موتdeath

Example sentences

• كما يقال ماء جار ورجل ميت وإن لم يفعل الموت بل لما قام به من الموت نسب إليه على جهة الفعل

  Just as it is said, 'flowing water' and 'a dead man,' even if he did not cause death but because death occurred in him, he is attributed as the doer of the action.

  المَوْتَ — death. A noun made definite by al-, 'death', the direct object of 'he did not cause', hence the object ending. The ending marks death as the thing acted upon (here, not caused).

  From: Creating Life from Nothing →

• كما يقال ماء جار ورجل ميت وإن لم يفعل الموت بل لما قام به من الموت نسب إليه على جهة الفعل

  Just as it is said, 'flowing water' and 'a dead man,' even if he did not cause death but because death occurred in him, he is attributed as the doer of the action.

  المَوْتِ — death. A noun made definite by al-, 'death', in the genitive from the preposition, restating what occurred in him. The al- ties it back to the death already mentioned.

  From: Creating Life from Nothing →