عُذْرُexcuse

Example sentences

• وَعُذْرُ مَنْ نَبَذَ الْوَحْيَيْنِ وَرَاءَ ظَهْرِهِ فِي يَوْمٍ لَا تَنْفَعُ الظَّالِمِينَ فِيهِ الْمَعَاذِرُ؟

  And what excuse will the one who casts the two revelations behind his back have on a day when excuses will not benefit the wrongdoers?

  وَعُذْرُ — and excuse. The wa- opens with 'and'. The noun, 'the excuse', heads a possessive pair with the relative clause after it, 'the excuse OF the one who...'. It is the topic of a second rhetorical question, set parallel to the earlier 'expectation'. As the front member it binds straight to what follows.

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