Category: Oaths and Vows
Deliberate ambiguity - تَوْرِيَةٌ
"Tawriyah": metonymy, indirect reference. Opposite: frankness. Original meaning: veiling, hiding. Other meanings: delay, extracting.
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Oath-taking/Swearing - يَمينٌ
"Yamīn": oath-taking, swearing. It was called as such because people used to strike the "yamīn" (right hand) of one another upon entering into alliance. Other meanings: hand, blessing, strength.
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Oath - قَسَمٌ
"Qasam": swearing, taking an oath. It is derived from "qasāmah", which means: the oaths that are divided and distributed among the blood relatives of the slain person (the practice of clearing a person accused of murder by the oaths of others testifying to his innocence).
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Swearing - حَلِفٌ
"Halif": oath. Original meaning: adherence - since one is required to adhere to his oath.
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Violation of an oath - حنث
"Hinth": major sin, wrongdoing. Opposite: fulfillment of oath. Other meanings: breaking an oath.
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Trick - حِيلَةٌ
"Hīlah": what is used as a means to reach something secretly. It is derived from "hawl", which means: a shift from one state to another in a secret manner. It is mostly used to denote malice.
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Oaths - أَيْمانٌ
"Aymān" (pl. yamīn): oath, swearing. Original meaning: strength, ability. It was given this name because the one taking an oath strengthens and affirms his statement by it. Other meanings: pledge, covenant, the right side (as opposed to the left side).
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Expiation - كَفَّارَةٌ
"Kaffārah": expiation. It is derived from "kufr", which means concealing, covering. It was called so because it covers the sin and conceals it as if it was not committed.
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Breaking one's undertakings - إخلاف
Non-fulfillment of what a person has promised or undertaken to do.
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Guarding of oaths - حِفْظُ الأَيْمانِ
Controlling the tongue by refraining from excessive swearing, avoiding breaking oaths, and observing the due expiation upon breaking an oath.
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Exception - اسْتِثْناءٌ
Excluding some elements covered by a general phrase from its ruling by using special Arabic articles of exception, such as "illā" or the like.
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Eternity - أبد
Infinite time into the future.
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The present time/Now - الآن
The present time at which you are in, which separates the past from the future.
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Neck - رَقَبَةٌ
The neck that connects the head with the body.
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Full slave - قِنٌّ
A slave, male or female, who is in pure slavery and does not have any means whereby he can obtain emancipation, neither sooner nor later.
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Confirmation - تأكِيد
To assert and strengthen the indication of a preceding word by a following word.
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In agreement/Concordant - متواطئ
A word whose form and meaning are concordant
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Mutual oaths - تحالف
“Tahāluf” refers to the situation in which each party to the contract takes an oath to affirm his own version and deny the one offered by the other party.
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Real/Literal meaning - حَقِيقَةٌ
Using words for their original literal meaning.
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