ثَمَرَةfruit

Example sentences

• كل الْأَشْيَاء شَجَرَة وَأَنت الثَّمَرَة

  All things are a tree, and you are the fruit.

  الثَّمَرَةُ — the fruit. The predicate naming what 'you' are, nominative ('-u'), definite — 'the fruit'. You are the point of the whole tree.

  From: Remembering and Loving God →

• ومن بايع إماماً فأعطاه صفقة يده، وثمرة قلبه، فليطعه إن استطاع،

  And whoever gives allegiance to an Imam, giving him a handshake and sincerity of his heart, let him obey him if he is able,

  وَثَمَرَةَ — and sincerity of. This is wa- (and) on 'fruit of', a second object of 'gave' joined to the first, and the head of a pairing with 'his heart', 'the fruit of his heart'. The 'of' link is built by position; the metaphor names heartfelt sincerity given along with the handshake.

  From: A Prophet Warns His People →