زَاهِدٌan ascetic

Example sentences

• أَوْ زَاهِدٌ يَتَقَلَّبُ بِرَأْيِهِ الْفَاسِدِ فِي جَهَالَتِهِ،

  Or an ascetic who keeps shifting his corrupt opinion in his ignorance,

  زاهدٌ — an ascetic. An indefinite noun heading this figure's description, presented bare with no 'the' as a fresh, unspecified type. As the subject of the clause that follows, it is the 'ascetic' whose conduct the next words go on to characterise.

  From: Guidance for the Seeker →