مرارةbitterness

Example sentences

• فإن كانت تؤول إلى النار، فهي مرارة في الحقيقة وإن كانت حلوة في المذاق

  If it leads to the Fire, then it is bitterness in reality, even if it is sweet in taste.

  مَرَارَةٌ — bitterness. The predicate noun of the verdict, with a bare indefinite ending: bitterness. In this verbless sentence it equates the pleasure with this quality: in truth it is bitter.

  From: Paradise Over Pleasure →

• فكذلك العاقل يمتنع عن لذات المعاصي خوفًا من عذاب الآخرة، ويصبر على مرارة الطاعة رجاء لثواب الله تعالى

  Similarly, the wise person refrains from the pleasures of sins fearing the torment of the Hereafter, and bears the bitterness of obedience hoping for the reward of Allah Almighty.

  مَرَارَةِ — the bitterness of. This noun opens a possessive pair, 'bitterness of obedience', linked straight to its owner with no word for 'of'. Governed by the preceding 'on', it sits in that form.

  From: Paradise Over Pleasure →