Glossary Term
Risk: Critical- Approved rendering
- Perantaraan
- Transliteration
- peh-rahn-tah-RAH-ahn
- Rejected alternatives
- syafaat (the mainstream Sunni doctrine of the Prophet Muhammad's intercession on the Day of Judgment, formally taught in Malaysian Islamic education)
Intercession
CRITICAL: Syafaat Nabi Muhammad is not a fringe folk belief but a standard, formally taught article of mainstream Sunni eschatology in Malaysia. Christ’s unique, sufficient intercession (Romans 8:34) must be clearly distinguished from this widely and officially taught doctrine, using the more neutral Perantaraan rather than syafaat.
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