Arabic vocabulary
شهوةdesire in Arabic
شهوة is how you say “desire” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
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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