يَدٌhands

Example sentences

• قال جئت لهذا الأسير الذي في أيديكم

  He said: I came for this prisoner who is in your hands.

  أَيْدِيكُمْ — your hands. aydi means 'hands' (plural); the ending '-kum' adds 'your' (a group) — 'your hands'.

  From: Early Converts to Islam →

• احفظ لسانك من الفضول، وعينك من التشتت، ويدك من العبث، فإن الجوارح أبواب القلب، وما يدخلها يستوطن سريرته

  Guard your tongue from curiosity, your eyes from distraction, and your hands from trifling, for the senses are gateways to the heart, and what enters them takes root in its core.

  وَيَدَكَ — your hands. 'wa-' = 'and'; 'yad' = 'hand'; '-ka' = 'your', so 'and your hand'.

  From: Small Daily Habits →

• عند الفتور، بدّل الوسيلة لا الغاية إن عجز لسانك فليذكر قلبك، وإن ثقل قلبك فلتخدم يدك، فالطرق إلى الله بعدد أنفاس الخلائق

  When feeling lethargic, change the means, not the goal: if your tongue is too weak, let your heart remember; if your heart is heavy, let your hands serve, for the paths to God are as numerous as the breaths of creation.

  يَدُكَ — your hand. 'yad' = 'hand'; '-ka' = 'your', so 'your hand'. Subject of 'let serve'.

  From: On Sincerity →

• وإن زعم أنه يريد التوفيق بيد الأدلة الشرعية

  Even if he claims he wants to reconcile with the religious evidence.

  بِيَدِ — by the hand. This sets up a 'reconcile BETWEEN X and Y' structure, completed by the 'and between' that opens the next sentence — between the legal evidences and what he calls 'reason'. It governs the genitive noun after it.

  From: Judging by Revelation →

• كُلُّ يُلْقِي نَاصِيَتَهُ بِيدِهِ فَيُجَزُّهَا،

  Each one takes his forelock in his hand and then cuts it off.

  بِيدِهِ — in his hand. The preposition bi- 'with/in' fused to a noun carrying a 'his' pronoun, all in one word. Bi- marks the instrument here, and it forces the genitive on the noun; the attached 'his' again points to the individual acting.

  From: Public Preaching →