طَبْعَdisposition

Example sentences

• وَمَعْنَى هَذَا أَنَّ الطَّبْعَ يَتَقَاضَى مَا يَحِبُّ

  And the meaning of this is that the natural disposition takes what it loves.

  الطَّبْعَ — the natural disposition. A definite noun ('the natural disposition') that is the subject of the emphatic 'that' clause, which is why it takes the accusative ending that this particle imposes. The al- marks it as the known, general human nature. It is what the clause then says does the taking.

  From: Patience and the Human Self →