قَسْوَةٌhardness

Example sentences

• وَمنع إِجَابَة الدُّعَاء وقسوة الْقلب

  And the blocking of answered prayers and hardness of the heart.

  وَقَسْوَةُ — and hardness. wa- = 'and'; qaswa means 'hardness', heading the next 'of…' word.

  From: Returning to God →

• فإياكم وفضول المطعم، فإنه يسم القلب بالقسوة، ويبطئ بالجوارح عن الطاعة، ويصم الأذان عن السماع للموعظة،

  Beware of excess in food, for it marks the heart with hardness, slows the limbs from obedience, and deafens the ears from hearing admonition.

  بِالْجَوَارِحِ — with the limbs. The 'bi-' here marks what is affected, 'the limbs', and governs the genitive. With the verb of slowing it shows the limbs as the thing held back; the 'al-' makes them definite.

  From: Eating in Moderation →