صِفَاتِattributes of

Example sentences

• وَتارَة يتجلى فِي صِفَات الْجمال والكمال وَهُوَ كَمَال الْأَسْمَاء وجمال الصِّفَات وجمال الْأَفْعَال الدَّال على كَمَال الذَّات

  And at times He manifests in attributes of beauty and perfection, which are the perfection of names, beauty of attributes, and beauty of actions indicating the perfection of the essence.

  صِفَاتِ — attributes of. A broken plural 'attributes', first term of an 'of' pairing — 'attributes of beauty' — genitive after 'in'. It owns the noun that follows.

  From: Reflecting on God's Names →

• فيستنفد حبه من قلب العَبْد قُوَّة الْحبّ كلهَا بحب مَا عرفه من صِفَات جماله ونعوت كَمَاله فَيُصْبِح فؤاد عَبده فَارغًا إِلَّا من محبته،

  So His love consumes all the strength of love in the heart of the servant due to the love of what he knows of His beauty and the descriptions of His perfection. Thus, the servant's heart becomes empty except for His love.

  صِفَاتِ — attributes of. A broken plural 'attributes', first term of an 'of' pairing — 'attributes of His beauty' — genitive. It owns the noun that follows.

  From: Reflecting on God's Names →

• فَيُوجب لَهُ شُهُود صِفَات الإلهية الْمحبَّة الْخَاصَّة والشوق إِلَى لِقَائِه

  Thus, witnessing divine attributes obliges him to have special love and longing to meet Him…

  صِفَاتِ — attributes of. A broken plural 'attributes', the owner of 'witnessing of' and itself first term of a further 'of' pairing — 'attributes of the divinity' — genitive. A nested 'of' chain.

  From: Reflecting on God's Names →

• وَيُوجب لَهُ شُهُود صِفَات الربوبية التَّوَكُّل عَلَيْهِ والافتقار إِلَيْهِ

  And witnessing attributes of lordship obliges him to rely on Him and feel needy of Him…

  صِفَاتِ — attributes. A broken plural 'attributes', the owner of 'witnessing of' and itself first term of a further 'of' pairing — 'attributes of lordship' — genitive. A nested chain.

  From: Reflecting on God's Names →

• وَجُهِّلَ الإِنْسَانُ بِحُقُوقِ الْمُنْعِمِ مِنْ أَخْسِ صِفَاتِهِ،

  A person's ignorance of the rights of the benefactor is among his most despicable traits.

  صِفَاتِهِ — his traits. This plural noun has the 'his' pronoun on its end and is the owner half of the 'most X of...' pairing, so it sits in the genitive. Arabic builds 'the most despicable of his traits' by setting the superlative against this noun, the genitive ending and attached 'his' carrying the relationship. The -hi points back to the ignorant person.

  From: Honoring Parents →