قَدْرextent

Example sentences

• وَكَفَى بِهَذَا الْقَدْرِ مَدْحًا لِلْعَقْلِ وَذَمًّا لِلْهَوَى

  This alone is sufficient to praise reason and criticize desire.

  الْقَدْرِ — extent. Set right after 'this' to pin it down — 'this much'; genitive. It names the measure being judged enough.

  From: The Discipline of Foresight →

• وَبِهَذَا الْقَدْرِ فُضِّلَ الآدَمِيُّ عَلَى الْبَهَائِمِ

  This is why humans are preferred over animals.

  الْقَدْرِ — extent. Set after 'this' to specify it ('this measure'); genitive, governed by the bi- running through the phrase.

  From: The Discipline of Foresight →

• وإن كثرت سيئاته عوقِبَ بقدرها، ثم تُخرجه بقيةُ حسناته ولو كانت مثقال ذرّة؛ إذ إن الإيمان لا ينعدم مع وجود أصلٍ منه

  And if his bad deeds are numerous, he is punished according to them, then the rest of his good deeds deliver him, even if they are the weight of an atom, for faith does not vanish as long as a trace of it remains.

  بِقَدْرِهَا — with measure them. 'in their measure' — 'bi' of measure plus 'measure' plus 'their' (feminine, pointing back to the bad deeds). Punished in proportion to them.

  From: Small Deeds, Great Reward →

• كلمةُ ذكرٍ خفيّة، وردُّ أمانةٍ، وكفُّ أذًى عن طريق الناس كلّها تزداد ثِقَلًا بقدر الصدق فيها

  A hidden word of remembrance, returning a trust, and withholding harm from people's paths—all increase in weight according to the sincerity within them.

  بِقَدْرِ — according to. 'in the measure of' — 'bi' plus 'qadr', head of an 'of' pairing with 'sincerity'; 'to the extent of...'.

  From: When Hidden Deeds Are Shown →

• إن رجحت سيئاته عوقب بقدْرها،

  If his bad deeds outweigh, he will be punished proportionally,

  بِقَدْرِهَا — proportionally. 'in their measure' — 'bi' plus 'qadr' plus 'their' (feminine); punished in proportion to them.

  From: When Hidden Deeds Are Shown →

• وَيَشْهَدُونَ أَنَّ هَذَا جَارٌ بِمَشِيئَةِ اللَّهِ وَقَضَائِهِ وَقَدْرِهِ

  And they testify that this is a misfortune by the will of God and by His decree and by His predestination.

  وَقَدْرِهِ — and by His predestination. Again the linking wa-, means-marking bi-, and tail -hi, 'his', combine into 'and by His predestination', the noun genitive under bi-. It adds a third coordinated means, pairing predestination with will and decree as the causes by which the misfortune comes.

  From: Patience Under Decree →