بِتَقْبِيلِby kissing

Example sentences

• وَيَتَقَرَّبُ بِتَقْبِيلِ يَدِهِ وَيَعْتَادُ بَرَكَتَهُ، وَيَعْمَلُ بِهَوَّاتِهِ دُونَ شَرْعِ اللَّهِ وَسُنَّتِهِ

  And he seeks closeness by kissing his hand, becomes accustomed to his blessing, and acts according to his whims instead of God's law and His Sunnah.

  بتقْبيلِ — by kissing. A 'bi-' prefix fronts an action-noun to mark the means, 'by way of kissing', turning the noun into the method of the drawing-near. The prefix governs the noun into the dependent form and ties the manner to the verb just before it.

  From: Guidance for the Seeker →