مُحْكَمfirm

Example sentences

• ميزانُه واضح معنى مُحْكَم وجملةٌ تامّة تشُدُّ القلبَ والعملَ معًا

  Its scale is clear: a firm meaning and a complete sentence that ties the heart and the actions together.

  مُحْكَمٌ — firm. 'firmly-built, sound', a passive participle on 'meaning', agreeing as indefinite nominative. Being passive, it casts the meaning as one that has been made tight and well-fastened.

  From: Remembrance That Reshapes the Heart →

• السرّ أن الثِّقَال في الميزان من طبيعة الحقّ؛ فهو ثابتٌ مُحكَم، والباطل خفيفٌ مُتلاشي، وإن بدا ضخمًا في أعين الناس

  The secret is that the weight in the balance stems from the nature of truth; it is firm and solid, while falsehood is light and vanishing, even if it appears large in people's eyes.

  مُحْكَمٌ — solid. 'solid, tightly-made', a passive participle, a second predicate. Being passive, it casts truth as something built tight and unshakeable.

  From: Small Deeds, Great Reward →

• والتفكر في عجائبه والعمل بمحكمه والتسليم بمتشابهه

  And contemplate its wonders, act on its clear commandments, and submit to its ambiguous ones.

  بِمُحْكَمِهِ — on its clear commandments. The verb of acting reaches its object through 'bi-' — to 'act BY' something. The noun names the Book's clear, decisive passages; those you put into practice. It deliberately sets up the contrast with the 'ambiguous' part named next.

  From: Devotion to the Quran →