قُوَىforces

Example sentences

• وَإِذا تجلى بِصِفَات الْعدْل والانتقام انقمعت النَّفس الأمارة وبطلت قواها من الشَّهْوَة وَالْغَضَب

  And when He manifests with attributes of justice and retribution, the commanding self is restrained, and its forces of desire and anger are nullified…

  قُوَاهَا — its forces. A broken plural 'powers' with '-ha' (its) attached, subject of 'were voided', nominative — the self's drives. The possessor points back to the lower self.

  From: Reflecting on God's Names →