شَهْوَة desire in Arabic
شَهْوَة is how you say “desire” in Arabic.
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Example sentence
وَشَهْوَةٍ تُوَرِّثُ نَدَمًا
And from desire that leads to regret.
وَشَهْوَةٍ and desire
Carried by 'and' back to the earlier 'from', so still inside 'restrains himself from...'; indefinite and genitive, hence 'any craving'.
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وَلْيَعْلَمِ الْعَاقِلُ أَنَّ مُدْمِنِي الشَّهَوَاتِ يَصِيرُونَ إِلَى حَالَةٍ لَا يَلْتَذُّونَهَا
Let the rational person know that those addicted to desires end up in a state where they no longer enjoy them.
الشَّهَوَاتِ the desires
The owner finishing 'the addicts of desires'; genitive plural, holding the 'the' for the pair.
فإنّ أسلحته هي الشهوات والشبهات، والخيالات والأماني الكاذبة،
For his weapons are desires, doubts, imaginations, and false hopes.
الشَّهَوَاتُ desires
A sound feminine plural, nominative, the first named weapon. Definite, naming cravings as a class.
فاقتدهِد في كسر شَهَواتها، وحملها على ما يرضي ربك، واصبر على ذلك، فإن العاقبة حميدة
So strive to break its desires, compel it to what pleases your Lord, and be patient with that, for the outcome is praiseworthy.
شَهَوَاتِهَا its desires
The completing half of 'breaking of its desires', so it carries the possessive case, with -ha 'its' attached. The 'its' points back to the self; the two nouns form an 'of' link naming what is to be broken.
والبردة التخمة، لأنها تبرد حرارة الشهوة،
'Al-Bardah' means overeating, because it cools the heat of appetite.
الشَّهْوَةِ the desire
This is the owner in 'the heat of desire', in the genitive to mark possession, made definite by 'al-', naming the desire whose heat is cooled.