زُهْدٌ asceticism in Arabic
زُهْدٌ is how you say “asceticism” in Arabic.
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Example sentence
وَلَا يشفع زهد عِنده إِلَّا بِإِذْنِهِ
No one intercedes with Him except by His permission.
زُهْدٌ asceticism
The subject of 'intercedes', indefinite nominative (the tanwin), placed after its verb. The clause echoes the Quranic statement that none may intercede with God save by His leave.
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وعدته التقوى والزهادة،
Its tools are piety and asceticism.
وَالزُّهْدُ and asceticism
Joined by 'wa-', this is the second item of the 'equipment' — asceticism, renouncing the world. It is coordinated with the previous predicate, so the two together fill the 'is' slot: preaching's gear is piety AND asceticism. The link word simply adds it to the pair.
فَالزُّهْدُ عَلَى الزَّاهِدِ أَحْسَنُ مِنَ الْحُلَى عَلَى النَّاهِدِ
So asceticism on the ascetic is better than adornment on the one who displays herself.
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.