"بلكفة" meaning in Arabic

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Noun

IPA: /bal.ka.fa/ Forms: بَلْكَفة [canonical], balkafa [romanization]
Etymology: From بِلَا كَيْف (bilā kayf, “without a ‘how’”). Head templates: {{ar-noun|بَلْكَفة|f}} بَلْكَفة • (balkafa) f
  1. (Islam, philosophy) the teaching that God's qualities, as described in revelation, must be understood in a literal rather than allegoric sense, but that one must not try to inquire the deeper nature of these qualities; that is, for example, one must believe that God hears, but not ask how he hears
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}
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    }
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      ],
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      ],
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}

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