خَوْفِfear in Arabic

Example sentences

• قال الأمن مع الفقر خير من الغنى مع الخوف

  He said, 'Security with poverty is better than wealth with fear.'

  الخَوْفِ — the fear. This is the noun governed by 'with', in the genitive and made definite by 'al-', naming the fear that shadows the wealth.

  From: Moderation in Medicine →

• فِي الْمُصِيبَاتِ الَّتِي تَصِيبُنَا كَالْفَقْرِ وَالْمَرَضِ وَالْخَوْفِ

  Among the calamities that befall us are poverty, illness, and fear.

  وَالْخَوْفِ — and the fear. The wa- links the closing example, the al- making it definite, again genitive under the governing 'such as'. It adds fear as the final listed calamity, rounding off the trio of examples drawn from the class of trials.

  From: Patience Under Decree →