Mushrik (مُشْرِك)

مُشْرِك

Mushrik

Polytheist

Frequency49

Coverage0.06%

Status○ New

Grammar

Part of SpeechActive Participle (Ism Fa'il)

Root (Arabic)ش ر ك

Root TransliterationSh-R-K

Tajweed & Pronunciation

Phonetic SpellingMush-rik

Common MistakePronouncing Shin (ش) softly or blurring the Kasrah on Ra (رِ) into a hard sound.

Learning Notes

Micro Tafsir

Describes someone who commits *Shirk* by setting up equals to Allah in His lordship, worship, or unique names and attributes.

Memory Hook

Shares the root with 'Sharik' (partner) and 'Sharika' (company/partnership)—a Mushrik gives Allah 'partners' in His exclusive rights.

Audio Pronunciation

Contextual Verse

At-Tawbah (9:1)

بَرَاءَةٌ مِّنَ اللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ إِلَى الَّذِينَ عَاهَدتُّم مِّنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ

[This is a declaration of] disassociation, from Allah and His Messenger, to those with whom you had made a treaty among the polytheists.

Common Combinations

مِنْ أَهْلِ الْكِتَابِ وَالْمُشْرِكِينَ

Min ahl al-kitābi wa-al-mushrikīn

مِنْ (From) + أَهْلِ الْكِتَابِ (People of the Book) + وَالْمُشْرِكِينَ (and the polytheists)

From among the People of the Book and the polytheists

Freq: 2

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ لَمْ يَكُنِ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا مِنْ أَهْلِ الْكِتَابِ وَالْمُشْرِكِينَ مُنفَكِّينَ حَتَّىٰ تَأْتِيَهُمُ الْبَيِّنَةُ

Those who disbelieved among the People of the Scripture and the polytheists were not to be parted [from misbelief] until there came to them clear evidence -

وَلَوْ كَرِهَ الْمُشْرِكُونَ

Wa-law kariha al-mushrikūn

وَ (and) + لَوْ (even if) + كَرِهَ (disliked it) + الْمُشْرِكُونَ (the polytheists)

Even though the polytheists dislike it

Freq: 3

هُوَ الَّذِي أَرْسَلَ رَسُولَهُ بِالْهُدَىٰ وَدِينِ الْحَقِّ لِيُظْهِرَهُ عَلَى الدِّينِ كُلِّهِ وَلَوْ كَرِهَ الْمُشْرِكُونَ

It is He who has sent His Messenger with guidance and the religion of truth to manifest it over all religion, although they who associate others with Allah dislike it.

Forms

مُشْرِكٌمُشْرِكًامُشْرِكِينَمُشْرِكُونَ

Related Words

شركشريكأشركمشاركة

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