Glossary Term
Risk: Critical- Approved rendering
- Bapa
- Transliteration
- BAH-pah
- Rejected alternatives
- Pencipta (Creator, as a substitute to avoid relational language)
Father
CRITICAL: Calling God ‘Father’ can register as implying literal offspring, which tawhid forbids. Teach the relational, adoptive sense directly (aided by the culturally comfortable anak angkat/adoption concept, see the adoption entry) rather than retreating to the flatter Pencipta.