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مَتَاع enjoyment in Arabic

مَتَاع is how you say “enjoyment” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

قل متاع الدنيا قليل والآخرة خير لمن اتقى

Say: The enjoyment of this world is little, and the hereafter is better for those who fear Allah.

مَتَاعُ the enjoyment

This noun ('enjoyment / fleeting goods') heads a possessive — 'the enjoyment OF this world'. It is the nominative subject of a verbless sentence. As construct head it drops its own 'the' and leans on the owner to come.

From Intention in Islam

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ذَلِكَ مَتَاعُ الحَياةِ الدُّنِيا

That is the enjoyment of worldly life.

مَتَاعُ is the enjoyment

This noun is the predicate of the summing-up sentence, identifying what 'that' is, and it heads a possessive pairing, 'the enjoyment of...'. Being the front of that pairing, it stays bare of 'the' and draws its definiteness from the owner named next.

From Preferring the Hereafter

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