Idhʿān

إذعانidhʿān

Preferred translation
acceptance
Rendered in this work as
  • assent
  • assents
Grammatical variants
assents
Technical sense
acceptance that a predicate does or does not obtain of a subject
Distinguish from
taṣdīq (assent) — taṣdīq is the logical act of assent that affirms or denies a relation; idhʿān is acceptance that a predicate does or does not obtain. The English ‘assent’ serves both, but the Arabic terms are distinct.

General Technical Meaning

Idhʿān is acceptance that a predicate does or does not obtain of a subject. When cognition includes idhʿān to that affirmative or negative relation, it is taṣdīq rather than mere taṣawwur.

In ʿAllāmah Ṭabāṭabāʾī’s Works

In al-Manāmāt, an act's practical necessity requires qualifications that may be grounded in reality or in acceptance and supposition.

Source: Risālat al-Manāmāt wa-l-Nubuwwāt

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Canonical address: /glossary/idhan/