بُعْدٌdistance

Example sentences

• والبعد مِنْهُ لَيْسَ فِي أعدائك أضرّ عَلَيْك مِنْك

  And being far from Him — among your enemies, none is more harmful to you than yourself.

  وَالْبُعْدُ — and the distance. 'And' plus a verbal noun 'remoteness / being far', the topic, nominative, definite — distance from God. The 'al-' marks the concept.

  From: Love and Devotion to God →

• وَلَا تَكِلنِي على بعد الديار إِلَى صبري الضَّعِيف فصبري أَنْت تعلمه

  Do not leave me to my weak patience across the distance of lands.

  بُعْدِ — distance. 'Remoteness', first term of an 'of' pairing — 'the distance of the lands' — genitive after 'across'. It owns the noun that follows.

  From: Stages of the Seeker →