Concept of Islamic Knowledge and the English Lexicon: The Science of Islamic Terms and the Question of Equivalence with English Words.

This study is a qualitative research on the concepts of Islamic knowledge and how they relate to the English lexicon. The focus is on the epistemic context of Islamic knowledge and the linguistic context of the English lexicon, specifically comparing Islamic terms with English words. The paper explores the sources of Islamic knowledge concepts and discusses Islamic terms that convey meanings within the Islamic epistemological tradition. It highlights the distinction between translating Islamic terms into English words, as opposed to comparing two languages. The study shows that while English words have concise meanings, they often do not capture the spiritual and epistemological depth of the Islamic terms. The paper discusses five selected Islamic terms (Islam, Tawhiid, Imaan, Ihsaan, and Ikhlaas) and compares them with their English equivalents, concluding that English words often fail to convey the full conceptual meaning of the Islamic terms.