حبيبbeloved

Example sentences

• همة من استعد صَاحبهَا للقاء الحبيب

  It is the aspiration of one who has prepared himself for the meeting with the beloved.

  الْحَبِيبِ — of the beloved. An intensive adjective-turned-noun 'beloved', the owner completing 'meeting the Beloved', genitive, definite. God, whom he prepared to meet.

  From: Night Prayer and Nearness to God →

• لَو صحّت محبتك لاستوحشت مِمَّن لَا يذكرك بالحبيب

  If your love were true, you would feel alienated from those who do not remind you of the beloved.

  بِالْحَبِيبِ — of the beloved. 'Bi-' (of / about) fused with 'the Beloved', genitive — reminds you 'of the Beloved'. The pairing 'remind + bi-' names what one is reminded of.

  From: Remembering and Loving God →