خَالِدًاabiding

Example sentences

• قَالَ تَعَالَى وَمَنْ يَقْتُلْ مُؤْمِنًا مُتَعَمِّدًا فَجَزَاؤُهُ جَهَنَّمُ خَالِدًا فِيهَا وَغَضِبَ اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَلَعَنَهُ وَأَعَدَّ لَهُ عَذَابًا عَظِيمًا

  He (Allah) said: 'And whoever kills a believer intentionally, his recompense is Hell, to abide in it, and Allah's wrath is upon him, and He has cursed him and prepared for him a great punishment.'

  خَالِدًا — to abide. An active participle 'abiding/remaining', used as a circumstantial description in the accusative - it tells the state in which he is in Hell, 'while remaining forever'. Arabic uses this accusative participle to add a 'how/in what condition' layer to the clause. It conveys the permanence of the stay.

  From: The Gravity of Murder →