أُصُولfundamentals

Example sentences

• فإن الأصولية بينهم السيف،

  For indeed, theology is the sword between them.

  الْأُصُولِيَّةُ — fundamentalism. This noun, the principle-science, is the subject of the emphatic clause and so is forced into the accusative '-a' ending by the particle, rather than the usual subject '-u'. It is built on a pattern that turns a field into an abstract '-ism' or discipline.

  From: Unity Over Partisanship →

• فإن برعت في الأصول وتوابعها من المنطق والحكمة والفلسفة، وآراء الأوائل ومجازات العقول،

  So if you excel in the fundamentals and their appendages of logic, wisdom, philosophy, and the views of the ancients and the metaphors of minds,

  الأُصُولِ — the fundamentals. This noun, the fundamentals, is in the genitive after the preposition, definite by 'al-'. It is the first field, and it also begins a possessive chain with the next word.

  From: Unity Over Partisanship →

• وَتَضْيِيعُهُمْ الْأُصُولَ،

  and their neglect of the fundamentals,

  الْأُصُولَ — the fundamentals,. This definite plural is the object of that action-noun, the 'fundamentals' they let slip. Even though 'neglect' is a noun, it governs this word as its object, so the ending marks it as what was neglected. Arabic lets action-nouns take objects just as verbs do.

  From: Ignoring God's Guidance →