Key Word Analysis of Wa Lam Yakun Lahū Kufuwan Aḥad

وَلَمۡ يَكُن لَّهُۥ كُفُوًا أَحَد

And He [Allah] has no partner (with respect to His attributes).

Key Word Analysis

كُفُوًا (Kufuwan)

الْکُفُؤُ (al-Kufu’):الْمُماثِلُ (al-mumāthil) – That is, کُفُؤ (kufu’) means the like of something or an equal to it. Therefore, when the Arabs say; هَذَا کُفُؤُهُ (hādha kufu’uh) it means   مُمَاثِلُهُ (mumāthiluh) i.e. person x resembles person y [1]. In Al-Mufradāt, Imam Raghib states that kufu’ refers to an individual who is of equal rank to another.

ENDNOTES

[1] ‘Aqrab al-Mawarid.