قِسْمَتِهَاdivision of it

Example sentences

• قَالَ فَلَعَلِّي إِنْ عَدَلَتْ فِي قِسْمَتِهَا أَنْ يَقُولَ بَعْضٌ مِمَّنْ لَمْ يُرْزَقْ مِنْهَا أَنَّهُ لَمْ يَعْدِلْ فِي قِسْمَتِهَا فَيَأْثَمُ أَرُوْهَا عَنِّي رَوَى اللَّهُ عَنكَ أَوْزَارُكَ

  He said, "So perhaps if she were just in dividing it, some of those who were not provided from it might say that he did not act fairly in dividing it, and so he sins. Keep it away from me. May God relieve you of your burdens."

  قِسْمَتِهَا — its division. A noun closed off by the attached '-ha', a possessor glued onto the end where English would need a separate word. The suffix reaches back to the thing being shared out earlier in the story, so tracking what 'its' points to is part of reading the line, not just reading the word.

  From: Wealth and Knowledge on Trial →