سَتْرconceal

Example sentences

• وإن زللتَ فـأستغفرُ الله معناها طلبُ سترِ الذنب مع عزمٍ على إصلاحه؛ فالاستغفارُ بلا تصحيحٍ مجرّدُ صوت

  And if you slip, 'I seek forgiveness from Allah' means asking for the concealing of the sin with a resolve to correct it; seeking forgiveness without correction is merely sound.

  سَتْرِ — the concealing. 'the covering of', genitive owner of 'asking', and itself head of a further 'of' link with 'the sin' — 'the concealing OF the sin'. Arabic stacks the possessive links.

  From: Remembrance That Reshapes the Heart →