زَائِلٌfleeting

Example sentences

• فَإِنَّ الْمَالَ ظِلٌّ زَائِلٌ وَأَمْرٌ حَائِلٌ،

  For wealth is a fleeting shadow and a thing that obstructs.

  زَائِلٌ — fleeting. A describing word built from a verb (an '-ing' style participle) attached to 'shadow', narrowing it to a fleeting one. As an Arabic adjective it follows its noun and copies the noun's ending, so it trails 'shadow' and shares its subject-form shape.

  From: The Prophet's Marriage to Khadijah →