قَيْدٌchain

Example sentences

• والأفضلُ أن تجمعَ اللفظَ والحضور تردِّد لا إلهَ إلا الله وأنت تفكّ قيودَ قلبِك من كلِّ معبودٍ باطلٍ صورة، مال، هوى

  And it is better to combine the utterance and presence: you repeat 'None is worthy of worship except Allah' while freeing your heart from all false gods: images, wealth, desires.

  قُيُودَ — chains. 'the shackles of', accusative as the object of 'undo', and head of an 'of' pairing with 'your heart' — 'the chains OF your heart'. A metaphor built as a possessive.

  From: Turning Daily Words into Worship →