Shirk

Definitions

1. A surname.
2. One who shirks, who avoids a duty or responsibility.
3. The unforgivable sin of association (claiming something or someone can share in the oneness of God).
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Examples

“I may add⟳ here that, coming as the soldiers did from all avocations and stations in life, these details for fatigue often brought together men few of whom had any practical knowledge of the work⟳ in hand; so that aside from the shirks, who could work⟳ but would not, there were other who would but could not, at least intelligently.”

“A person can have⟳ committed shirk in their lifetime and still find⟳ forgiveness (especially by saying the Shahada and becoming a Muslim). The concept is that if one dies in this state (as a mushrik, an idolator, one who engages in and does not repent shirk), there is no forgiveness.”

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