What does Sukut mean?

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Discover the meaning of the term Sukut (سكوت) in Islamic vocabulary.

Definition Sukut

Sukut according to Kitab at-Ta'rifat (Al-Jurjani)

It is leaving speech while holding the capacity.

Sukut according to Dustur al-'Ulama (Al-Ahmadnagari)

Formal and mental: it is speech’s contrary; as it is formal and signifying, its contrary likewise. Formal silence: leaving speech by tongue while holding capacity. Mental silence: not…

Sukut according to Mu'jam al-Mustalahat al-Fiqhiyya

Silence specified by leaving speech. Man sakkit and sakout: much-silent. As-sakta and saktat: the illness befalling man. As-sakt: specified by the soul’s silence in singing; saktat in prayer: silence at opening and after the greeting. As-sakkit: coming last of the arena. Ar-Raghib said: silence being a kind of stillness, borrowed in His word: « then when anger stilled on Moussa ».

Sukut according to At-Tawqif (Al-Munawi)

Specified by leaving speech while holding capacity; being a kind of stillness, borrowed in the verse « then when anger stilled on Moussa » (al-A’raf 154).

Sukut according to At-Ta'rifat al-Fiqhiyya (Al-Barkati)

It is leaving the words while holding capacity.

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