آجِلfuture

Example sentences

• وَإِنْ كَانَتْ سَبَبًا لِلأَلَمِ وَالأَذَى فِي الْعَاجِلِ وَمَنْعِ لَذَّاتٍ فِي الآجِلِ

  Even if it causes pain and harm immediately and deprives pleasure in the future.

  الْآجِلِ — the future. The mate of the earlier 'near term': 'the deferred [time]', another adjective working as a noun by virtue of its 'the'. Genitive after 'in'.

  From: The Discipline of Foresight →

• فَإِنَّهُ سَيُشِيرُ عَلَيْهِ بِالنَّظَرِ فِي الْمَصَالِحِ الآجِلَةِ

  For it will guide him to consider long-term benefits.

  الْآجِلَةِ — long-term. An adjective trailing its noun and matching it for 'the', feminine gender, and genitive — 'the deferred [benefits]', the long-range ones.

  From: The Discipline of Foresight →

• فرب لذة عاجلة تكون سببًا لعذاب آجل،

  For, a momentary pleasure might cause future torment,

  آجِلٍ — future. An adjective meaning 'deferred', describing the torment as the kind that comes later. It follows its noun and copies its indefiniteness and possessive-case ending, as Arabic adjectives match the nouns they describe.

  From: Think Before You Act →