أَعْمَالِdeeds

Example sentences

• وَإِنْ الرَّجُلَيْنِ لَا يَسْتَوِيَانِ فِي أَعْمَالِ الْبِرِّ

  And indeed, the two men are not equal in deeds of righteousness,

  أَعْمَالِ — deeds. This is a broken plural (its inner vowels reshape to mean 'many') and the head of an 'of' pairing ('deeds of...'); governed by 'in', it sits in the (genitive). As head it drops its own article and owns the next noun. It names the deeds that are the arena of difference.

  From: On Reason and Temptation →

• قَالَ لِأَنَّ الْأَرْبَعَ جِهَاتٌ تَدْخُلُهَا الْمُشَارَكَةُ فِي الْأَعْمَالِ

  He said: Because the four directions are where association enters into deeds.

  الْأَعْمَال — the deeds. A plural noun, 'deeds', made definite by al- ('the'). Governed by the preceding 'in', it takes the 'of' (genitive) ending, naming the realm where association takes hold.

  From: The Four Inner Guards →

• وفي التعبير عن الأعمال بالسر لطيفة وهو أن الأعمال نتائج السرائر الباطنة

  And there is a subtle point in describing deeds as secret: deeds are the results of inward states.

  الأَعْمَالِ — the deeds. A definite plural noun governed by the preceding 'about', and so in the genitive. The broken-plural shape, formed by reshaping the inner vowels rather than adding an ending, names the whole class of deeds that the describing concerns.

  From: Creation Points to Resurrection →