شَعِيرَةًa barley grain

Example sentences

• وَكَانَ فِي قَلْبِهِ مِّنَ ٱلْخَيْرِ مَا يَزِنُ شَعِيرَةً،

  And in his heart there was some good that weighed as much as a barley grain.

  شَعِيرَةً — a barley grain. This noun names the unit of weight and its -an ending marks it as the object of the weighing, the amount the good equals. Idiomatically it stands for a tiny quantity, and the accusative ending fastens it on as the measure weighed.

  From: Intercession on Judgment Day →