LessonsRealities Are Established: Truth, Correspondence and EssenceQuiz

وَأَمَّا الصِّدْقُ فَقَدْ شَاعَ فِي الْأَقْوَالِ خَاصَّةً
The use of ṣidq is especially common with statements.

Ṣidq concerns the truthfulness of an assertion: does the reported proposition correspond to the facts?

“The caravan has arrived” is a true report if it has actually arrived. If it is still traveling, the proposition is false, even if the reporter believed it without checking.

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The meaning of al-ṣidq

Realities Are Established: Truth, Correspondence and Essence

وَأَمَّا الصِّدْقُ فَقَدْ شَاعَ فِي الْأَقْوَالِ خَاصَّةً
The use of ṣidq is especially common with statements.

Ṣidq concerns the truthfulness of an assertion: does the reported proposition correspond to the facts?

“The caravan has arrived” is a true report if it has actually arrived. If it is still traveling, the proposition is false, even if the reporter believed it without checking.