صِنَاعَةcraft

Example sentences

• فقد كان قبل أن يدخل في هذه الصناعة منورا مضيئا، على محياه سيما السلف،

  So indeed, before he entered into this field, he was enlightened and radiant, upon his face the mark of the pious predecessors,

  الصِّنَاعَةِ — field. This noun, the craft or discipline, is in the genitive after the preposition and demonstrative, definite by 'al-'. It names the field he entered, the one that changed him.

  From: Unity Over Partisanship →

• قَلِيلُ الْعِلْمِ بِالْصِّنَاعَةِ ،

  He has little knowledge of the craft.

  بِالْصِّنَاعَةِ — in the craft. The prefix bi- here means 'in/about', marking the field of the knowledge, on a definite noun with al- ('the craft'). The preposition forces the 'of'-style ending and links the knowledge to its subject matter: little knowledge in the craft.

  From: Humility Over Fame →