صَوْمٌfast

Example sentences

• وهكذا الصائم صومُه مستورٌ عن مشاهدةِ الخلق، لا تدركه حواسُّهم

  and so is the fasting person; their fast is hidden from the view of creation, it cannot be perceived by their senses.

  صَوْمُهُ — his fast. 'Fast' with '-hu' (his) attached, nominative — the start of a comment-clause about the topic 'the faster'. Arabic states a topic, then a fuller clause about it: the faster — his fast is hidden.

  From: The Meaning of Fasting →

• فإن تكلم لم يتكلم بما يجرح صومه،

  If he speaks, he does not speak with what harms his fast,

  صَوْمَهُ — his fast. 'Fast' with '-hu' (his) attached, direct object of 'wounds', accusative ('-a'). The fast is what such speech would injure.

  From: The Meaning of Fasting →

• وإن فعل لم يفعل ما يفسد صومه،

  and if he acts, he does not act with what invalidates his fast,

  صَوْمَهُ — his fast. 'Fast' with '-hu' (his) attached, direct object of 'nullifies', accusative ('-a'). The fast is what such an act would void.

  From: The Meaning of Fasting →

• هذا هو الصوم المشروع، لا مجرد الإمساك عن الطعام والشراب

  This is the prescribed fasting, not merely abstaining from food and drink.

  الصَّوْمُ — the prescribed fasting. The predicate naming what 'this' is, nominative, definite. A following adjective will specify it as the legislated fast.

  From: The Meaning of Fasting →