بَاطِلٌfalse

Example sentences

• والأفضلُ أن تجمعَ اللفظَ والحضور تردِّد لا إلهَ إلا الله وأنت تفكّ قيودَ قلبِك من كلِّ معبودٍ باطلٍ صورة، مال، هوى

  And it is better to combine the utterance and presence: you repeat 'None is worthy of worship except Allah' while freeing your heart from all false gods: images, wealth, desires.

  بَاطِلٍ — false. 'false', adjective on 'worshipped thing', agreeing as indefinite genitive — 'a false object of worship'. The case agreement binds the flaw to the idol.

  From: Turning Daily Words into Worship →

• والباطل فاهرب منه فإنك تنقطع مع خصمك وتعرف أنك المحق،

  As for falsehood, flee from it, for you may be cut off from your opponent while knowing you are right,

  وَالْبَاطِلُ — and the falsehood. 'and the falsehood,' the fronted topic (the -u) — set against 'the truth' of the previous sentence. 'As for the falsehood [in logic]...'; the command on it comes after the 'fa-'. Truth was conceded; falsehood is to be fled.

  From: Revelation Over Philosophy →

• وَأَنَّ الْعَمَلَ الَّذِي يُجَانِبُ مَرَادَ الشَّارِعِ بَاطِلٌ،

  And that any action that goes against the intent of the Lawgiver is invalid.

  بَاطِلٌ — invalid. This adjective is the predicate of the 'that...' clause, the thing being asserted about the action. It carries the indefinite -un ending (the two-dot tanween you can hear), marking it as 'an invalid one' rather than a specific item, and it completes the claim 'that the action ... is invalid'.

  From: How the Companions Preserved Hadith →

• وَمَا عُظِّمَ بِغَيْرِ أَمْرِ اللَّهِ فَتَعْظِيمُهُ بَاطِلٌ

  And whatever was exalted without the command of Allah, then its exaltation is void.

  بَاطِلٌ — void. This describing word, 'void/null', is the indefinite predicate of the result clause, its doubled-vowel ending marking indefiniteness. Arabic supplies the linking 'is' silently between the topic and this predicate, delivering the verdict that such exaltation amounts to nothing.

  From: Faith and Worship →