دَهَاءcunning

Example sentences

• ومن عاش فيه بالحيل والمكر والدهاء فلا بد له من خزي في الدنيا ومقت في الأخرى وإن تسود هذا،

  Whoever lives by deceit, trickery, and cunning will inevitably face disgrace in this world and contempt in the next, even if they gain prominence.

  وَالدَّهَاءِ — and cunning. Another 'wa-'-joined item in the same genitive run — 'cunning / shrewdness'. It closes the list of his deceitful tools: tricks, scheming, and guile. Its ending matches its fellows.

  From: Intention in Islam →