النُّقْصَانِdecrease

Example sentences

• وَإِنَّمَا يَعْرِفُ الزِّيَادَةُ مِنَ النُّقْصَانِ الْمُحَاسِبُ لِنَفْسِهِ

  Only the one who holds himself accountable can distinguish increase from decrease.

  النُّقْصَانِ — decrease. A definite noun, 'decrease', in the 'of'-style ending because the preposition before it governs it. It is the second member of the contrast, set against 'increase'. The pairing is what only the self-reckoning person, named next, can rightly tell apart.

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