قَدْر extent in Arabic
قَدْر is how you say “extent” in Arabic.
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Example sentence
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.
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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.
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.
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...'.
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.
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.