نَفَسٌbreath

Example sentences

• اكتب ذنبًا واحدًا تُغلق بابه غدًا، وخُلقًا واحدًا تفتحه لنَفَسٍ أطول

  Write down one sin you will close its door to tomorrow, and one virtue you will open for longer breath.

  لِنَفَسٍ — for breath. 'li-' = 'for'; 'nafas' = 'breath'. No 'al-', so 'for a breath'.

  From: On Sincerity →

• عند الفتور، بدّل الوسيلة لا الغاية إن عجز لسانك فليذكر قلبك، وإن ثقل قلبك فلتخدم يدك، فالطرق إلى الله بعدد أنفاس الخلائق

  When feeling lethargic, change the means, not the goal: if your tongue is too weak, let your heart remember; if your heart is heavy, let your hands serve, for the paths to God are as numerous as the breaths of creation.

  أَنْفَاسِ — the breaths. 'anfas' = 'breaths' (plural); the 'of' word, so 'the breaths of...'.

  From: On Sincerity →

• نفسي نفسي نفسي، اذهبوا إلى غيري، اذهبوا إلى محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم

  My self, my self, my self. Go to someone else; go to Muhammad, may Allah bless him and grant him peace.

  نَفَسِي — myself. A noun fused with '-i' for 'my self', cried out alone with no verb as a bare appeal for himself; the first of three repeats begins the rising emotional drumbeat through sheer reiteration.

  From: The Prophet's Intercession →

• نفسي نفسي نفسي، اذهبوا إلى غيري، اذهبوا إلى محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم

  My self, my self, my self. Go to someone else; go to Muhammad, may Allah bless him and grant him peace.

  نَفَسِي — myself. The same self-cry repeated, the '-i' still meaning 'my'; with no verb it stands as raw exclamation. The second beat intensifies the self-concern by restating the whole word.

  From: The Prophet's Intercession →

• نفسي نفسي نفسي، اذهبوا إلى غيري، اذهبوا إلى محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم

  My self, my self, my self. Go to someone else; go to Muhammad, may Allah bless him and grant him peace.

  نَفَسِي — my self. The third self-cry, '-i' again 'my', stacking the repetition to a peak; Arabic conveys mounting urgency by reiterating the bare word rather than adding intensifiers. It caps the emotional climb.

  From: The Prophet's Intercession →