Discover the meaning of the term 'Ajz (عجز) in Islamic vocabulary.
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Updated on 11 April 2026 at 1:05 AM
📖 1 min readLexically: verbal noun of ’ajiza; said: impotent in the matter, impotent; so-and-so deemed impotent related other than firmness, as relating impotence. Ajz: weakness; ta’jiz: discouraging. In al-Misbah: the thing rendered him impotent: escaped him.
In ar-Raghib’s Moufradat: ajz at root lagging the thing; become by usage lacking capacity’s name to act, capacity’s contrary. Terminology: ar-Rafi’i said: ajz we mean not impossibility only, but ruin’s fear too; the imam’s chosen defining ajz a pain attaching carrying off his fervor. Usulists say: ajz an existent attribute opposed capacity, opposed nonexistence and aptitude.
What is deferred for punishment after only.
Capacity’s contrary. Said: capacity’s absence.