مَعْصِيَةًdisobedience

Example sentences

• فَيَظُنُّونَ أَنَّ مَعْصِيَتَهُ هِيَ مَرْضَاتُهُ

  So they suppose that his disobedience is His pleasure.

  مَعْصِيَتَهُ — his disobedience. A noun 'disobedience' with a 'his' pronoun fused on, in the object-style ending forced by the preceding 'that'. The attached pronoun marks whose disobedience. Despite that object-style ending it is the subject of the little clause 'his disobedience is His pleasure'.

  From: Trust and Piety →

• طَاعَةً بِطَاعَةٍ وَمَعْصِيَةً بِمَحَبَّةٍ

  Obedience for the sake of obedience, and disobedience for the sake of love.

  وَمَعْصِيَةً — and disobedience. This joins the linker 'wa-' to a noun ('disobedience') in the object ending, mirroring the first member of the balanced pair. The 'wa-' couples this second clause to the first, and the object ending matches it to 'obedience' in the parallel verdict.

  From: The Four Inner Guards →