مشرك

Derived from the active participle from أَشْرَكَ (ʔašraka).

• IPA^(key): /muʃ.rik/

مُشْرِك • (mušrik) m (plural مُشْرِكُون (mušrikūn))

1. polytheist, henotheist, pagan
2. (Islam) mushrik, idolater, associationist

   Antonym: مُوَحِّد (muwaḥḥid, “a (Muslim) monotheist”)

   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 6:137:

     وَكَذَٰلِكَ زَيَّنَ لِكَثِيرٍ مِّنَ ٱلۡمُشۡرِكِينَ قَتۡلَ أَوۡلَــٰدِهِمۡ شُرَكَــٰٓؤُهُمۡ لِيُرۡدُوهُمۡ وَلِيَلۡبِسُواْ عَلَيۡهِمۡ دِينَهُمۡ ۖ وَلَوۡ شَآءَ ٱللهُ مَا فَعَلُوهُ ۖ فَذَرۡهُمۡ وَمَا يَفۡتَرُونَ

     "Likewise, the pagans’ evil associates have made it appealing to them to kill their own children—only leading to their destruction as well as confusion in their faith. Had it been Allah’s Will, they would not have done such a thing. So leave them and their falsehood."

• → Azerbaijani: müşrik
• → Japanese: ムシュリク (mushuriku)
• → Persian: مشرک (mošrek, “polytheist”)