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Meaning of Shirk | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
ʃɜːk

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).
    uncountable

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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.”

CEFR level

C2
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This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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