Qaṣd here means deliberately saying a familiar formula. The source example is:
هَلَّلَ
Translation: He pronounced the declaration “lā ilāha illā Allāh.”
لَا إِلٰهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ
Translation: There is no deity but God.
A single verb conveys the utterance of an established formula. Its meaning cannot be recovered by mechanically translating the individual root letters; established lexical usage matters.
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Property 11: Qaṣd (Deliberately Uttering a Formula)
Qaṣd here means deliberately saying a familiar formula. The source example is:
هَلَّلَ
Translation: He pronounced the declaration “lā ilāha illā Allāh.”
لَا إِلٰهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ
Translation: There is no deity but God.
A single verb conveys the utterance of an established formula. Its meaning cannot be recovered by mechanically translating the individual root letters; established lexical usage matters.