كَسْبdeeds

Example sentences

• ولما أقام الحجة وبين الحجة إرتهن كل نفس بكسبها وآخذها بذنبها

  And when the proof was established and made clear, every soul is held accountable for its deeds and taken for its sins.

  بِكَسْبِهَا — for its deeds. This noun has the preposition 'with/by' fused to its front and an attached possessive pronoun, so 'by its earning'. The preposition marks what the soul is held against, and the owner pronoun points back to the soul.

  From: Prayer and Charity →

• إنما يُنكر فعلُه الذي هو كسبه،

  What is denied is his action, which is his own doing,

  كَسْبُهُ — his earnings. A noun, 'earning / acquisition', with 'his' attached as possessor. The suffix marks it as belonging to him, and it completes the relative clause by saying what his action amounts to, his own doing.

  From: Trust in God →