مَكفِّرَاتٌexpiations

Example sentences

• وَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ الصَّلَوَاتُ الْخَمْسُ وَالْجُمُعَةُ إِلَى الْجُمُعَةِ وَرَمَضَانُ إِلَى رَمَضَانَ مَكَفِّرَاتٌ لِمَا بَيْنَهُنَّ إِذَا اجْتُنِبَتِ الْكَبَائِرِ

  The Messenger of Allah said: The five prayers, Friday to Friday, and Ramadan to Ramadan are expiations for what is between them, if the major sins are avoided.

  مَكَفِّرَاتٌ — are expiations. The predicate of the long verbless sentence, an indefinite plural meaning 'are wipers-away (of sins)'. Arabic supplies no 'are'; this plural noun closes the equation begun by the listed subjects.

  From: What Small Worship Erases →