ذَرَّةٌatom

Example sentences

• تخيّل ميزانًا واضح اللسان والكفتين؛ لا يظلم مثقال ذرّة

  Imagine a balance with a clear tongue and two pans; it does not wrong the weight of an atom.

  ذَرَّةٍ — atom. Genitive owner of 'weight' — 'a speck, atom'. Indefinite; 'not even an atom's weight' goes uncounted.

  From: Small Deeds, Great Reward →

• وإن كثرت سيئاته عوقِبَ بقدرها، ثم تُخرجه بقيةُ حسناته ولو كانت مثقال ذرّة؛ إذ إن الإيمان لا ينعدم مع وجود أصلٍ منه

  And if his bad deeds are numerous, he is punished according to them, then the rest of his good deeds deliver him, even if they are the weight of an atom, for faith does not vanish as long as a trace of it remains.

  ذَرَّةٍ — an atom. Genitive owner of 'weight' — 'a speck, atom'. 'Even an atom's weight [of good]' suffices.

  From: Small Deeds, Great Reward →