LessonsThe Point of Resemblance: Actual and Imagined Likeness, Real and Relational AspectsQuiz

Karam is a disposition from which generosity and beneficence readily proceed. Qudrah concerns ability to act, whereas shajāʿah concerns courage or steadiness amid danger.

“Someone is like the sea in generosity.”
“A soldier is like a lion in courage.”

In the first, generosity is an intellectual or dispositional aspect; the physical expanse of water is not itself generosity. In the second, both terms may be sensory beings, while courage is the chosen shared respect. The classification of the aspect remains distinct from the classification of the two terms.

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Generosity, ability and courage

The Point of Resemblance: Actual and Imagined Likeness, Real and Relational Aspects

Karam is a disposition from which generosity and beneficence readily proceed. Qudrah concerns ability to act, whereas shajāʿah concerns courage or steadiness amid danger.

“Someone is like the sea in generosity.”
“A soldier is like a lion in courage.”

In the first, generosity is an intellectual or dispositional aspect; the physical expanse of water is not itself generosity. In the second, both terms may be sensory beings, while courage is the chosen shared respect. The classification of the aspect remains distinct from the classification of the two terms.