مَسْكَنdwelling

Example sentences

• هكذا تصير الذاكرةُ مسكنًا صالحًا للسكنى لا مستودعَ فوضى

  Thus, memory becomes a dwelling fit to live in, not a warehouse of chaos.

  مَسْكَنًا — a dwelling. 'a dwelling / home,' in the -a form because 'becomes' forces its predicate there. Memory becomes a HOME — qualified by 'fit to live in' next. The organized-house image returns as the closing verdict.

  From: Retaining the Quran →

• وصيرها مساكن الخلق تربيهم صغارًا وتضمهم رفاتا،

  And He made it the dwellings of creation, nurturing them as infants and receiving them as remains,

  مَسَاكِنَ — the dwellings. This noun is the second object of the transforming verb, what the earth was made into, in the accusative as that result, and it heads a possessive pairing, 'the dwellings of creation'. So its case marks the outcome, and it opens the next 'of' link.

  From: Death and Decree →