دَلِيل argument in Arabic
دَلِيل is how you say “argument” in Arabic.
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وألَّفوا الأدلة تأليفًا غير مستقيم،
And they composed arguments in an unsound manner.
الأَدِلَّةَ the arguments
'the proofs', accusative object; broken plural of 'dalil'.
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والاستدلال بالأدلة العامة ــ حيث لها دلالة ــ على وجهٍ يستلزم الجمعَ بين النقيضين،
And using general evidence, where it has a connotation, in a way that requires reconciling contradictions.
بِالأَدِلَّةِ with the evidence
'by the proofs' — 'bi' (by means of) plus a definite genitive; what they argue with.
ثم المفسرون برأيهم من غير دليل صحيح
Then there are those who interpret by their own opinion without valid evidence.
دَلِيلٍ evidence
A proof or indicator, owned by 'other than' — 'without proof.' Indefinite and in the -i form (the '-in'), it is exactly what these interpreters lack, the missing ingredient the author is pointing to.
من أدبِه أن يلزمَ المرءُ تواضعًا معرفيًّا يرى الدليلَ، ويدركُ حدودَ فهمه، ويستحضر أن المقاصدَ أوسعُ من جزئيةٍ واحدة
Part of its etiquette is that a person maintains intellectual humility: seeing the evidence, recognizing the limits of his understanding, and remembering that the objectives are broader than a single issue.
الدَّلِيلَ the evidence
'the proof / evidence,' in the -a form as object of 'sees.' The humble person sees the evidence for what it is — neither ignoring it nor overrating his own grasp of it.
فإذا ظهر الدليلُ الراجحُ تبِعه، وإن بقي الخلافُ بعد استفراغ الوسع قبِله، لأن اجتماعَ القلوب على العدلِ أرجحُ من انتصارِ لسانٍ على لسان
When the stronger evidence appears, he follows it, and if the disagreement remains after exhausting all efforts, he accepts it, because the unity of hearts upon justice is weightier than the victory of one tongue over another.
الدَّلِيلُ the evidence
'the proof / evidence,' the doer of 'appeared' (the -u), held back after its verb. Qualified by 'stronger' next: when the WEIGHTIER proof surfaces, the response below follows.
وَيُصَدِّقَهُ بِكَلَامِهِ وَقَوْلِهِ، ثُمَّ يُقِيمُ الدَّلِيلَ الْقَاطِعَ عَلَى أَنَّ هَذَا قَوْلُهُ وَكَلَامُهُ
And verify him with His speech and declaration, then establish the definitive proof that this is His statement and speech.
الدَّلِيلَ the proof
This noun 'the proof' is the direct object of 'establishes', carrying the object ending, made definite by 'the'. It is described by the adjective that follows; the object ending marks it as what is set up.
ولا تلازم بينهما حتى يجعل أحدهما دليلًا على إمكان الآخر
And there is no necessary relationship between them to make one a proof of the possibility of the other.
دَلِيلًا a proof
This noun lacks 'the' and ends in the indefinite mark, so it means 'a proof', some proof. It is the second object of the making verb, hence its accusative ending, and its indefiniteness is shown by the ending rather than a word like 'a'.
بَلْ حَالُهُمْ مِنْ أَظْهَرِ الْأَدِلَّةِ عَلَى صِدْقِ الرَّسُولِ، وَمِنْ حِكْمَةِ اللَّهِ سُبْحَانَهُ أَنْ أَخْرَجَ مِثْلَ هَؤُلَاءِ إِلَى الْوُجُودِ لِيُعْلَمَ حَالُ الْكَذَّابِينَ وَحَالُ الصَّادِقِينَ
Indeed, their condition is among the clearest evidence of the truthfulness of the Messenger, and it is among the wisdoms of God, the Exalted, to bring forth such people, to make known the condition of liars and the truthful.
الْأَدِلَّةِ evidence
This noun carries 'the' and is plural, naming proofs, owned by 'clearest' before it: the clearest of the proofs. As the possessed half it takes the genitive ending; the two nouns sit directly together for 'of'.
وكَانَ ظُهُورُهُمْ مِنْ أَبْيَنِ الْأَدِلَّةِ عَلَى صِدْقِ الرُّسُلِ وَالْفَرْقِ بَيْنَ هَؤُلَاءِ وَبَيْنَهُمْ،
And their emergence is among the clearest evidence of the truthfulness of the Messengers and the difference between them and those false claimants.
الْأَدِلَّةِ evidence
This noun carries 'the' and is plural, naming proofs, owned by 'clearest' before it: the clearest of the proofs. As the possessed half it takes the genitive ending; the two nouns sit directly together for 'of'.
فَبِضِدِّهَا تَتَبَيَّنُ الْأَشْيَاءُ، وَالضِّدُّ يُظْهِرُ حُسْنَهُ الضِّدُّ، فَمَعْرِفَةُ أَدِلَّةِ الْبَاطِلِ وَشُبَهِهِ مِنْ أَنْوَاعِ أَدِلَّةِ الْحَقِّ وَبَرَاهِينِهِ
For by their opposites things become clear, and the opposite shows the beauty of its opposite; so knowing the evidence of falsehood and its doubts is itself a type of evidence for truth and its proofs.
أَدِلَّةِ evidence of
This noun is plural, naming proofs, owned by 'knowing' before it while itself owning 'falsehood' after it: the knowing of the proofs of falsehood. Each noun stands directly against the next with no word for 'of'.
فَبِضِدِّهَا تَتَبَيَّنُ الْأَشْيَاءُ، وَالضِّدُّ يُظْهِرُ حُسْنَهُ الضِّدُّ، فَمَعْرِفَةُ أَدِلَّةِ الْبَاطِلِ وَشُبَهِهِ مِنْ أَنْوَاعِ أَدِلَّةِ الْحَقِّ وَبَرَاهِينِهِ
For by their opposites things become clear, and the opposite shows the beauty of its opposite; so knowing the evidence of falsehood and its doubts is itself a type of evidence for truth and its proofs.
أَدِلَّةِ evidence of
This noun is plural, naming proofs, owned by 'kinds' before it while itself owning 'truth' after it: the kinds of the proofs of truth. Each noun stands directly against the next with no word for 'of'.
وفي إضافته إليه باسم الرسالة أبين دليل أنه كلام المرسل
And in attributing it to him as a message is the clearest evidence that it is the speech of the sender.
دَلِيلٍ evidence
'Evidence' as the owning noun after 'clearest', forming 'clearest of evidence'. It is indefinite and stands in the owner form, which Arabic uses to link a superlative to the category it tops, much like English 'clearest of all evidence'.
ففي ضمن هذا القسم أن كل ما يرى ومالا يرى آية ودليل على صدق رسوله
Within this oath, it is implied that everything seen and not seen is a sign and evidence of the truth of His Messenger.
وَدَلِيلٌ and evidence
An 'and' fused to an indefinite noun 'evidence', a second predicate joined to 'a sign', 'a sign and evidence'. It pairs a near-synonym to reinforce the point.
كما لم يخرج رسول الله من التوكل بإِخفائه الخروج من مكة واستئجاره دليلًا واستكتامه،
Just as the Messenger of Allah did not abandon trust in God by concealing his departure from Mecca, hiring a guide, and ensuring his secrecy.
دَلِيلًا a guide
This noun is the thing hired and is the object of the action-noun 'hiring', so it sits in the object form. Its bare ending marks it indefinite, 'a guide'.
وَالَّذِي يَتَجَهُّ وَيَقُومُ عَلَيْهِ الدَّلِيلُ
And that which is derived and supported by evidence
الدَّلِيلُ the evidence
A noun with 'the', 'the evidence', the delayed subject of 'stands'. Arabic often puts the verb before its subject, so this names what does the standing-upon, here the proof.
ثم نبه سبحانه الانسان على دليل المعاد بما يشاهده من حال مبدئه على طريقة القرآن في الاستدلال على المعاد بالمبدأ فقال ﴿فَلْيَنْظُرِ الإِنْسَانُ مِمَّ خُلِقَ﴾
Then Allah, glory be to Him, reminds mankind of the evidence of the Resurrection through what they observe of their own creation's beginning, following the Quranic method of using the creation's origin as evidence for the Resurrection. He says, 'So let man observe from what he was created.'
دَلِيلِ evidence of
The first noun of an 'of' pair, 'evidence', joining straight to 'the Resurrection' with no separate 'of' and forgoing its own 'the', taking definiteness from the owner that follows; it also sits in the form the preceding preposition governs.
ثم نبه سبحانه الانسان على دليل المعاد بما يشاهده من حال مبدئه على طريقة القرآن في الاستدلال على المعاد بالمبدأ فقال ﴿فَلْيَنْظُرِ الإِنْسَانُ مِمَّ خُلِقَ﴾
Then Allah, glory be to Him, reminds mankind of the evidence of the Resurrection through what they observe of their own creation's beginning, following the Quranic method of using the creation's origin as evidence for the Resurrection. He says, 'So let man observe from what he was created.'
الاِسْتِدْلَالِ using evidence
A verbal-noun (the action of 'inferring' frozen into a noun) governed by 'in', carrying 'the' and the form the preposition demands; it names the activity of drawing proof. Turning the verb into a noun lets it be the object of 'in'.