رضاacceptance

Example sentences

• قدم التقادم بَين يَدي الْمُلْتَقى فَاسْتَبْشَرَ بِالرِّضَا عِنْد الْقدوم

  Present the gifts before the meeting, and rejoice with acceptance upon arrival.

  بِالرِّضَا — with the acceptance. 'Bi-' (with / at) fused with 'good-pleasure / acceptance', genitive — 'rejoice at [His] acceptance'. The 'bi-' marks what one rejoices over.

  From: Night Prayer and Nearness to God →

• ثمَّ الرِّضَا بهَا وَهُوَ أَعلَى مِنْهُ

  Then acceptance of them, which is higher than that.

  الرِّضَا — acceptance. The next stage, 'glad acceptance', as a topic in the nominal flow. This noun keeps one shape (its fixed final 'aa' shows no case vowel), so its role is read from position: above mere patience.

  From: Accepting God's Decree →

• ثمَّ الشُّكْر عَلَيْهَا وَهُوَ أَعلَى من الرِّضَا

  Then gratitude for them, which is higher than acceptance.

  الرِّضَا — acceptance. 'Contentment', the stage gratitude is measured against, governed by 'than'. Its fixed final 'aa' shows no case vowel, so only its position tells you it is the lesser term here.

  From: Accepting God's Decree →

• فإنها اللائقة بهم فشبه ذلك برضاها بهم كما رضوا بها

  For it is fitting for them, so it was likened to their contentment with it, just as they were pleased with it.

  بِرِضَاهَا — to their contentment. A preposition bi- fused onto a verbal noun carrying -ha (its), 'to its contentment'. The bi- marks what the thing is likened to and forces the genitive; the attached -ha makes the contentment belong to the life itself.

  From: Creating Life from Nothing →

• فليس له إلا الرضا والتسليم

  so he has nothing but acceptance and submission.

  الرِّضَا — acceptance. The one thing left standing, 'acceptance'. Coming after the exception word in a 'there is none but' frame, it functions as what the believer does have, and its 'the' marks it as the definite quality meant.

  From: Trusting God's Decree →