Shirk (Arabic: شِرْك, lit. 'association') in Islam is a sin often roughly translated as 'idolatry' or 'polytheism', but more accurately meaning 'association...

Look up shirk in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Shirk may refer to: Shirk (surname) Shirk (Islam), in Islam, the sin of idolatry or worshiping beings...

or attributing God's attributes to others is seen as idolatory, called shirk. God is described as Al Ghayb so is beyond comprehension. [under discussion]...

considered shirk—an unpardonable sin according to the Quran, unless repented afterwards. Muslims believe that the entirety of the Islamic teaching rests...

seventy major sins. Some of the major or al-Kaba'ir sins in Islam are as follows: Shirk (reverence due God directed toward those other than God); Committing...

branches Islamic studies Kufr Madhhab Outline of Islam Schools of Islamic theology Shahada Shia–Sunni relations Shia crescent Shirk (Islam) Succession...

an Islamic perspective. Ancient Semitic religion Ancient Canaanite religion Book of Idols Hanif Religions of the ancient Near East Rahmanism Shirk (Islam)...

Shirk, the act of ascribing partners to God – whether they be sons, daughters, or other partners – is considered to be a form of unbelief in Islam. The...

pardon (4:48, 4:116). Accusations of shirk have been common in religious polemics within Islam. Thus, in the early Islamic debates on free will and theodicy...

other than that enshrined in the Quran and Hadith as that which constitutes shirk (blasphemy); leading one to leave the fold of the religion. In ultimately...