رِياضَةِexercise

Example sentences

• وَإِنَّمَا يَنْتَفِعُ بِالرِّياضَةِ وَالتَّأْدِيبِ مَنْ أَصْلُ جَوْهَرِهِ سَلِيمٌ،

  And only benefits by exercise and discipline who his essential nature is sound,

  بِالرِّياضَةِ — by exercise. The prefix bi- here marks the instrument or means, 'by way of', and forces the noun after it into the (genitive); the al- makes that noun definite. So it tells you THROUGH WHAT the benefiting comes. It is the first of a pair of means joined by the next word.

  From: On Foolishness and Wisdom →