LessonsLanguage of Creed: Negation, Restriction and ImplicationQuiz

لَا تَبْلُغُهُ الْأَوْهَامُ وَلَا تُدْرِكُهُ الْأَفْهَامُ.
Imaginations do not reach His reality, nor do understandings encompass Him.

Clause structure: Lā ... wa lā coordinates two negated verbs. Tablughuhu and tudrikuhu are distinct descriptions; al-awhām and al-afhām are their respective subjects.

Meaning and inference: Neither imaginative reach nor complete intellectual comprehension can encompass the divine reality.

Limit of inference: Denying comprehensive grasp does not mean that a person can know nothing true about Allah.

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Two coordinated negations

Language of Creed: Negation, Restriction and Implication

لَا تَبْلُغُهُ الْأَوْهَامُ وَلَا تُدْرِكُهُ الْأَفْهَامُ.
Imaginations do not reach His reality, nor do understandings encompass Him.

Clause structure: Lā ... wa lā coordinates two negated verbs. Tablughuhu and tudrikuhu are distinct descriptions; al-awhām and al-afhām are their respective subjects.

Meaning and inference: Neither imaginative reach nor complete intellectual comprehension can encompass the divine reality.

Limit of inference: Denying comprehensive grasp does not mean that a person can know nothing true about Allah.