malaka (settled disposition) — malaka is the disposition already firmly rooted; ḥāl is preliminary to it and on the way toward it.
General Technical Meaning
A state is a non-settled quality that does not last long, contrasted with a settled disposition.
In ʿAllāmah Ṭabāṭabāʾī’s Works
In al-Manāmāt wa-l-Nubuwwāt, ʿAllāmah Ṭabāṭabāʾī uses ḥāl for the contrary of malaka: a non-settled condition rather than a firmly rooted cognitive form from which action proceeds with ease. He also calls ḥāl preliminary and on the path to malaka; this is a contrastive characterization, not an exhaustive psychology of changing states.
Source: Risālat al-Manāmāt wa-l-Nubuwwāt
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