Arabic · noun · Mind & Knowledge

Ikhtiyar

इख़्तियार

said ikh-ti-YAAR

also written: ikhtiar

Meaning

Free choice; the human capacity to will and choose one's actions.

Literally: choice

Related words

Coercion, compulsion, force, oppression.

Acquisition; the Ashari doctrine that man acquires acts God creates, reconciling decree and responsibility.