عَقِيدَةٌ

[A doctrine, or the like, upon which one's mind is firmly settled or determined; or to which one holds, adheres, or cleaves, with the heart, or mind; a belief, or firm belief or persuasion; a creed; an article of belief; a religious tenet; i. e.] مَا يَدِينُ الإِنْسَانُ بِهِ: (Msb:) [see اِعْتَقَدَ كَذَا, in connection with which it is mentioned in the Msb: plural عَقَايءِدُ: and ↓ مُعْتَقَدٌ signifies the same as عَقِيدَةٌ; plural مُعْتَقَدَاتٌ: so too does ↓ اِعْتِقَادٌ, a verbal noun used in the sense of a pass. particle n.; plural اِعْتِقَادَاتٌ.] One says, لَهُ عَقِيدَةٌ حَسَنَةٌ [He has a good belief]; meaning he has an عقيدة free from doubt. (Msb.) [See also مَعْقُودٌ.]