partners
A noun with 'the', 'the associating of partners', the first object of 'mentioned'. Its ending marks it as a listed item the verb acts upon.
أَلَا تَرَى أَنَّهُ عَدَّ الشِّرْكَ بِاللَّهِ مِنَ الْكَبَائِرِ مَعَ أَنَّ مُرْتَكِبَهُ مُخَلَّدٌ فِي النَّارِ وَلَا يُغْفَرُ لَهُ أَبَدًا؟
Do you not see that He counted associating partners with Allah among the major sins, even though its doer will remain eternally in the Fire and will never be forgiven?
الشِّرْكَ associating partners
A noun with 'the', 'the associating of partners', the object of 'counted', so its ending marks it the thing reckoned. It heads the phrase that names the sin.
فَأَكْبَرُ الْكَبَائِرِ الشِّرْكُ بِاللَّهِ تَعَالَى، وَهُوَ نَوْعَانِ
The greatest of the major sins is associating partners with Allah the Exalted, and it is of two types.
الشِّرْكُ associating partners
A noun with 'the', 'the associating of partners', the predicate of the verbless sentence, identifying the greatest sin. The two definite nouns juxtapose to state it without 'is'.
وَقَالَ تَعَالَى إِنَّ الشِّرْكَ لَظُلْمٌ عَظِيمٌ
And He said: 'Indeed, shirk is a great injustice.'
الشِّرْكَ shirk
A noun with 'the', 'the shirk', the subject of the emphasized sentence, here in the object-shaped ending that the emphasis particle imposes on its subject. It is what is declared a great wrong.