هِمَّةambition

Example sentences

• قد علمت أَيْن الْمنزل فاحد لَهَا تسر أَعلَى الهمم

  You know where the abode is, so set a course for it; the highest aspirations race towards it.

  الْهِمَمِ — aspirations. A broken plural 'high resolves / aspirations', the owner completing 'the highest of aspirations', genitive. The loftiest ambitions, which speed toward the goal.

  From: Night Prayer and Nearness to God →

• همة من استعد صَاحبهَا للقاء الحبيب

  It is the aspiration of one who has prepared himself for the meeting with the beloved.

  هِمَّةُ — the aspiration. 'Aspiration / high resolve', first term of an 'of' pairing — 'the resolve of one who…' — nominative as the topic. It owns the relative that follows.

  From: Night Prayer and Nearness to God →