صِيَامٌfasting

Example sentences

• فالصلاة والصيام والزكاة والحج، وإن كانت مشقة على البدن، فإنها راحة للقلب، وطهارة للروح

  Prayer, fasting, charity, and pilgrimage, though burdensome on the body, are comfort for the heart and purification for the soul.

  وَالصِّيَامُ — and fasting. The connector 'and' fused to the second item, 'and the fasting', joined to 'prayer' in the list. It shares the topic role and is made definite by its 'the'.

  From: Facing God's Tests →