Arabic vocabulary
شهوةdesire
How to say “desire” in Arabic, with pronunciation and an example from OpenArabic texts.
Example sentences
فالمؤمن يزن الأمور بميزان العاقبة، ولا يغتر بحلاوة الشهوة العاجلة
The believer weighs matters with the scale of the outcome and is not deceived by the sweetness of immediate desire.
الشَّهْوَةِ — desire. The owning noun in the 'sweetness of desire' pair, its 'the' making the phrase definite. It names craving as what that sweetness belongs to.
From: Paradise Over Pleasure →
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