فِعْلٍan action

Example sentences

• وَمِنَ النَّاسِ مَنْ تَكُونُ قُوَّةُ صَبْرِهِ عَلَى فِعْلٍ مَا يَنْتَفِعُ بِهِ

  And among the people are those whose strong patience is directed toward doing what benefits them.

  فِعْلٍ — an action. An indefinite noun ('an action') sitting in the genitive because the preposition before it governs it that way. The lack of an al- prefix, plus the -in tail, marks it as 'a' rather than 'the' deed. It names the broad activity that the patience is directed toward.

  From: Patience and the Human Self →