صَدَقَةٌcharity in Arabic

Example sentences

• وَإِن عمل حَسَنَة رَآهَا من منّته وصدقته عَلَيْهِ،

  And if he performs a good deed, he sees it as from His favor and charity upon him,

  وَصَدَقَتِهِ — and charity. wa- = 'and'; sadaqa means 'charity, gift'; the ending '-hi' adds 'His' — 'His charity'.

  From: Returning to God →

• فَإِن قبلهَا فمنّة وَصدقَة ثَانِيَة،

  So if He accepts it, it is a further favor and charity,

  وَصَدَقَةٌ — and charity. wa- = 'and'; sadaqa means 'charity'; the '-un' ending marks it indefinite ('and a charity').

  From: Returning to God →

• وصدقةٌ رياءً تفقد وزنها قبل أن تمسّ الكفّة

  and charity with hypocrisy loses its weight before it even touches the scale.

  وَصَدَقَةٌ — and charity. 'and a charity' — 'wa' plus 'sadaqa', fronted subject, nominative, indefinite.

  From: When Hidden Deeds Are Shown →

• وَلَا عَلَى أَحَدٍ، إِذَا أَتَتْهُ صَدَقَةٌ بَعَثَ بِهَا إِلَيْهِمْ،

  And no one is required, when a charitable gift comes to him, to send it to them.

  صَدَقَةٌ — a charitable gift. An indefinite noun 'a charitable gift/alms', marked indefinite by its 'n'-ending, and the subject of 'came'. Being feminine, it is why the verb before it took the feminine form. It introduces a new, unspecified item into the clause.

  From: Generosity to the Poor →