A2noun
شَرِكة
sharika
company
Example
أَعْمَل في شَرِكة دَوْلِيّة.
aʿmal fī sharika dawliyya.
I work at an international company.
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Arabic root
ش-ر-ك
4 words from this root family
B1verb
شَارَكَ
shāraka
to participate / to share (Form III)
Example
شارَكَ في المُسابَقَةِ الدَّولِيَّة.
shāraka fī l-musābaqati d-dawliyya.
He participated in the international competition.
B1noun
مُشَارَكَة
mushāraka
sharing / participation
Example
شُكرًا عَلى مُشارَكَةِ هذا المَنشور.
shukran ʿalā mushārakati hādhā l-manshūr.
Thank you for sharing this post.
A2noun
شِرْكٌ
shirk
polytheism / associating partners with God
Example
إِنَّ الشِّرْكَ لَظُلْمٌ عَظِيمٌ
inna ash-shirka laẓulmun ʿaẓīm
Indeed, association with Allah is great injustice (31:13)
Grammar
Masculine noun (maṣdar). Verb: أَشْرَكَ (to associate partners). Active participle: مُشْرِكٌ (polytheist). The gravest sin in Islamic theology.
Culture
Luqmān's advice to his son — shirk is the only sin the Quran declares God will not forgive if one dies upon it (4:48).