فَاسِدَةcorrupt

Example sentences

• ومن كانت سريرته فاسدة كان عمله تابعًا لسريرته لا اعتبار بصورته

  And whoever has a corrupt inner state, his deed will follow his inner state, regardless of its outward form.

  فَاسِدَةً — corrupt. An adjective in the object-style ending as the predicate of the 'to be' verb: 'is corrupt'. That verb puts its predicate into this accusative-style ending, which is the grammatical mark distinguishing it from a plain noun statement.

  From: Preparing for Judgment Day →

• وَكُلُّ مَا أَحَبَّ لِغَيْرِ اللَّهِ فَمَحَبَّتُهُ فَاسِدَةٌ

  And whatever one loves for reasons other than God, that love is corrupt.

  فَاسِدَةٌ — corrupt. This describing word, 'corrupt', is the predicate of the result clause and takes the feminine shape to agree with the noun 'love', which is grammatically feminine. The matching feminine ending is how Arabic ties an adjective to its noun's gender, here delivering the verdict.

  From: Faith and Worship →