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يَقِين
certainty /jaˈqiːn/
nounB2#3160 most common
Also: conviction, sureness
Example sentences
أَنَا عَلَى يَقِينٍ.
I am certain.
هُوَ عَلَى يَقِينٍ مِنْ نَجَاحِهِ.
He is certain of his success.
لَا يَقِينَ بِدُونِ دَلِيلٍ.
There is no certainty without evidence.
أَصْبَحْتُ عَلَى يَقِينٍ تَامٍّ بِأَنَّهَا مُحِقَّةٌ.
I became fully certain that she was right.
يَتَطَلَّبُ الْإِيمَانُ يَقِينًا رَاسِخًا لَا يَتَزَعْزَعُ.
Faith requires firm certainty that does not waver.
إِنَّ الْيَقِينَ الْفَلْسَفِيَّ يَظَلُّ مُسْتَحِيلًا فِي غِيَابِ بُرْهَانٍ قَاطِعٍ.
Philosophical certainty remains impossible without a decisive proof.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | يَقِينٌ | يَقِينَاتٌ (rare) |
| Genitive | يَقِينٍ | يَقِينَاتٍ (rare) |
| Accusative | يَقِيناً | يَقِينَاتٍ (rare) |
| Vocative | يا يَقِينُ | يا يَقِينَاتُ (rare) |
Word family
أَيْقَنَto become certain, to be convinced
تَيَقَّنَto ascertain, to make sure of
مُتَيَقِّنcertain, sure (of something)
يَقِينًاcertainly, surely
Etymology
Yaqīn comes from the Semitic triliteral root y-q-n, which carries the sense of firm, settled knowledge. The word takes the fa'īl pattern, a common shape for nouns describing a fixed inner state or quality. It appears often in the Quran to mark absolute certainty, particularly about faith and death. Arabic is a Semitic language, not an Indo-European one, so it has no Proto-Indo-European root.
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