زُهْدasceticism

Example sentences

• ووصف علماء الآخرة بالخشوع والزهد

  And He described the scholars of the hereafter as humble and ascetic.

  وَالزُّهْدِ — and asceticism. Joined by 'and', a second quality coordinated with the first, both attached by the same describing 'with'. Its 'the' marks self-denial as a known trait; grammatically it pairs with the humility before it.

  From: Knowledge and Humility →

• وقال الشافعي رضي الله تعالى عنه عليك بالزهد فالزهد على الزاهد أحسن من الحلى على الناهد

  Al‑Shāfiʿī, may Allah be pleased with him, said: "Hold to asceticism, for asceticism upon the ascetic is more beautiful than jewelry upon a young woman."

  بِالزُّهْدِ — with asceticism. A preposition 'with/to' carrying a definite noun 'asceticism', 'with asceticism'. It completes the urging idiom 'take up asceticism'; the preposition is fixed by the idiom, not a literal 'with'.

  From: The Pilgrim's Conduct →

• وقال الشافعي رضي الله تعالى عنه عليك بالزهد فالزهد على الزاهد أحسن من الحلى على الناهد

  Al‑Shāfiʿī, may Allah be pleased with him, said: "Hold to asceticism, for asceticism upon the ascetic is more beautiful than jewelry upon a young woman."

  فَالزُّهْدُ — so asceticism. A 'so/for' connector fused to a definite noun, 'so asceticism', opening the justification. The 'so' marks what follows as the reason behind the urging; the noun is the topic of the coming comparison.

  From: The Pilgrim's Conduct →