زَاهِدascetics

Example sentences

• وأعلم الزاهدين أنها لا تستطيع ثباتا،

  And He informed the ascetics that it cannot endure,

  الزَّاهِدِينَ — the ascetics. This noun is the person-object of 'informed', shown by its accusative ending, naming who was told. The 'the' makes it the specific class of ascetics, the ones to whom the truth about this world was made known.

  From: Death and Decree →

• 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."

  الزَّاهِدِ — the ascetic. Definite noun, 'the ascetic', governed by 'on' into the owned form. It is an active participle used as a noun, the person who renounces; it names who asceticism sits upon.

  From: The Pilgrim's Conduct →