تَحْصِيلacquire

Example sentences

• وذكر كذلك الذين اتخذوا العلم وسيلة وغرضا لتحصيل ملذات الدنيا وحطامها الفاني،

  He also mentioned those who took knowledge as a means and a goal to acquire the pleasures of the fleeting world and its perishable goods.

  لِتَحْصِيلِ — to acquire. Here 'li-' is the 'in order to' marker fused to the front of a noun of action, setting up the purpose: 'for the acquiring of'. The word itself is the noun naming the act of obtaining, and it heads a possessive chain with the noun that follows.

  From: Knowledge and Humility →